Never ever doubt the power of social media. We’ve seen it do everything from fueling social justice movements to helping find missing people to addressing mental health issues in the most clever ways. With all of the arguing going on in the Twitterverse, every so often we get a lovely outcome to a tweet that went viral for the purest of reasons. That was the case this week.
Saturday, a son tweeted about his father’s new donut shop and how his dad was very sad that no one was coming to buy donuts.
My dad is sad cause no one is coming to his new donut shop 😭 pic.twitter.com/y5aGB1Acrc
— Billy's Donuts (@BillysDonuts) March 9, 2019
It wasn’t long before people responded, asking for the shop’s address and vowing to go buy donuts if the stop was close enough.
Post the city and street as a reply to your post
— Dee 🥃 (@thetrapitalist) March 10, 2019
I live literally 5 min away.. Most def coming tomorrow! 🍩
— vincentussy (@vincetheesimp) March 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/SydGarza0/status/1104623505004466176
Twitter did its thing. Now, after being retweeted more than 334,000 times and like more than 748, 000 times, Billy’s dad (who named the shop after his son *tear*) has a new problem: he keeps running out of kolaches and donuts because lines are OUT THE DOOR!
Billy tweeted this update after Twitter users begged to hear more about the shop’s fate:
Just wanted to update yall! We completely sold out of donuts and kolaches! You are all amazing. I can't thank everyone enough for coming out and supporting local businesses. This means so much to my family ❤️ pic.twitter.com/o3GQcKvVnG
— Billy's Donuts (@BillysDonuts) March 10, 2019
Local news crews even came out to see what the deal was with the shop and try out the donuts for themselves.
SOLD OUT! New donut shop booming after @hibillyby tweet of empty store goes viral https://t.co/PHkU79ekhZ pic.twitter.com/QEAS3PRZdz
— KPRC 2 Houston (@KPRC2) March 11, 2019
An even happier ending to this story — the donuts are really good. Not only was everyone tweeting they went to the shop to get Twitter clout, but they were also tweeting about some bomb breakfast goodies that they thought everyone should try.
This is a review from a customer who just went to Billy’s Donuts this morning in Houston! I’m so glad to see the power of social media and its good impact to the real life. This thing got me to my real emotions. 😭
Credits to @/lets_eat_htx on Instagram 🤝 pic.twitter.com/txqFgcJPlK
— ح (@alqanaea) March 10, 2019
M&Ms on a donut?
You, sir, are a wizard! 😋— Jeffrey Chavez (@area51jeff) March 11, 2019
It was. It was so good!
— Nat (@whatisnatalie) March 10, 2019
Dude it was really busy when I went too!! His mom was talking about how she usually knows how much to make in a day but today she didnt expect the turnout😭😭😭 and the boudin kolaches are SO good pic.twitter.com/tBKbTCI9ZQ
— panda senpai stan acct (@kill4kirby) March 10, 2019
If you thought this feel-good story couldn’t get any better, you’re wrong. Because of Billy’s tweet and how well it turned out, Twitter paid everyone’s tab who visited the shop Monday morning. This is definitely in the running for the purest story of 2019 thus far, and for sure just another reason Houston is so dope.
