The Unpayable Tab
In 2019, a diner in New Hampshire called Joey's Pancake House started something unexpected. A regular customer left forty dollars on the counter and told...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Romans 4:1-5, 13-17.
In 2019, a diner in New Hampshire called Joey's Pancake House started something unexpected. A regular customer left forty dollars on the counter and told the waitress, "Pay for whoever comes in next." That next person, moved by the gesture, did the same. The chain continued for eleven straight days — strangers covering meals for people they would never meet.…
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