So, on Thursday, the family and I were out late doing some running around and we went to dinner at Bay Breeze(a seafood restaurant in Mableton, Ga) since it was getting late. Well everything was going good until tables around us were getting their orders before us....even though they had ordered after us or were seated much later than we were. Well my husband is much of the time very impatient and he started pointing out that this was going on. We couldn't see our waitress, but after a few minutes she and a waiter brought out our food....problem number 2: my son's order wasn't in the group. She told us that his order just didn't fit on the trays that they brought out and that she was bringing it right back. After about 5 minutes she came back and said that the kitchen forgot to make his order and that they were getting it together and that they were sorry for the delay. By that time, my husband was a little ticked off; 1. because his son didn't have his food yet and 2. because his shrimp weren't hot (like they'd been sitting for a while before being brought out).
Finally, my son got his food and we all finished eating (except for the shrimp). Duhn, duhn, duhnnnnn...time to pay the check. Now, I must give my husband credit where credit is due...he is a good tipper, and I've seen him go way above and beyond when the service is impressively good, but this time he was not happy at all and he was threatening to not leave the waitress a tip at all. But something inside me (Holy Spirit) made me fight for her....we kind of got the feeling that she might have been new on the job by the way the other waiter helped her out and having been restaurant owners, for a brief moment in time, we knew that sometimes people just have off days. And after a few minutes of back and forth I just told my husband to 'be a blessing to her...in spite of all her flaws tonight, be a blessing to her.' And jokingly I told him to write on the check, 'You don't deserve this tip, but neither did I deserve salvation. Merry Christmas.,' and he actually wrote it on there....but he also left her more than she earned on her tip.
Fast forward to Friday night....we went Mexican tonight (El Monterrey, Tucker, Ga) and it was awesome as usual. Service was friendly and prompt and the food was great. At the end of the meal our waiter brought the check and when my husband looked at it it read $4.82....Now we are a family of 5 and we thought oh the waiter must have made a mistake. So my husband took it to him while I got the kids into their coats and the guy told him that the check was correct because a gentleman 2 tables over from us paid the majority of the bill for us. Wow! I have heard of that happening before, but it had never happened to me. And when we got to the car, my husband reminded me of what I said at the other restaurant about being a blessing to the waitress. God in turn showed us favor because we were obedient in showing mercy to the waitress and blessing her in spite of. I serve THE Awesome God!!!!!! :-)
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