Random Acts of Kindness

We chose this family for our Random Act of Kindness.  The younger portion of the family were somewhat bickering for the first part of the lunch which frustrated the mom, and then, of course the grandparents.  When I explained to them that I had taken food off of their bill, and the reason why, every single person at the table was smiling and impressed by the whole thing.  Each and every one of them made a point to thank me again prior to them leaving.  It was very nice to see the transition from an unhappy family to a very happy, and impressed one!

– Tricia St. George

Our RAK this morning is a wonderful woman, Helen, who constantly is donating to our charities without wanting spins or coupons in return, and who has adamantly refused to ever had anything bought for her, no matter what the reason. She only allowed me to buy her lunch because she would get to make someone else’s day brighter. After she asked the check amount and donated it to Healing for Hollie.

– Mike Columbare

Today’s RAK involves a couple, Carol and Chuck, who first visited us about a month ago when they moved here from the Midwest. Their moving van ran into some difficulties getting here and they visited us almost every day for a week and then have been here between 2-3 times a week since. Monday, they are leaving to attend the wedding of Carol’s nephew and to visit Chuck’s 94-year old mother. After that, they are heading to Napa! I picked up their lunch, especially since they were enjoying our new pink lemonade cupcake.

– Matthew Phipps

Tonight was great.  I had about 5 servers point out to me this table because the man was in full uniform.  Turns out it was their first night out without the kids in quite some time.  They were so very thankful and were so eager to Pay It Forward that he went into the dining room, found a family of 4 with two you kids and gave it to them.  It was really cool to see him taking the time to explain to the family what it was all about.  I’m so bummed I didn’t have my phone on me at the time!

– Amy Czyzewski

Laconia’s RAK recipients tonight were the first guests of May to use our valet service.  The Farley family traveled up from Boston to attend their nephew’s wedding tomorrow.  We gave them 4 free entrees, and they’re going to pass on their certificate and their story tomorrow as they celebrate!

– Jay Bolduc

Did our first Random Act of Kindness here in Hudson!  The girl is a former graduate of Alvirne HS who moved to North Carolina.  She is moving back to be closer to her family and expecting her first child.  Bought their tab to start off the promotion here.  They are Rebecca with her younger brother and her mom.

– Denis Brunelle

Tonight in Manchester, we had a party of 10 come in (two families) celebrating a promotion one of the men got at work today.  I took care of the apps and the man’s meal.  They were definitely shocked and excited.  On the way out he said he was off to find someone to give the $25 to!

– Amy Czyzewski

My RAK involved a couple, James and Jamie, coming out to lunch because they got someone to watch the kids and she wanted to take her husband here. It was his first visit. He was wearing shorts, a short sleeved shirt, sun glasses, and flip-flops, she was dressed more to the weather with a long sleeved shirt and slacks. Being the only guest I saw today wearing shorts, I immediately liked his “screw the cold, I’m ready for summer” attitude. Further, he enjoyed 2 of our new craft beers: one bottle and one draft!

I hooked up their meal, which only consisted of a couple of apps, and since it was less than the $25 gc I gave them to pay forward, I hooked them up with a $10 coupon as well.

– Matthew Phipps

We had a group of 7 men come into the lounge and when they found out what the proceeds for wheel was going towards they bought 22 spins. But, then 1 of them proceeded to walk around the dining room and give away a lot of the certificates to random guests. Kerri and Kami noticed this and immediately came to me and they were psyched that they got to Pay it Forward to the gentleman and of course to take a selfie with him. I did pick up the meal for the gentleman that passed out the certificates.

– Rebecca Lemay