Yesterday morning I had breakfast at a small diner, and the waitress was wearing a big round Obama pin the size of a plate, which I thought was kind of odd. Why risk alienating some of your clientele? But I digress.
Anyway, when it came time to leave, our check was almost $14, so I left her just two dollars as a tip, and a note that said I was giving her other dollar to the homeless guy outside with the dog and the shopping cart full of cans.
I have to admit I felt pretty good giving this guy a dollar. He clearly needed it worse than she did, and he was very appreciative.
In the past I would have tipped 20% and likely not have given the homeless guy anything, but since the dollar came out of her pocket and not mine, I think I understand it all much more clearly now, and I’m starting to look forward to an Obama presidency.
One of my skin therapists came to work wearing an “Obama” shirt. I told her not to wear it again so as to not politicize the workplace and risk alienating 40% of her/our clients.
“I hadn’t thought of that.” was her response.
That’s the problem with Obama supporters – they don’t think about, or consider, any consequences to their actions.
Suppose you are Michael Phelps and you have just won all those gold medals. Suppose then along come the Olympic Committee, headed by Barack Hussein Obama, and starts to give them to the slower swimmers in order to share the wealth? Would that be fair? It doesn’t mean they worked any less hard but they were just not as good. Would that be fair?