Use of Smile Cards Pays a Surprise Dividend
The second time I used my smile cards was to pay for the sunday newspapers for 2 senior citizens that come into a nice, clean, little breakfast place every Sunday early in the morning, just to pick up the Sunday newspaper. I got in very early that morning and I handed the card to the owner with some money to cover the 2 newspapers and I said I wanted to pay for the 2 sunday papers that the older people pick up every sunday. "If you'd please give them this card when you tell them" is what I said. She looked at the card and with a half smile and asked if I had any more cards. I said I did and I gave her about 20 from my stash in the car before I left. Today, about 10 days later, I went in for breakfast with my son. A few minutes after we started eating, a ... Read Full Story >>
- Posted by joelore
- Mar 10, 2007
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My First Use of a Smile Card
I had some cards printed up and now am looking for ways to use them. My first use was this past Sunday. I recently started attending a Melakite Catholic church in my town after years of not going to church at all. I found some things similar and some different to the Roman Catholic Church masses I remember from years ago.
Wanting to learn more about the Melakite history, I purchased a book they had in the reception hall area after mass. I paid the father, twice as much as asked for, for the book and handed him a smile card and asked that he place it in one of the books left and if a person wants to buy the book that it is placed it, he just give it to him since it was already paid for. He liked that idea. :)
- Posted by joelore
- Feb 28, 2007
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