Call me a trouble maker

We just got home from pulling a funny trick on a Waffle House.

We went in and sat down at a table. The waitress was a llittle slow about taking our order (not her fault--the manager had her pen), so she might not have been surprised when we asked to talk to the manager.

The manager came over, looking concerned.

Me -- "How many people do you have on duty today."

Him -- "About eight." (Looking concerned.)

Me -- "Are you any good at math?"

Him -- "Yeah, I'd say so."

Me -- "Think you coul divide this up among them all?"

And I handed hhim a wrapped stack of 100 $1 bills.

Needless to say, he was willing to try, and we got excellent service and a nice thank you from all the employees who had to work on Christmas Day.

That's so neat! We always tip extra around the holidays, but never $100. Way to go!

That was probably so appreciated!

What a nice surprise! 

Aww, that's really sweet of you! I'm sure they appreciated the thoughtfulness as well as the extra cash.

Is tipping an entire waitstaff considered troublemaking? Mother Teresa must have been a full blown anarchist, then.

On a serious note, that was a wonderful thing to do, and I'm sure everyone greatly appreciated it.

Wow, how nice of you

We had planned ahead for it.  No, I don't normally carry $100 in ones in my pocket.  It's actually the second Christmas we've done it, but at different Waffle Houses.

Since we were staying at my sister's place, and she doesn't have any coffee in the house, we needed to go and get a caffeine fix, anyway.  And I know the people at the Waffle House are not all there voluntarily; any restaurant that brags on being open 24/7/365.25 has to be able to require people to work anytime.  They each got $12.50, which isn't a lot, in the grand scheme of things, but I suspect it improved their mood on the whole day, anyway.

And, as I said, dispatch called later in the day and asked me to run an emergency trip that would normally pay about $250, and they paid me almost $700 for it, although I can't collect the last $200 until next year this time.  Karma, huh?

That was a wonderful and thoughtful thing to do.  It's now how much money, but the feeling behind it is worth a million dollars.  I'm sure you brought a smile to their faces.

Happy New Year!!!

that';s sweet! I hope the manger didn't pocket the money and did split it with everyone!

No, I watched him give it to them right away, and they all thanked us personally.

I'm sure that just made the whole day  more bearable for them!!  $12 isn't much in the grand scheme of things maybe; but knowing someone thought enough to make THEIR day better, well that's the best part for them I'm sure!!

Oh Mike, what a wonderful thing to do! You should have taken video of the manger's face when you handed it to him and explained. You probably helped so many people! I know it takes about 15 dollars to get me to work and back for 2 days. Of course, I have to drive 1/2 hr up a huge mountain to get there, but still...You probably paid for gas, an extra present for a child, or the opportunity for the worker to treat herself to something special she may have wanted but couldn't afford. 

I used to always work Christmas Eve when I was a waitress. NOT because I wanted the tips but because they were my second family at the time so I wanted to spend time with them. We were never that busy, usually only got a few stragglers in, but the tips were great. One year, one women only got breadsticks which were $2.75 at the time. She left me a $20 tip!  She left before I realized and could thank her.