Good news for a change. - Page 2

donquixote99 · #11 01-07-2014, 09:42 AM

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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.

noonereal · #12 01-07-2014, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by hillbilly

I never did the 20% thing. Knowing the company as I do, those girls only make 2 bucks per hour and have to rely on tips ( which those tips are collected and later split evenly between them ).. I tip them fair. Say the tip should be 5.00 for what I ordered,.. I leave 20.00... if it's my wife and kids eating with me, I'll leave 50.00. I can't afford to eat out very often, but I make sure I have enough to leave a fair tip or I don't go. If not for the tips, those people would be working for just about nothing.

Much admiration and I am not surprised.

sheltiedave · #13 01-08-2014, 08:16 PM

Now that is karma, to know an alum was specifically seated where he could help. Makes me tear up.

merrylander · #14 01-09-2014, 06:22 AM

I could not read it as the page loaded but the text was just a set of grey bars. So if you can do good then by all means do so. We just do not believe in making a public spectacle of what we do. Having left home at midnight on her eighteenth birthday I am quite certain my Florence is well aware of life's hardships. She always tells me to be sure to tip well.