Remember those who serve   8 comments

Posted at 12:03 pm in Inspirational stories

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. “50¢,” 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. “35¢!” 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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Written by Stephen on January 29th, 2009

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8 Responses to: Remember those who serve

  1. naikhatsaw -- 18 Apr 09 at 2:55 pm

     

    very nice touching too

  2. john -- 8 May 09 at 12:32 am

     

    It’s really heart touching. Thanks to the writer.

  3. rajeshwari -- 11 Oct 09 at 7:36 am

     

    Story was good… but til today I haven’t understand that why do we leave a tip? and would it be wrong on our part if we do not do so?

  4. cookiee -- 5 Apr 10 at 11:54 am

     

    nice:)

  5. shalma -- 19 May 10 at 9:45 am

     

    Its a very good lesson to the people who treat other people down, there is so much to learn from this. nice to read and to take this thought in our life.

  6. Anshul -- 23 May 10 at 6:17 am

     

    Well I don’t understand the need of paying the tip to a waiter/waitress when they are already being payed by the restaurants. Other than that we are already paying the service tax, so I guess that on its own covers the charges. I think there is no need to pay those who serve for they are not doing any social work. They are being payed by their workplaces.

  7. Gopi chebrolu -- 16 Jul 10 at 1:22 am

     

    give something others which u had

  8. kn karthick -- 21 Aug 10 at 7:39 am

     

    really heart touching:-Kartik

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