'THE SUSPENDED COFFEE
I've heard of paying it forward many times. However, in my todays newspaper (Roanoke Times) there was an article about a new café in the town of Bedford, in the county of Bedford. They have a 'suspended coffee' menu. Apparently, this is something new that is starting to go around. This is how is works:
When you order, you can order 'coffee suspended', or, even 'meal suspended'. What this means is that you pay for what ever you 'suspended', but did not receive to drink or eat. The café keeps a 'suspended menu'. When someone comes in that can't afford
a cup of coffee or a meal, they quietly ask for the 'suspended menu'. They can select any thing the café has on the menu, and
will be served the same as any other customer - and no charge to the customer. A local charity org. sends a few people to this
café, others are hearing about it and go there. The café never asks for proof that the person can't pay.
It is SO good to hear of really GOOD things happening in our country. I will encourage other small business to adopt this plan.
Not only is it good for the community, but since the company is getting money in faster than it is being used, this can be
a good, but slight, advantage to the company.
Has anyone else heard of this 'coffee suspended' before? Lets all begin happy thoughts, and either 'pay forward' (eg., offer to pay for the person in line behind you at the drive through), or, patronize business's that use the 'coffee suspended' rule.
THIS JUST COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF A REBIRTH OF AMERICS'S SOCIETY?
The isn't necessarily a 'religious' action, just a good gift from your soul/heart/mind!
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... but it wasn't called "coffee suspended." Paying it forward is a good thing, even when everyone has a job and the economy's trucking along.
But no one need try to convince me that this isn't a depression. I think we're living through our 2nd Great Depression. It just looks different now. "If you have a TV then you're not poor." 
Yeah, right. And you know, there are probably allot of poor people who no longer have a TV. They've had to hock it for food or meds or a bottle of booze to kill the pain of poverty.
I don't think there's a member of DU who doesn't pay it forward in many ways. And if they don't it's because they are unemployed and do good if they are keeping their own heads above the water.
And shame on you, if you are member of the DU community, can afford to help someone else out, and don't. I suggest you write a check to your local food pantry once a month, at least!
And in the mean effing time, we need to work ourselves to death to get Congress back squarely in the Democrat majority this fall so we can get a proper jobs bill thru, put food stamps back on the menu, as well as get unelmployment checks going out again, start working on the people's issues for a change.
