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Omaha Steve

(99,653 posts)
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 10:06 AM Oct 2014

Pizza Delivery Man Surprised With Huge Tip From College Kids


https://gma.yahoo.com/pizza-delivery-man-surprised-huge-tip-college-kids-195200785.html

By STEFANIE TUDER
18 hours ago
Good Morning America

It was just like any other order for Indiana Domino’s delivery driver James Gilpin, until it wasn’t. Gilpin walked away from his mid-morning order for two pies totaling $12.50 with a $1,248.68 tip, nearly $100 in gift cards and thousands of encouraging notes.

It was all part of a lesson at the nearby Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion during the weekly mandatory chapel service. Keith Newman, CEO of Residential Education, wanted to pass along a lesson that stood out to him recently.

“When I do any kind of teaching, I try to use stories because that’s the way I learn. I think stories are great, but if you can show somebody a story, it’s even more powerful,” Newman told ABC News. “And if you can involve them in the story, it’s even more powerful. So we had the chance to act out a story.”

Newman heard a pastor teach the saying, “Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone,” and he wanted to pass that along to the university’s students.

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Pizza Delivery Man Surprised With Huge Tip From College Kids (Original Post) Omaha Steve Oct 2014 OP
awww...that was sweet Sheepshank Oct 2014 #1
 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
1. awww...that was sweet
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 10:12 AM
Oct 2014

I've heard way too many people state that we should do this for all, and since it's not possible, it's hardly worth doing at all. I completely and 100% disagree. While everyone deserves to be treated with such generosity, giving to just one is that one proverbial drop in a bucket. And this made me smile. Realizing what one has and how much they are really able to give is always a good thing.

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