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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 06:45 AM
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Waitress Gets Porsche For A Tip
A SWEDISH waitress thought her elderly customer was joking when he offered her his Porsche as a tip, but he kept his word and gave her the keys to the car, daily Aftonbladet has reported.

"I thought at first he was joking with me," 19-year-old Josefin Justin told the paper.
Justin was waiting tables at the Njuraanger Cafe in Sundsvall in central Sweden when the man, who had recently retired and was dining with a group of gentlemen, asked her age.

When she told him, "he said I would get his Porsche as a tip."

"At first I was a little suspicious but I didn't get the feeling he was hitting on me or anything, he just seemed really nice," she said.

She got his phone number and the next day when she called him, he said he remembered his generous offer. Accompanied by her father, she went to the man's house to pick up her new car.

It turned out to be 1979 Porsche 924 worth 30,000 kronor ($5315).
"It needs a little work, a paint job among other things, but we checked it out and everything was fine," Justin said.

The man, who asked to remain anonymous, told the paper he couldn't really explain why he gave her the car.

"I was just sitting there in the restaurant and looked her in the eyes and saw an angel and thought to myself 'The Porsche, she should have it'," he said.

Asked if he had any regrets, he replied: "No, absolutely not."


http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16313152-13762,00.html
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DIKB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 06:49 AM
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1. Wow
He wanted nothing in return. That's just amazing.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 06:59 AM
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2. Let's see, a retiring guy decides to "tip" a Porsche to a 19-year old
waitress . . . shades of (Sonny) Bono?

yeah, right, he just liked her . . . I guess his chances dropped significantly when she saw it was in only fair shape . . . the Porsche, that is . . .
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 07:13 AM
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3. Wow! That sure is a positive interpretation.
Edited on Fri Aug-19-05 07:14 AM by Misunderestimator
You assume that the man MUST only be thinking of sex, and then you assume the waitress may have done something (sexual?) with him if the porsche had been in better shape.

You don't have a very high opinion of people, do you?
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 07:35 AM
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4. Just thinking how unlikely it is an older guy giving a young woman a car
"just because" . . .
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 07:37 AM
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5. It's very unlikely... That's the point of the story.
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