Posted on 07/13/2012 7:34:41 AM PDT by Kartographer
A dying man's last wish was to make someone else's day. After his death, the family of Aaron Collins fulfilled his wish to go have pizza and leave their server a $500 tip.
The story surfaced on the blog Fark: 30-year-old Collins, a computer technician who died July 7, had no money to make his wish come true. So his family raised the cash through a website after just a few days and then made good on his request. At Puccini's restaurant in Lexington, Ky., the family lunched on pizza, and then presented one very lucky waitress with $500.
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Call me cynical but his last wish is to leave a big tip with other people’s money?
Aaron was a class act.
The actions of his family explain why.
Right on... ridiculous story.
Bet he wasn’t a democrat.
“Aaron was a class act.
The actions of his family explain why.”
You saw that too. There’s something to be said for strong family values... :-)
That was my initial response as well - typical libtard tear jerking, compassionate, feel-good nonsense (putting it politely).
Ya, please create my legacy using OTP (Other People’s Money).
If this doesn’t describe the ABSOLUTE FUNDAMENTAL CORE of the libtards’ philosphy, then nothing ever will.
Nothing short of pathetic how ALL of the lamestream media will be fawning over this all day long.
Other people who volunteered to give their money for this. This is what the guy wanted. What’s the problem?
I’m with you. Website donations, I wonder who paid for the pizza.
When he made the wish he may have had the funds, but maybe over the course of an illness he lost what he had. Stuff like that happens.
It was still a kind gesture, regardless.
You see this all the time. Again, where's the problem?
“Call me cynical but his last wish is to leave a big tip with other people’s money?”
If those “other people’s money” is donated voluntarily that is fine especially if it is someone who is working their tush off like waitresses do. But if the money was obtained through fraud or force and given to lazy degenerates (rich and poor) like the government does all of the time then this would be a problem.
I'm sorry, but this isn't about the random act of kindness, it's about getting the publicity for it. If they just wanted to fulfill the dying wish, did they need the camera? Did they need the media? Did they need to publicly present the tip? No. They could have just slipped the tip in with the paid bill and left. But no, because this is more about them, than it is about her or what their dead relative wanted.
“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." --Matthew 6:1-4
That's what I would have done.
LOL, had to have been a Democrat, this is just insane, but I’m being redundant.
You are not cynical. It also seems ridiculous to me. While their act shows a suitable dis-attachment to money, just handing out money to strangers (as you point out, that isn't even theirs to start with) without any concern for merit is just random and pointless (with possibly even evil effects).
In our town last Christmas, a random "rich man" went to Wal-mart to pay-off people's lay-away bills, randomly. While he probably had kind intentions, there was no understanding on who they people were, if they needed it, or what the goods were for. Real charity takes wisdom.
If they had done this quietly, it might have been a nice gesture. But they did it publicly, announced it to the news people, and made a video of it.
And, incidentally, this waitress had better declare her tip to the IRS and pay income taxes on it, because the IRS knows all about it now, too.
Sorry, I think I remember Jesus saying something about doing good deeds quietly.
He sure did. See my post 14.
Cynical.
Seems no one has a problem with a cancer ridden child getting to go to DISNEYLAND for FREE.
This guy could have asked for a lap dance.
Where the money comes from is not even the issue. The issue is that his last wish was to benefit someone else, a complete stranger.
The QUESTION is, if you knew you were soon to die, would you want something for yourself, or would you do like this guy did?
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