We work for Sandra Sanders who is the broker/owner of Re/Max Palos Verdes Realty & Re/Max Execs. We truly respect her and love how she runs her business. One of the reasons is because this is the type of message she likes to put out to her agents. This was part of our “What’s New at Re/Max Palos Verdes/Execs” newsletter this spring. She sends this out quarterly. I really liked her “Message from Sandra” this quarter and would like to share it!
“Years ago, a 10 year old boy went to the soda shop and asked the waitress, “What does an ice cream sundae cost?”
“Fifty Cents,” the waitress replied.
The little boy reached into his pocket and carefully counted his change as the waitress became more and more impatient. She had “bigger” customers to wait on.
“How much for just plain ice cream?” the boy asked. The waitress noticeably irritated, said “Thirty five cents.” Again the boy slowly counted his money and then asked for a dish of plain ice cream and paid the correct amount.
Later, the waitress cleared the boy’s dish and there on the counter he had left two nickels and five pennies. She realized that he had had enough money for the sundae, but had sacrificed so that he could leave her a tip.
The moral of the story: Before passing judgment, first treat others with courtesy, dignity and respect.
Such good advice and so close to Mother’s Day. Isn’t this what our moms told us to do and what we tried to teach our kids? But in our rushed society, sometimes we forget. Thanks for the reminder.
Comment by Marion Duffy — May 9, 2008 @ 7:51 pm
wow what a nice post
It reminds me of when my brother was 21 and went out to buy a car. He was small for his age and wore coke bottle glasses- kind of a science nerd kind of kid. really nice too.
He had been in an auto accident in a taxi as a baby with my parents. The settlement they put in blue chip stocks till he was 21. He could buy any car he wanted…which was a corvette.
When he went to the car place. They wouldn’t let him test drive a car because he didn’t look like he could afford it.
Comment by lynne pope — June 4, 2008 @ 5:55 pm