A Charity Runnnn

Oops, my hand shook:Sometimes it's OK to do a "charity run" ( read: No Tips ) when I have at least two or three people who are interested, ask good questions, participate, and are appreciative. Such was the day. You know it as soon as you meet them in the morning.
Two retirees from Sun City, Janet and Larry. Moved from Chicago. Intelligent, educated. Good conversationalist. Appreciative.
East Indian computer technologist living in London. Expect NOTHING. But at least she asked good questions and made good comments. And appreciated the trip.

It was LaQuicia's Birthday and her son, Kyree had off school, so they came with me to Grand Canyon. They sat all the way in the back, slept, played vidio games, read, and generally left me alone.

Johnny and Tiffany - on their honeymoon --- travelling with Johnny's mother from Galveston. OK. Good luck, kids. My mother would have ABSOLUTELY done the same.

Add to the mix a couple of accountants from Sydney. The Aussies usually aren't any trouble but they're not clear on the concept of gratuities.
So, you know you're not getting gratuities today; but hopefully, you can enjoy their company --- which I did. I played with the little boy, I found lava rocks for him, and the fossil imprint of a seashell. I talked with the retirees. I giggled at the honeymooners....

AND NOW - A SPECIAL RETURN APPEARANCE FROM ONE OF OUR OLD FRIENDS


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Sister Margaret!

Everyone will remember Sister Margaret, noted speaker, missionary, Christian leader, and all around great lady.
I hoped she would be my friend. I like conversing with people who are intelligent, educated, and of a different opinion. There was going to be a little problem in our relationship. Sister Margaret didn't pay me.
So, as a sincere Christian Brother, I sent Sister Margaret this e-mail:

Sister Margaret,

A note to tell you the pleasure it was to be with you. I enjoyed my day with you and I wish you would be my friend. Your comments and insight I appreciated. In fact, I thought of you yesterday when I was giving my Stimulus Package / Indian Apocalypse lecture yesterday and I used Horace Greeley's name--- instead of you-know-who. I was almost tempted to mention the world wide flood when I showed them the monocline on the indian reservation.

I have a problem. I'm sure you know the workman is worthy of his hire, but you didn't pay me a gratuity when you left us. I assume you forgot or you thought it was part of the ticket price. It isn't. You owe me money. Please use my gratuity to bless an organization on which you and I would agree:

Assembly of God Home Missions
Salvation Army
Teen Challenge
Girl Scouts ( but NOT Boy Scouts)
Any program to help homeless teenagers

All these have my heart. ( If you don't choose a good one, I'm going to make you send my money to ACORN!)

Please keep in touch,

Paul

I'm sorry to report that Sister Margaret never wrote back.
Bad Form! I wanted to be her friend. Bad Form!
Sister Margaret has been around long enough to know that people see her behavior much more clearly than they hear her words.
She is banished - to the
HALL OF SHAME!