Three members of the exemplary team at the Dairy Bar in downtown Greenville, Maine, left to right, Haylie Genoa, Ava Henderson & Aysia Jardine
By Jonathan Pratt
Courtesy Moosehead Matters August 20 Edition
GREENVILLE – Since 1952, the Frostieland Dairy Bar has
served visitors in the Moosehead Lake Region, all with a smile under the
lakeside summer sun. This year, however, stands out as extra special to Manager
Darralyn Gauvin, “This has been the least stressed summer I have ever had.”
Evidence of the top-notch service exhibited by the 2013
Summer Staff can be summed up by a story from Gauvin of a recent encounter that
left she, and the ladies of the Dairy Bar, smiling ear to ear.
One evening, Gauvin was shopping at Indian Hill Trading
Post, when a gentleman stopped her and showered the Dairy Bar girls with
praise, as he went on and on about the efficiency and teamwork he witnessed as
a patron of the Dairy Bar. For her part, Gauvin thanked the man and went about
her business shopping.
The next thing she knew, the gentleman returned with a bank
envelope. He handed the envelope to Gauvin and asked her to give “one of these
to each of the girls at the Dairy Bar.”
When she returned to the Dairy Bar, Gauvin opened the
envelope and found ten fifty-dollar bills! One for each of the ten girls at the
Dairy Bar. The “team” includes Aysia Jardine, Ava Henderson, Haylie Genoa,
Carli Peat, Molly Foley, Miranda Drinkwater, Courtney Mann, Grace Bilodeau,
Katie Perry, Kylie Roberts and Drewan Berbaker (both from Virginia).
As one can imagine, the girls were ecstatic to hear that
someone had been so impressed with their work ethic and their “spirit”, they
felt compelled to tip each of them in such a way.
When the girls came down from their elation, they talked it
over and decided they would pay it forward by donating ten percent of the tip
to a charity of their choice. And they chose the Riley Lizotte Memorial Playground.
The lesson of the day may just be that this particular
gentleman picked the right group of young people to tip, and the ladies of the
Dairy Bar learned just how important it is to treat everyone as a special
customer, because you never know who the person on the other side of the
counter may be!
If you would like to donate to the Riley Lizotte Memorial
Playground Fund you can donate through PayPal email prudy @myfairpoint.net or
send a check to Prudy Richards PO Box 248 Greenville, ME 04441. You can also donate your
returnables and drop them off at Rick & Brenda Lavigne’s Redemption Center.
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