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ximmy
15th September 2011, 04:56 PM
During the game at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium, a Club Level server by the name of Heather Allison tripped on a stair, and all the money she'd taken in for the day — about $1,000 — flew out her hands and landed all over the area — on fans in attendance, under seats, and one level down in the lower field section.

Instead of doing the full-on "Ocean's Eleven" money grab, the fans' first instinct was to let everyone in the vicinity know just whose money it was.

"All my customers began screaming over the railing to the people below: 'That's the server's money,'" Allison, a mother of four and full-time student, recalled. Club level fans started collecting the money in their section, as did the field level patrons.

In the end, Allison got back every bit of the money she inadvertently lost, and pocketed $170 in tips for the evening after giving the concession company its cut. "It was all there," she said. "Chargers fans are amazing. We're like a family."

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Qualcomm-Stadium-server-trips-loses-1-000-82?urn=nfl-wp7156

Glass
15th September 2011, 05:34 PM
Wow. Of course you don't want to piss the server girl off. But still Wow. Good people.

Was that a personal story ximmy? You ever say Go Chargers?

Dogman
15th September 2011, 05:44 PM
Sometimes I think there is hope for us as a people, until the next dumb/stupid/greedy, act!

But for that crowd that did the right thing, Kudos to them for doing the right thing!

JJ.G0ldD0t
15th September 2011, 06:15 PM
Wow man... that's a great story.

Doesn't work that way in Europe apparently..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwuAk8WpbXE&feature=related

BrewTech
15th September 2011, 08:07 PM
People that frequent the Club or Lower Field level at a Chargers game wouldn't be caught dead scooping up money that the people around them knew wasn't theirs.

To most of those folks, $1000 is a weekend hotel bill.

Try dumping that money up in the nosebleeds, and see what happens... lol.