Going the Extra Mile

A Church article with View Comments posted 21 October 2006.
Tags: food

Jennifer and I stopped a few days ago at Backyard Burgers for a quick dinner, and were behind two people ordering for what I can only guess was a big party or a lot of coworkers. Their bill came to $100, so no wonder it took a while to get everything ordered and prepared. There was a long line forming behind us, but it didn’t seem to me like anyone was in a big hurry. Nevertheless, the manager came around to several of the tables while we were waiting for our food to be brought out and offered us coupons for free burgers to make up for the wait. I wasn’t all that irritated, but that manager definitely went out of his way to make things right, and we appreciated it.

I think that the church can learn from that. We can either put our heads down, do the minimum we can get away with, and be mediocre, or we can go the extra mile by doing our best, putting others first, and trying to make things right when we fail.