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What Goes Around, Truly Comes
Around.
TAMBI HOWARD, KIMBERLY KING & PEGGY SISK
CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE NO. 39
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
One morning, a regular guest in Charlotte, North Carolina, stood up from her usual
seat, Table 241, to pay her check. Along the way, and for no particular reason, she decided she wanted to
pay someone else’s bill, too. So she told the cashier that she’d pay for a man sitting nearby at Table 153,
and then happily went on her way.
When the server, Peggy Sisk, explained to the man that his bill had been paid, he was so moved he
picked up the check for a man and his son at Table 154. Well, that got things going, and they decided
to leave $10 for the next guest who took their table. But, after the meal, the bill totaled $10.49. So
Peggy, hostess Tambi Howard and cashier Kimberly King secretly contributed the extra 49¢. When
Peggy told the man his bill was covered, he was so touched that he paid for a woman at Table 131.
She thanked him warmly and left the restaurant. Nice story, right? Well...
Nearby, Peggy heard some guests talking about random acts of kindness. “Have I got a story for you,”
she said, and told them what had happened. The guests were so impressed they immediately asked to
pay for a woman at Table 133, who paid for Table 114, who paid for a family at Table 124, who paid
for the man now sitting at Table 133, who decided to pay for someone too.
“Tag, you’re it,” Peggy said, as she stopped at Table 124, describing the morning’s events. Of course,
the woman there also wanted to pay for someone’s meal. So Peggy mentioned a guest at Table 113
who’d been carefully counting the change in his pocket. “I’ll pay for him,” the woman said.
When Peggy told Table 113 that his bill had been paid, he was visibly moved. But Peggy decided
to keep the rest of the morning’s story to herself. After all, she realized that everything must have hap-
pened just so this man could have a good breakfast.