Kidnap!
We kidnapped the new freshmeat freshmen over the weekend for our church’s youth group. It involved driving around at 7 am in the morning on Saturday (for an hour!) picking up the post-eighth graders and pulling them out of bed by suprise. Sometimes the parent was waiting for us outside the house ready to let us in and suprise the still slumbering noob student with a bell and a photograph. You can catch all the mayhem here.
After the round-up we (or should I say Chris, their ever inventive leader) took them all out to breakfast with the Senior leaders and the Chaps (Chaperones… i.e. anyone still not in high school). We went to a silly little theme restaurant here in Colorado called Gunther Toody’s – kind of like Johnny Rocket’s or Angel’s Cafe. A throwback theme to the 50′s and 60′s (and now 70′s) of big hair, motorcycles, the twist, and more gaudy colors than you can shake a big bopper at.
Confession time:
I used to work there.
Yeah no kidding. My name was Cadillac and I did the twist on demand. You ask me today and you will probably get a ridiculing look and a withering remark.
Stop. Reverse that. A withering look and just ridicule. And on we go…
Worked there so long that I actually helped train two managers. Which goes to show the turn over rate in the restaurant biz. I think everyone should work in the food service industry… really helps put some perspective on customer service and what is involved in making people happy. Sometimes it can be frustrating.
So always tip a little extra. I go for 20% unless someone royally screws something up.
Life Lesson #2994: Always tip the people that help you. Waiters, Maids, Taxi Drivers… always. A little good karma will always help the world… and yes, you can buy positive karma.
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