http://watchmymoneymaker.com/2008/02/09/blunderbuss/ Financial Voyeurism - Learn as I learn - we're all in this together Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:12:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://watchmymoneymaker.com/2008/02/09/blunderbuss/#comment-1126 Trint Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:02:54 +0000 http://watchmymoneymaker.com/2008/02/09/blunderbuss/#comment-1126 I love to eat and I love to support small business. I do both whenever I can. Tammy and I tried a new mom & pop Italian place a while back. When we left I miscalculated the tip on receipt. (I always pay with my bank card.) It was not until the next day when I was entering my receipts into my check register that I realized I had seriously short-changed the waitress who'd done a stellar job. I drove back to the restaurant and remedied the situation in person. I was able to tell the waitress face-to-face that she had done a great job and that I was sorry for the mix-up. I could tell by her reaction and the reactions of her coworkers that she had probably bad mouthed me for my lousy tip because they gave her sideways snickers and she seemed pretty embarrassed. So not only did I redeem myself, I unintentionally taught her a great lesson. I love to eat and I love to support small business. I do both whenever I can. Tammy and I tried a new mom & pop Italian place a while back. When we left I miscalculated the tip on receipt. (I always pay with my bank card.) It was not until the next day when I was entering my receipts into my check register that I realized I had seriously short-changed the waitress who’d done a stellar job. I drove back to the restaurant and remedied the situation in person. I was able to tell the waitress face-to-face that she had done a great job and that I was sorry for the mix-up. I could tell by her reaction and the reactions of her coworkers that she had probably bad mouthed me for my lousy tip because they gave her sideways snickers and she seemed pretty embarrassed. So not only did I redeem myself, I unintentionally taught her a great lesson.

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