Day 43 - You Know Who's Awesome?! - #10

Day 43 - You Know Who's Awesome?!

This couple:

Makenzie and Steven Schultz are from Cedar Rapids, Iowa and on September 27th, they paid it forward.  After visiting a restaurant that was understaffed, Mackenzie and Steven left a $100.00 tip for their server despite the amount of time it took to receive their orders.  Upon leaving the server a $100.00, Mackenzie Schultz posted the following message on her Facebook page:

"So here's the deal. Our service tonight sucked. Took 20 minutes to get water, 40 minutes for an appetizer and over an hour for our entree. People all around us were making fun of the restaurant & how bad the service was. Yeah, it was pretty terrible. But, it was very obvious that the issue was being short staffed, not the server. He was running around like crazy and never acted annoyed with any table. At one point we counted he had 12 tables plus the bar. More than any one person could handle! As I sat there and watched him run back & forth and apologize for the wait, I said to Steven... Wow, this used to be us. Waiting tables. I don't miss it at all and I never loved that job. I did it for the tips. Steven and I agreed it would feel good to make this guys night when he would probably be getting minimal to no tips due to slow service. We walked out before he saw this and I'm not posting this for a pat on the back. I'm just sharing this as a friendly reminder to think of the entire situation, before you judge. And always always always remember where you came from."

I absolutely love the last couple parts of this post:

"I'm just sharing this as a friendly reminder to think of the entire situation, before you judge.  And always, always, always, remember where you came from."

Three lessons from this story:

1. Pay it forward.  Do a good deed out of the goodness of your heart once in awhile.  It feels great and it makes a difference.

2. We really have no clue what everyone's situation is.  In a world full of "heavily-opinionated-online-commenting" and a "sense-of-only-one's-self" personas, we HAVE TO be careful with judging so quickly.  After all, "...everyone is fighting their own battle..." and we are all human.  Why not be gracious enough to allow other people's mistakes considering we would want the same thing in return.

3. "Remember who you are." ~ Kathryn Daugherty.  Don't get so caught up in success that you forget where you've been.  The climb up the mountain is more important than the view at the top.  Yes, the view is worthwhile, but don't forget how you got there and help others with their climb as well.

This story was awesome and huge shout out to Twila Falk for sharing this story with me.  I loved it a lot!  :)