Elderly Couple and Clerk Story!!

Many years ago, on a stormy night, an elderly man and his wife entered in a small hotel in Philadelphia, USA.

Trying to get out of the rain, a couple approached the front desk hoping to get a room. Husband said, "Could you possibly give us a room here?"

The clerk, a friendly man, looked at the couple and said, "All our rooms are taken."

Listening to this couple got disappointed. The clerk said, "I can't send a nice couple like you out into the rain at one o'clock in the morning. Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my room?

It is not exactly a suite but it will be good enough to make you folks comfortable for the night."

The couple declined the offer. He explained to them about other conventions in town and how all of them were full at that time.

The young man said, "Don't worry about me. I will make out just fine." and insisted the old couple to stay for the night.

So, the couple agreed.

The next morning, as the elderly man paid the bill, he said to the clerk, "You are the kind of manager who should be boss of the best hotel. Maybe someday I will build one for you."

The clerk looked at them and smiled. Three of them had good laughs.

As the couple drove away, they agreed that the helpful clerk was indeed exceptional, as finding people who are both friendly and helpful isn't easy.

Two years passed, the clerk who had almost forgotten about the incident, received a letter from the old man. In the letter old man recalled about stormy night and enclosed with it was a round trip ticket to New York asking the young man to pay them a visit.

The old man met him in New York, and led him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. He then pointed to a great new building there, a pale reddish stone, with turrets and watchtowers thrusting up to the sky.

Pointing toward the hotel old man said, "That is the hotel I have just built for you to manage."

"You must be joking.", the young man said.

The old man replied, "I can assure you, I am not."

The young clerk never foresaw the turn of events that would lead him to become the manager of one of the world's most glamorous hotels.

The old man's name was William Waldorf-Aster and that magnificent structure was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Flash: One of the best feelings in the world is giving. The positive energy is contagious. With just one act of kindness, you can inspire others to go out and plant seeds of happiness. Giving is good for you and your growth, personal/ professional, and some of the most successful people have tapped into the power of giving.

Moral: You can change the world - maybe not all at once, but one person, one animal, and one good deed at a time. Wake up every morning and pretend like what you do makes a difference. It DOES.

"Giving is the master key to success, in all applications of human life!!"