One server. One $1,000 surprise tip. ASAE Annual Meeting in Indianapolis. Her first. Our 95th.
Saint Joseph Brewery and Public House was randomly picked from a group of breweries. Lowell Aplebaum is a beer aficionado who hosts Beer Bros tastings for groups like the Florida Society of Association Executives.
Huge love to Lowell, Rhea Steele, and Tori Miller Liu. They were buzzing with joy!
Doing something nice for someone else without expecting anything in return changes brain chemistry. The server gets a dopamine spike from the surprise. The volunteers get the helper’s high. The ripple is real because both sides walk away different.
Most surprises in life are negative. They are often a sudden death, job loss, or a car accident.
Meanwhile, most of us live on autopilot: doing the same things, saying the same things, eating the same things. Hours blend into days. Days blend into weeks. Weeks blend into years. It’s all a blur.
Often the only memories that stick out are the bad ones.
Doing something nice for someone else in a big way creates a positive, memorable moment that can last a lifetime. That’s why we hand out these big tips to people working in the U.S. service industry.
Donors for this trio: Cameron Curtis and C2 Association Strategies, Lowell Aplebaum, Bob London, Cathi Horner and birthday donors Anne Nevel and Kim Henderson Wheeler, Bon Ton Glass, Inc., and monthly tipping titans Brad Sundgren and Mike Chamberlain.
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