Tonight we had a party of 9 join us with a family that is so much of a regular their NYE resolution was to eat at home more and not spend as much at T-Bones. They are loved by all who work here, from Management to servers to kitchen. Each XMas they start a Burl paybacks plan and buy employees a drink who wish for one. Our kids are now friends from dining frequently at the same time! It was Steve Burl’s Bday (dad) and mechanic to half our staff. They came in with a couple other couples and their kids (6, 14, 17). The youngest sophia gets a little rambunctious sitting amongst the adults sometimes so to let them enjoy converation I took the little one at the end with me for a few minutes. She was bored of doing checkouts and asking what the charts were, she wanted to take care of guests so I thought it would be a great Random Act of Kindness moment. (yes I did one earlier but a great moment for a little one to learn the value of making someone’s day). There were a handful of tables dining in the lounge so I said look around and pick any table you want to do something nice for and we will go make them smile. She picked a group of 3 younger/older people (20’s) and we walked up and said our little Random Act of Kindness speech and that it was Sophie’s choice to ask your table to pay it forward. They were so excited and talked to Sophie for a few minutes during this time the table next to them recognized Sophie from her Dad’s shop on 102 and said what a great family they were and then started talking to Sophie as well! She was so popular now 🙂 Funny how she was doing something nice for someone else and another person recognized her because she had pulled into their gas station/shop and one of the young kids fixed her tire for her and she thought it was just so wonderful. They said the Burl Family is just so kind and fantastic. Very fitting!!
