Would the Chick-Fil-A manager have given this homeless guy food if the guy hadn't agreed to pray?

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This bothers me. Supposing the homeless guy was not a religious follower, or (oh my god) not a Christian?

I wonder how much of this was coerced (pray with me and that’s the only way I’ll feed you), or if it was voluntary. I’m troubled by the implied “there’s a price for my kindness” aspect of this episode. A good deed should be a good deed regardless of ‘compensation’, which in this case appeared to be prayer.

Would the manager have given the guy a meal if he hadn’t agreed to pray?