I fancy myself as a good tipper. I typically do at least 20% on any given meal. Some people, though, put what I consider a good tip to shame. For example, in Raleigh, NC a man at a Waffle House tipped his waitress $1,000!!!! He actually wrote the tip in as $1,500 and told the waitress to give $500 to a woman who looked blue sitting by herself. So let’s recap so far: a man left a $1,500 tip to be shared between a random patron of the restaurant and the waitress (a single mother, I should add). The man slipped away into the night not looking for any type of recognition for this charitable act. But a good deed never goes unnoticed. In this instance, it was the Waffle House management who noticed and mandated that the waitress return the tip she was given. $1,000 can make a HUGE difference to a single person trying to raise a kid, and Waffle House decided that with a tip that big they risk the man coming back and demanding his money back due to a “mistake.” As lame as this sounds, the story does have a happy ending. After the generous tipper was contacted about the dilemma, he instead wrote a personal check to the waitress for her $1,000 tip that was meant for her.
It’s been hot lately. I was outside earlier this week and almost melted. Ice cream was my savior. Not only is it delicious, it’s also cooling, refreshing, and on a hot day I’d go as far as saying it’s necessary. A woman in England seems to agree with me. She called 999 (the equivalent of our 911) to report that her ice cream did not have enough sprinkles. To quote the 911 call, there’s “a bit on one side and none on the other…” Now I hear her, if I request sprinkles, I want sprinkles, but I don’t think it’s a 911-worthy issue.
If you live in the San Francisco area, you may want to start following the twitter handle @HiddenCash. If you don’t live in San Francisco, you may want to head out that way soon. An anonymous millionaire is hiding white envelopes filled with hundred dollar bills around the area. Tweets go out with hints to the cash from their twitter account daily. The anonymous benefactor said they had earned more money than they dreamed of and they wanted to give back in a fun and different way. They have plans to expand the charitable scavenger hunt to other cities like L.A. and New York City in the near future.
Do you smell that? Of course you don’t, I’m talking about graduation; and it doesn’t have a particular smell. But it is in the air! Adults are graduating with graduate degrees, others finishing their Bachelor’s. We have children graduating from kindergarten all the way through high school. It’s the time of year that family and friends all watch on with proud, tear-filled eyes as their loved ones take to the stage to receive their diploma and degrees.
This is a time to be happy and proud of the accomplishments of others. For one high school in Florida though, it seems to be a time to make some money. They are charging $20 a ticket to attend the graduation for family and friends. They are also offering premium seating at the price of $200!!! That’s right, $200 for premium seats at a high school graduation. What does that even mean? You can sit on the first row of bleachers? Oohhh, maybe you get a folding chair in FRONT of the bleachers. Then, to top it off, the graduating students are being charged $20 just to participate in the ceremony! Didn’t the kids pay their dues by attending and passing high school for four years?
A man in Seattle went to a local Subway and was looking for something not on the menu. The story goes as follows; a man and his family walk into a Subway (if you think this sounds like a joke now, just keep reading). The man walks into the bathroom while his wife orders their meals. After some time his wife knocks on the bathroom door to see what is taking so long. The family decides to leave without him (odd, but I suppose you can’t wait forever). Shortly after the family leaves the restaurant, the man runs out of the bathroom with a plastic garbage bag slung over his shoulder. The Subway employees go to check the bathroom, they find the sink stuffed with paper towels and the water running (a la the Wet Bandits), and, wait for it…the toilet was missing!!! This man stole a toilet from a Subway. I can’t really even begin to hypothesize about what would motivate such a crime. Maybe his toilet at home was broken and he couldn’t afford a new one? I’d rather like to think that he and his family were on vacation in Seattle, and he likes to collect a toilet from every city they travel to.
