This is so cool it made me cry

by beksbks 44 Replies latest social current

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  beksbks

  Mr. B's Pancake House staff works for free to help boss

  by Susan Harrison Wolffis | The Muskegon Chronicle Monday January 26, 2009, 10:51 PM

  Lead server, Mary VanDam, picks up orders from the kitchen. VanDam suggested employees at Mr. B's to work for free last Sunday to help the financial situation at the restaurant after customer traffic slowed. PHOTO SLIDESHOW See more photos after the jump.

  In a world yearning for good news, meet Mary VanDam who decided to help out her boss during tough economic times by working a Sunday shift for free.

  Then, just to put icing on the cake, she convinced her fellow employees at Mr. B's Pancake House to do the same.

  A week ago, 17 restaurant employees -- servers, cooks, busboys, dishwashers, cashiers and hostesses -- worked exclusively for tips, so owner Dave Barham could trim the payroll.

  "Isn't that something?" he asked.

  Dave and Lisa Barham own Mr. B's Pancake House. Employees last Sunday worked for free to help the Barhams save money. Customers pitched in with a generosity all their own, leaving the restaurant employees $800 in tips

  When the last customer left on what employees dubbed "Donate A Day," they'd saved the boss about $700 in wages. The restaurant employs 31 people.

  http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2009/01/restaurant_staff_works_for_fre.html
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  watson

  Very cool. It says a lot about Mr and Mrs B too.
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  leavingwt

  Sounds like her boss is a wonderful lady. We should all be so lucky.

  Thanks for sharing this story.
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  beksbks

  Did you read the article? When the customers heard what was going on, they gave extra tips!!!! Gosh I love people!
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  ohiocowboy

  Reminds me of this song by Clay Walker called Chain of Love. I don't know how to do the Youtube link thingy, but here is the link. A very good listen. I have cried hearing it, especially the first time I heard it. Very Moving.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R9ACBtcRCs
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  hubert

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R9ACBtcRCs

  Here's the hyperlink

  Hubert

  Well, how 'bout that...I copied and pasted the link and the video came up. Learn something new every day.
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  BurnTheShips

  I'm sorry, but unless she is completely without a duty to family, she is an idiot. I'll give charity to the poor, but not to someone better off than me.

  BTS
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  hubert

  I just listened to the song, Ohio, and it's very moving.

  Hubert
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  purplesofa

  Just becuase you own a business does not mean you are better off than those that work for you.
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  hubert

  burn the ships, she may have saved her job doing this, or perhaps another employee, too. I commend her.

  Hubert