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<blockquote data-quote="Shiftless" data-source="post: 4476442" data-attributes="member: 47472"><p>Well, we did it! We did what we called "The Envelope Cruise"!</p><p></p><p>Here is the crazy part. When I was going around to the 8 restaurants (was 7 at first) the stories from the owners just blew me away! I guess I should back up a little? I meet up usually every Friday for this thing called "HRF" (Hot Rod Friday, when I'm home) which is a wide array of gear heads. All different profession's. All walks of life. Just a wide array of hobbies and interests, yet we gather to share with Hot Rods on Fridays.</p><p></p><p>Back to "blew me away" like I said. So I hear word about the restaurant workers issues, so this cruise idea gets rolling to help them in some way. Well, what is better than cold hard cash! So as I am going around meeting all the owners to see if they would allow us to do this for them I keep hearing these stories about all their workers going on 6 and 7 weeks still not getting unemployment checks or the $600 stimulus check or even the $1200 checks and they are hurting so bad. Everyone of these owners described how and to what degree they offered their help their staff. Imagine, these owners stepping up paying rents and putting food on the table the best they can to retain some of the long time staff right down to helping the kid washing the floor mats. Problem is they are all just about tapped out!! What A FRIGGIN MESS! The owners were so humbled that we even thought of their staff! The staff couldn't even believe it since for 7 weeks its been hard as hell!</p><p></p><p>So Thursday I went around to each establishment and gave 1 very specific hat and a certain color protective set of gloves. Along with instructions on What time and Where to stand as a designated receiver for the company with some type of way to allow us to hand them personally from our vehicles a sealed envelope of cold hard Cash! Thus making it a touchless event!</p><p></p><p>Friday comes, We show 30 people the hat and gloves and say! Pull up to the person wearing this particular hat and glove "ONLY" and hand out your envelope and drive away! I also had the duty to tell the drivers some sad news to them, not all just a few (too many), NO BURN OUTS! Yes they took it pretty good. Not bad as some of these guys especially those in their 70's you would swear they just stole the family car, they know their going to be put in military school when Pops finds out and figure LETS DO IT anyway!</p><p></p><p>Imagine the look on the faces of people standing next to cars shaking the ground, blowers huffin and cars with cut outs open letting the designated receiver feel his own heartbeat getting out of rhythm a bit! The best part was the look on all the staffs faces just seeing someone cared about them! To us, that was priceless!!!</p><p></p><p>SUCH A BLAST! We drove around our local areas restaurants we picked, it took about an hour and half in total. We gave out the Drivers side window to those in real need over Six Thousand Dollars of cold hard cash so maybe they can get by for awhile with maybe a little food on the table, gas in the tank or maybe a much needed prescription for a child who knows?</p><p></p><p>Don't know how your area is doing? Hope all is well with you and the family! I'm grateful that is for sure!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shiftless, post: 4476442, member: 47472"] Well, we did it! We did what we called "The Envelope Cruise"! Here is the crazy part. When I was going around to the 8 restaurants (was 7 at first) the stories from the owners just blew me away! I guess I should back up a little? I meet up usually every Friday for this thing called "HRF" (Hot Rod Friday, when I'm home) which is a wide array of gear heads. All different profession's. All walks of life. Just a wide array of hobbies and interests, yet we gather to share with Hot Rods on Fridays. Back to "blew me away" like I said. So I hear word about the restaurant workers issues, so this cruise idea gets rolling to help them in some way. Well, what is better than cold hard cash! So as I am going around meeting all the owners to see if they would allow us to do this for them I keep hearing these stories about all their workers going on 6 and 7 weeks still not getting unemployment checks or the $600 stimulus check or even the $1200 checks and they are hurting so bad. Everyone of these owners described how and to what degree they offered their help their staff. Imagine, these owners stepping up paying rents and putting food on the table the best they can to retain some of the long time staff right down to helping the kid washing the floor mats. Problem is they are all just about tapped out!! What A FRIGGIN MESS! The owners were so humbled that we even thought of their staff! The staff couldn't even believe it since for 7 weeks its been hard as hell! So Thursday I went around to each establishment and gave 1 very specific hat and a certain color protective set of gloves. Along with instructions on What time and Where to stand as a designated receiver for the company with some type of way to allow us to hand them personally from our vehicles a sealed envelope of cold hard Cash! Thus making it a touchless event! Friday comes, We show 30 people the hat and gloves and say! Pull up to the person wearing this particular hat and glove "ONLY" and hand out your envelope and drive away! I also had the duty to tell the drivers some sad news to them, not all just a few (too many), NO BURN OUTS! Yes they took it pretty good. Not bad as some of these guys especially those in their 70's you would swear they just stole the family car, they know their going to be put in military school when Pops finds out and figure LETS DO IT anyway! Imagine the look on the faces of people standing next to cars shaking the ground, blowers huffin and cars with cut outs open letting the designated receiver feel his own heartbeat getting out of rhythm a bit! The best part was the look on all the staffs faces just seeing someone cared about them! To us, that was priceless!!! SUCH A BLAST! We drove around our local areas restaurants we picked, it took about an hour and half in total. We gave out the Drivers side window to those in real need over Six Thousand Dollars of cold hard cash so maybe they can get by for awhile with maybe a little food on the table, gas in the tank or maybe a much needed prescription for a child who knows? Don't know how your area is doing? Hope all is well with you and the family! I'm grateful that is for sure! [/QUOTE]
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