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During the “snow event” I was manning the host stand, and a woman came in to pick up a takeout. After having my head buried in excel for the most of the morning, I mistakenly read her total as “forty two point two zero”. I corrected myself and said $42.20, and she laughed having mentioned she was just in her car talking to her son about math, and that he just got perfect scores on his report card. I congratulated her, and told her to celebrate we would love to buy her and her son lunch. She was so excited she went out to her car to bring in her clearly embarrassed 9th grader. I simply told him great job, and his hard work got him some lunch on the house today. I explained about RAK’s and he started to smile saying he knows who to give it to, but wouldn’t say. Jason and I made a deal, that if he gets another score like that on his final report card, dinner would once again be on me. I’m looking forward to seeing him this June.

My RAK this week went to a clearly exhausted new father, who spent the better part of his meal walking his 10 week old daughter around the dining room in an attempt to lull her to sleep. Man, did I feel his pain or what?! After swapping war stories about our last couple weeks as new parents, I hooked him and his wife up with lunch, and gave them a GC for the next time they can have “adult time”.  They were so happy, and are looking forward to paying the good deed forward, I can’t wait to see them again to see how they are doing.

My RAK went to a couple who forgot their wallet, and didn’t realize it until half way through their meal. They were very nice about it, offering to leave his phone, his wife’s car keys, and his wife herself. When I went over to tell them what we were doing for them, they were speechless, and almost refused to be given “charity”. When I explained paying it forward and keeping the good will going, they accepted having their dinner bought for them, and they will search high and low to pay it forward tomorrow afternoon after they find his wallet.

My RAK today went to a little boy who was very disappointed his burger did no come with bacon. When Katie went back to get him a piece, he was overheard shouting ‘Bacon is better than cookies!”.  This was beyond RAK worthy. I went over and bought his family dinner. They were really happy, Mom jumped up to hug me, and they can’t wait to pay it forward!