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This Story of a 19-Year-Old Dairy Queen Employee Standing Up For a Blind Man
The Blaze ^ | 0918/13 | Oliver Darcy

Posted on 09/18/2013 4:25:39 PM PDT by Doogle

A Minnesota Dairy Queen has been swarmed with dozens of phone calls, hundreds of comments and an influx of business after a story about their 19-year-old manager’s courageous defense of a blind man went viral on Reddit.

Joey Prusak, who has been working at the popular fast-food restaurant for nearly five years, told TheBlaze Wednesday he was “shocked” and “sickened” by what he saw happen to a blind man at the hands of an elderly lady. Prusak said that last Tuesday, one of his frequent guests, a man who is blind, walked into the local Dairy Queen. When the blind man took out his wallet to pay, a $20 bill slipped out of his pocket. An elderly woman behind the blind man then quickly snatched the bill off the floor and put it into her purse.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: dairyqueen; dairyqyeen; kindness
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...an act of kindness
1 posted on 09/18/2013 4:25:39 PM PDT by Doogle
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To: Chode

ping


2 posted on 09/18/2013 4:26:23 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Doogle

She’s on camera. Time for some public shame Mr. Dairy Queen manager.


3 posted on 09/18/2013 4:29:24 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Doogle

elderly lady is breaking bad.


4 posted on 09/18/2013 4:29:40 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Doogle

Thanks Joe for making my day

5 posted on 09/18/2013 4:30:28 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Doogle

The comments are great, but THIS zinger made me LOL:

>>XPAT
Sep. 18, 2013 at 5:53pm
Joey is a Saint and Al Franken’s girlfriend is $20 richer.<<


6 posted on 09/18/2013 4:40:20 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. (Yogi Berra))
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To: freedumb2003

LOL


7 posted on 09/18/2013 4:42:07 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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good on him... now if only the manager would have reimbursed him the $20, DQ will get a lot more than $20 in business from word of mouth alone
8 posted on 09/18/2013 4:42:21 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Doogle

If I was there as a customer I would have raised holy hell — “LADY — THAT GUY JUST DROPPED THAT BILL! DID YOU REALLY JUST PUT IT IN YOUR PURSE!!!”

Had events continued with her denial, etc. I would have ordered and then added $20 to my payment with a quiet smile a nod.

I would not want to “undo” his clearly classy and generous (and, frankly, brilliant) offering but $20 is not much to me, but it is several hours work for him.

I ain’t bragging — I am just noting what I would do and I am sure most (I will say all) FReepers would do the same.


9 posted on 09/18/2013 4:44:49 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. (Yogi Berra))
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To: Doogle

People like that make me sick

I dropped $200 in the mall once, and a guy and girl behind me told me I dropped it, and when I looked back a woman had picked it up and was just standing there on the phone- she didn’t call me or tell me, she just picked it up and was going to keep it, until the couple told me I dropped it and pointed to her.

I felt like calling her a f-ing b*tch but refrained


10 posted on 09/18/2013 4:45:39 PM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: Doogle

Terrific story. I hope his boss included a $ 20 with the very nice note he sent Joey. Thanks for posting the piece.


11 posted on 09/18/2013 4:46:51 PM PDT by Dutchboy88
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To: Chode

Nah, the bonus points are Joey’s and Joey’s alone.


12 posted on 09/18/2013 4:49:04 PM PDT by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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If the failed President Obama had a son, he wouldn’t be ANYTHING like Joey.


13 posted on 09/18/2013 4:51:39 PM PDT by lrdg
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"...now if only the manager would have reimbursed him the $20, DQ will get a lot more than $20 in business from word of mouth alone "

That good kid has been there 5 years and he's only 19. I imagine the job offers are rolling in.

14 posted on 09/18/2013 4:56:41 PM PDT by Baynative (Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.)
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To: Doogle

Very heart warming story... now let’s go find that crook and redo the Slim Pickens-old woman Blazing saddles scene on her.


15 posted on 09/18/2013 4:57:16 PM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: Excellence
yup...
16 posted on 09/18/2013 4:57:45 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Baynative
100%
17 posted on 09/18/2013 4:58:23 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: RhoTheta; Orgiveme

Ping.


18 posted on 09/18/2013 5:04:17 PM PDT by Egon (Apparently, Jimmy Carter DOES need a third term.)
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To: Doogle

Outstanding...Thanks for posting.


19 posted on 09/18/2013 5:11:52 PM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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To: freedumb2003
Joey is a Saint and Al Franken’s girlfriend is $20 richer.

Thank you, freedumb2003! I needed that.

20 posted on 09/18/2013 5:16:41 PM PDT by Standing Wolf (No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
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