January 22nd, 2008
Pay it Forward
On Sunday, prior to the Packer game, I went to Perkins restaurant with my parents and witnessed a few really nice gestures. Bart Starr, a famous former Packer quarterback(i think), was there with his family. People asked as he was leaving to have their picture taken with him. He had his group wait for him while he made a lot of people happy. I was just happy to have seen someone famous. (I was surprised because he didn’t have a coat on—it was like 2 degrees!)
The next gesture that really made me feel good was a little girl gave my mom a 20% coupon. They were leaving and she handed it my mom. I thought that was a great thing to teach a little kid. It is making me think of how I want to pay it forward.
I remember the weekend after my best friend and I returned home after spring break. We had just driven home from college and didn’t feel like going home just yet. So we decided to go (guess where) Perkins. It was a pretty dead night, I think a Thursday, so there was only a couple of other people. My friend and I were minding our business when the a couple of older guys (27-30 year olds) approached our table. They sat down and talked to us for about an hour. When we decided to leave, they took the check and paid. We refused, but they said told us in couple of years to do the same for someone else. We haven’t yet, so I guess we need to start hanging out at Perkins!
January 24th, 2008
Karen Says :
How nice! Oh, I am not going to take offense that you call 27-30 year olds older! LOL This is coming from someone in her 50’s.