Just got this emailed to me. WTF? [View All]

[graywarrior]

Subject: FW: Want to redistribute your hard earned money?


Yesterday on my way to dinner at Applebee's with Tony, I passed one of those homeless guys in the area with a sign that read, "Vote Obama, I need the money!"

Once in Applebee's, my waiter had on a "Obama 08" tee shirt.

When the bill came, I decided not to tip the waiter and explained to him while he had given my husband and me exceptional service, his tee shirt made me feel he obviously believes in Senator Obama's plan to redistribute the wealth. So I told him I was going to redistribute his tip to someone that I deemed more in need -- the homeless guy outside. He stood there in disbelief and angrily stormed away.

I went outside, gave the homeless guy $5 and told him to thank the waiter inside. I had decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy looked at me in disbelief, but seemed grateful.

As I got in my car, I realized this rather unscientific redistribution of the wealth experiment had left the homeless guy quite happy for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn.

Well....I guess this redistribution of wealth thing is going to take a while to catch on with those doing the work.