Good news for a change.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by hillbilly

There's an old man that came in to the diner here one day. He asked a waiter how the steak tasted and she said she had no idea because they cost to much. He walked up the the boss and told him to cook a steak dinner for everyone who works there and when the night shift came in to cook them one also. The old guy picked up the tab right there in advance. I had worked on the old mans truck before and he gave me 100.00 more than I asked him for. Said I worked to cheap and I told him thanks and to keep it if he needed it.. but he said no, it's yours kid. Turns out the old fella is just that way, don't see many like him. To look at his old clothing and 76 Dodge truck you wouldn't think he could afford to do that.

My guess is he worked union, got good wages, a good pension, and max social security for his cohort. So he gets to be flush at this point in his life. It was a good system.