Accidentally gave one heck of a tip to the guy at the Popeyes drive through window
I was out running errands yesterday. We had a flat tire coming back from Mississippi over the weekend and Larry almost killed himself changing the tire. So, I went yesterday morning and got new tires….while I was out I ran through the Popeyes drive through to get lunch for the crew here working on auctions.
The total was just under $40……I was on my phone arranging an upcoming errand I have to run this weekend to pick up another collection. I handed them money over…they gave me my drinks….he said "you gonna give me a tip?" JOKING…he was not being smart, just joking around. I said "sure, keep it" and he hopped up in the air with a GIANT smile on his face. I thought…that was a lot for three dollars.
I didn't realize until I got home that the "tip" was more like $60 because I had given him the $100 bill instead of whatever I thought I had handed him.
Oh well….he had a guardian angel working their magic….he must have needed a little help and it was lined up perfectly for me to be the one to do it. (That is what I'm telling myself anyway.) The guy was working….a thankless job….on a miserably HOT day in an area that is not all that friendly.
The more I think about it the better I feel about my mistake.
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Well good for you, if only by accident. We ate at Wendys the other day. Damn that was a good bacon cheeseburger. I walked up to the counter and handed the gal a $10 dollar bill, made sure that 2 other gals saw it. I said "You get a tip." She looked bewildered.
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Good for you guys. As someone who has worked a drive through window……………….it is thankless and dificult.
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Next time when he asks for a tip, say " Save your money and buy a farm."
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I was once pretty good at "multi-tasking". Doing it while paying for something now days would have me doing something similar to what Kasey did! 😯
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You may have answered a prayer he had been praying.
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A tip of a 150% of the price. I would chalk it up more or less you made a mistake. We all have done it. I have never tipped anyone at a drive through before. Can’t believe he asked you for a tip in the first place, I’d say that was sort of gutsy of him. It’s not like he was waiting on you at a table.
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A tip of a 150% of the price. I would chalk it up more or less you made a mistake. We all have done it. I have never tipped anyone at a drive through before. Can’t believe he asked you for a tip in the first place, I’d say that was sort of gutsy of him. It’s not like he was waiting on you at a table.
He wasn't at all serious about leaving a tip….just joking around. I had some random bills and one $100 bill….I got the money out to pay them and thought I was putting the other cash back in my phone case….but handed him the wrong folded bit of money. I was working out some travel plans and looking at my calendar while talking to a peron on the phone. It was coming through the car so it didn't look like I was on the phone. I am NOT a multi-tasker (obviously.)
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He wasn't at all serious about leaving a tip….just joking around. I had some random bills and one $100 bill….I got the money out to pay them and thought I was putting the other cash back in my phone case….but handed him the wrong folded bit of money. I was working out some travel plans and looking at my calendar while talking to a peron on the phone. It was coming through the car so it didn't look like I was on the phone. I am NOT a multi-tasker (obviously.)
My problem where I done things like that is , new bills from the bank stick together, I know I done that a couple times. At least you have an excuse: multitasking and working. Now any time I get new bills I crumple them up real good. Lol
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Wow Kasey, Next time you are in the Indy area and need a few burgers, fries, or hot wings just call me & I'll deliver.
😃
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Apparently they aren't really serious when the sign says no $100 bills (at least the signs say that in this area).
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When you got it flaunt it! Write it off on your hobby.
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We always do cash after the meal, and we go out often.
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So, you accidentally "paid it forward".
If this is your worst mistake of the year, you got off easy 😉
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Hopefully he didn't run down to the local Motel 6 and make a drug purchase, they still leave the light on for people that do that.
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I was at the Wendy's drive through in Asheville last year. When I got to the window the gal said "Fugettaboutit. The lady ahead of you paid your bill."
What? It was $9.45I looked ahead, it was a black lady in a nice new SUV, she pulled off heading south onto Tunnel Road and I didn't see her again.
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If you will not lose sleep over the extra, you will be fine. Perhaps it will help out this guy at a time that he really needs it.
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Ole Popeye is smiling down upon you Kasey!
😁
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I took this pic of this guy panhandling in Asheville.
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Too funny
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