I’ve always been a good tipper. If you ever spent time as a waiter or waitress, or actually doing any job where you rely on tips, that’s what happens–you become a very good tipper. I was a really terrible waitress. I would forget the fork, the ketchup, the drinks. Thank GOD I had a good personality. That’s the only thing I had going for me out there in restaurant land! Tips were how I got through college. I waitressed in pizza shops, bars and finally at Faneuil Hall’s Flower Market Cafe, an outdoor restaurant that was jam packed at all times. It was hard, but when I would count out my $100 bucks in ones at the end of the night, I was always ready for my next shift, no matter how much of a sweat fest the previous night had been.

Anyway, a guy named Aaron Collins who died WAY TOO YOUNG a year ago in Kentucky, just before his 30th birthday left an interesting directive in his will. “Leave an awesome tip, ” he said. His brother, Seth decided to take it a step further and not just leave one awesome tip, but instead an awesome tip in all 50 states. He leaves $500 to an unsuspecting wait person and has recorded the results here. Isn’t that a good story? It has everything I love in it, except for the dead brother. But the rest of it, is just all that’s good about life. A real reminder that people can make good things happen. Maybe Seth won’t stop at 5o states and will do the whole world. That would be cool. That would be really cool.