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Stunned waitress gets Porsche as tip in Sweden
Express India ^ | Thursday, August 18, 2005

Posted on 08/18/2005 10:17:52 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Stockholm, August 18: A waitress in Sweden thought her elderly customer was joking when he offered her his Porsche as a tip, but he kept his word and gave her the keys to the car, daily Aftonbladet reported on Thursday.

“I thought at first he was joking with me,” 19-year-old Josefin Justin told the paper.

Justin was waiting tables at the Njuraanger cafe in sundsvall in Central Sweden when the man, who had recently retired and was dining with a group of gentlemen, asked her age.

When she told him, “he said I would get his Porsche as a tip”.

“At first I was a little suspicious but I didn’t get the feeling he was hitting on me or anything, he just seemed really nice,” she said.

She got his phone number and the next day when she called him, he said he remembered his generous offer. Accompanied by her father, she went to the man’s house to pick up her new car.

It turned out to be 1979 Porsche 924 worth 4,000 dollars.

“It needs a little work, a paint job among other things, but we checked it out and everything was fine,” Justin said.

The man, who asked to remain anonymous, told the paper he could not really explain why he gave her the car.

“I was just sitting there in the restaurant and looked her in the eyes and saw an angel and thought to myself ‘the Porsche, she should have it’,” he said.

Asked if he had any regrets, he replied, “no, absolutely not”.


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To: nickcarraway; Monty Python

Well I think it was really nice of him. He had the car, didnt use it and found a nice person to give it too. There doesnt have to be any other motive than that.
He was happy to have made her day, and she was happy to be given a generous gift. It can be as simple as that. : )


41 posted on 08/18/2005 11:32:30 AM PDT by Rose of Sharn (I get the best answers when i talk to myself!)
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To: DCPatriot
It was a Hooters...wasn't it?

I think you mean "Høøtërs" - this is Sweden, after all.

:^)

42 posted on 08/18/2005 11:32:41 AM PDT by general_re ("Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith, but in doubt." - Reinhold Niebuhr)
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To: nickcarraway
"“I was just sitting there in the restaurant and looked her in the eyes and saw an angel and thought to myself ‘the Porsche, she should have it’,” he said."

sigh.... Oh well, she can drive it until it breaks down. Hopefully she will get enough use out of it to make it worth what she will have to pay to have it towed to the dump afterwords. I am surprised the electrical system works at all. The one I know of never did.

If he really thought she was an angel he wouldn't have saddled her with this piece of junk. The paper should call her next week and see if she is still happy with her new car. Hopefully she will be.
43 posted on 08/18/2005 11:33:16 AM PDT by monday
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To: absolootezer0
Heres a picture of the same type/year porsche she was given.

44 posted on 08/18/2005 11:42:46 AM PDT by Rose of Sharn (I get the best answers when i talk to myself!)
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To: nickcarraway

When I was waiting tables, I had all kinds of offers. All kinds.

I took up some of them. I got to fly in sport planes, ride in sailboats, and even got job offers...one as a stock broker.

If I weren't pursuing a career in comedy as well as paying the bills with a regular job, I would be back to waiting tables. If you get in a good place, it can be a lot of fun.


45 posted on 08/18/2005 11:43:48 AM PDT by Sensei Ern (Christian, Comedian, Husband,Opa, Dog Owner, former Cat Co-dweller, and all around good guy.)
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To: monday

Its a gift horse.

It may only be a 4K porshe but she has transportation and it is all hers.

Who knows, this "feel good" story may get her 15 minutes converted to a modeling career or perhaps Porshe HQ will notice it and see her as a good promoter.

Either way, it was a good deed even if nothing else comes of this. (though I did think it was just neato that her father went along to chaparone the pickup.)


46 posted on 08/18/2005 11:47:23 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: Jack of all Trades

That's a 26 year old car...not 16...


47 posted on 08/18/2005 11:51:28 AM PDT by RockinRight (Democrats - Trying to make an a$$ out of America since 1933)
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To: Snardius
Kinda like saying that

this isn't a woman:

THIS s a woman!


48 posted on 08/18/2005 11:53:00 AM PDT by RockinRight (Democrats - Trying to make an a$$ out of America since 1933)
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To: doug from upland

ROFLMAO!

I was thinking to myself as I came upon your post: when I was selling auto parts the same part that fits an Audi Fox and a VW Rabbit also goes on a 924 but the cost is 3 times with the Porcse part number instead of the Audi/VW number.


49 posted on 08/18/2005 11:53:34 AM PDT by ChefKeith (If Diplomacy worked, then we would be sitting here talking.)
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To: RockinRight

I would actually let this beauty sit in the drivers seat...without the keys, of course.

50 posted on 08/18/2005 11:56:47 AM PDT by Snardius
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To: ChefKeith
but the cost is 3 times with the Porcse part number instead of the Audi/VW number.

That's called the "Porsche Tax"

51 posted on 08/18/2005 11:57:48 AM PDT by Snardius
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To: RockinRight

Dang, time sure flies, doesn't it?


52 posted on 08/18/2005 12:01:42 PM PDT by Jack of all Trades
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To: nickcarraway

"I don't tip because society says I have to. All right, if someone deserves a tip, if they really put forth an effort, I'll give them something a little something extra. But this tipping automatically, it's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned, they're just doing their job."

54 posted on 08/18/2005 12:09:30 PM PDT by Undertow
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To: Undertow

I was thinking of that when I first saw the article.


55 posted on 08/18/2005 12:10:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: ChefKeith

Porsche really screwed up by putting their logo on that car.


56 posted on 08/18/2005 12:11:11 PM PDT by doug from upland (The Hillary documentary is coming -- INDICTING HILLARY)
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To: Riley
It's kind of cool making somebody's whole week.

Precisely! This is a nice gesture.
57 posted on 08/18/2005 12:11:39 PM PDT by andyk (Go Matt Kenseth!)
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To: Snardius

>>I would actually let this beauty sit in the drivers seat...<<

In my LAP!!!


58 posted on 08/18/2005 12:30:27 PM PDT by Gunrunner2
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To: longtermmemmory
"It may only be a 4K porshe but she has transportation and it is all hers."

It's not a 4,000 dollar Porsche. It's worth at most $100. Since ANY repairs will cost more than $100 on a Porsche, and since that model has a terrible reputation for unreliability, anyone who knows the cars would be reluctant to take one even for free. I will agree that the gesture was a nice one, but not as nice as the article would lead you to believe.
59 posted on 08/18/2005 12:33:12 PM PDT by monday
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To: nickcarraway

I hope it wasn't his wife's car.


60 posted on 08/18/2005 12:33:24 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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