Post by brassmonkey on Oct 30, 2008 13:47:32 GMT -5
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The other night June and I went out to dinner and I passed one of the homeless guys near the restaurant, with a sign that read "Vote Obama, I need the money."
Once in the restaurant I noticed my waitress had on an "Obama 08" button.
When the bill came, I decided not to tip the waitress and explained to her that while she had given me exceptional service, the button she was wearing made me feel she obviously believes in Senator Obama's plan to redistribute the wealth.
I told her I was going to redistribute her tip to someone who I deemed was more in need--the homeless guy outside.
She stood there in disbelief then angrily stormed away.
I went outside, gave the homeless guy $5 and told him to thank the waitress inside, as I had decided he could use the money more.
The homeless guy looked at me in disbelief but seemed grateful.
As I got in my car, I realized this rather unscientific Redistribution Experiment had left the homeless guy quite happy for the money he did not earn, but the waitress was pretty angry that I gave away the money she did earn.
Well, I guess this redistribution of wealth thing is going to take a while to catch on, .....at least with those doing the actual work........
Please feel free to share this with anyone that you think would find this of interest.......I am sure that you could figure out how I voted!!
The other night June and I went out to dinner and I passed one of the homeless guys near the restaurant, with a sign that read "Vote Obama, I need the money."
Once in the restaurant I noticed my waitress had on an "Obama 08" button.
When the bill came, I decided not to tip the waitress and explained to her that while she had given me exceptional service, the button she was wearing made me feel she obviously believes in Senator Obama's plan to redistribute the wealth.
I told her I was going to redistribute her tip to someone who I deemed was more in need--the homeless guy outside.
She stood there in disbelief then angrily stormed away.
I went outside, gave the homeless guy $5 and told him to thank the waitress inside, as I had decided he could use the money more.
The homeless guy looked at me in disbelief but seemed grateful.
As I got in my car, I realized this rather unscientific Redistribution Experiment had left the homeless guy quite happy for the money he did not earn, but the waitress was pretty angry that I gave away the money she did earn.
Well, I guess this redistribution of wealth thing is going to take a while to catch on, .....at least with those doing the actual work........
Please feel free to share this with anyone that you think would find this of interest.......I am sure that you could figure out how I voted!!
