Five lessons about the way we treat people
My thanks
to Aubrey and Ron for the following stories
3 – Third
Important Lesson – Always remember those who serve.
In the days
when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel
coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of
him.
“How
much is an ice cream sundae?” he asked.
“Fifty cents,” replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand out of his
pocket and studied the coins in it.
“Well,
how much is a plain dish of ice cream?” he inquired. By now more people were waiting for a table
and the waitress was growing impatient.
“Thirty-five cents,” she brusquely replied.
The little
boy again counted his coins. “I’ll
have the plain ice cream,” he said.
The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked
away. The boy finished the ice cream,
paid the cashier and left.. When the
waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish were
two nickels and five pennies..
You
see, he couldn’t have the sundae,
because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.
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