Volunteers Of America

I did my weekly volunteering day at the Friends In Deed Thrift Shop in Collingswood. It was very, very busy and we had a couple of big donations, including a huge one from a wealthy British woman who gave us five huge bags of clothes! The shop was having a clothing sale, too, everything you can fit in a grocery store bag for three dollars.

My friend and fellow volunteers Erica and Mary Anne and I went out to dinner at Chili's in Cherry Hill after work. We all ordered burgers. Erica had the Chipotle Bacon, I had the Mushroom Swiss, and Mary Anne had the BBQ Ranch. When the burgers came, though, Erica's didn't have the veggies she'd asked for instead of French fries, and the other two burgers weren't what we'd ordered at all!

The manager and the waitress were very nice and apologetic, especially after Erica patiently and kindly explained the mix-up. The waitress said she'd typed our orders in, and that's what they came out to. They did bring us the right burgers and offered us free desserts. When we turned down the desserts, they gave us my burger and Erica's hot tea for free instead! And the whole thing happened in a little over an hour.

We made sure to leave that poor waitress an extra-big tip. ; 0 )