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So, the other night my wife and I were both quite tired coming home from work and neither could be bothered cooking dinner.
There is a small take-away Chinese restaurant about half a mile away from where we live who does deliveries, so we decide to call in. We make our order and are given an ETA of about 30 minutes, which is more than fine with us. We accept the fact that, being our order cheaper than a certain amount of money but formed by a high number of items (pretty much we ordered a full dinner of starters), we will have to pay a delivery surcharge of about £2.00 "or £2.50", as the man over the phone said.
We sit on the couch reading a bit, then I hear a knock on the door. 10 minutes from the order, so it must be somebody else, right? Wrong. It is a well-dressed lady with our Chinese dinner. I thank her for her rapidity, she hands me the bill. That doesn't include the delivery surcharge. I point this out, she says that "it doesn't matter" as she was "going this way" anyway. So I proceed to pay. She gives me the change, I tell her that she can keep it - well, she replies "I am the owner of the place, I don't need a tip, but you are really kind to offer". To which my jaw drops to the floor while she puts the change in my hand and walks away smiling.
And there was a free bag of prawn crackers, too.
There is a small take-away Chinese restaurant about half a mile away from where we live who does deliveries, so we decide to call in. We make our order and are given an ETA of about 30 minutes, which is more than fine with us. We accept the fact that, being our order cheaper than a certain amount of money but formed by a high number of items (pretty much we ordered a full dinner of starters), we will have to pay a delivery surcharge of about £2.00 "or £2.50", as the man over the phone said.
We sit on the couch reading a bit, then I hear a knock on the door. 10 minutes from the order, so it must be somebody else, right? Wrong. It is a well-dressed lady with our Chinese dinner. I thank her for her rapidity, she hands me the bill. That doesn't include the delivery surcharge. I point this out, she says that "it doesn't matter" as she was "going this way" anyway. So I proceed to pay. She gives me the change, I tell her that she can keep it - well, she replies "I am the owner of the place, I don't need a tip, but you are really kind to offer". To which my jaw drops to the floor while she puts the change in my hand and walks away smiling.
And there was a free bag of prawn crackers, too.
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