B Inspired Part One

Posted on 17. Jun, 2007 by DeanHunt in Self Improvement

Welcome to part one of a mini series entitled “B Inspired”

Over the next 5 days I am going to share some stories with you that will inspire you to be a better person.

I am NOT saying that you are a bad person, but we all could do with some inspiration from time to time.

This inspiration will be in the form of a story, I am however, NOT going to explain the moral of the stories. I believe they are self explanitory, and you can take from that what you will.

So let’s get started with today’s story:

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream sundae?” he asked. “50¢,” replied the waitress.

The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it.

“Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?” he inquired. By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient. “35¢!” she brusquely replied.

The little boy again counted his coins. “I’ll have the plain ice cream,” he said. The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left.

When the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies. You see, he couldn’t have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.