Olive Garden is one of my very favorite places to eat!

Last year, my cousin and I treated ourselves to a day at the spa and dinner at OG. Our waitress wasn't very old (this was probably her first job) and the table next to us was giving her fits; they were being royal jerks, complaining about any little thing they could, and went so far as to call the manager when they thought their portions were too small. When the waitress left to get the manager, the table began boasting about how many free meals they'd gotten by doing this very stunt!

Long story short, they left (after being given a discount). When the waitress returned to our table, we asked her to call the manager and promised her it was nothing horrible. She looked horrified but did as we asked. Once the manager returned, we told her everything we'd overheard and lavished praise on our waitress for not only serving us but for keeping her cool when serving the other table. The manager thanked us for telling her and the waitress was very grateful.

We ended our meal by thanking the waitress and handing her a $20 tip.

I don't guess it's a very random act but it makes me feel good to recall the waitress's look of relief when we told the manager everything we'd overheard.