Dairy Queen manager's good deed gets attention – even Warren Buffett's

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20130919/MONEY/130918477/1685#dairy-queen-manager-s-good-deed-gets-attention-even-warren-buffett-s

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joey Prusak was appalled when he saw a customer at the suburban Minneapolis Dairy Queen store where he works pick up someone else's $20 bill and slip it into her purse.

So when the woman got up to the counter to order, Prusak refused to serve her unless she returned the money. When the woman refused, the 19-year-old store manager went a step further: He gave the visually impaired customer who hadn't realized he'd dropped the money $20 out of his own pocket.

Snip: Prusak said he even got a call Thursday from billionaire Warren Buffett. Buffett heads Omaha-based Berkshire Hathaway, which owns Dairy Queen.

"He called and thanked me for being a role model for all the other employees and people in general," Prusak said.

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After his good deed, Joey Prusak said he got a call from Warren Buffett. "He called and thanked me for being a role model for all the other employees and people in general," Prusak said.

[safeinOhio]

1. When someone does the right thing, it now makes the news.

Strange world we live in.

[Earth_First]

2. Oh, ffs!

Really?! :shrg:

[Skittles]

29. isn't it?

[Fantastic Anarchist]

31. Have a snickers ...

... you're not you when you're making Shitty comments.

[LostOne4Ever]

3. Nice to see there are still self-less people like him around! (nt)

[orpupilofnature57]

4. A call from a 1%er, for an action 1% of us would make and people

Like Warren Buffet are Less than 1% of the 1% .

[demwing]

5. what are you saying?

Im sorry, so many percent signs I can't tell if you're supportive or dismissive?

[orpupilofnature57]

26. Sorry about the % signs, He is the only billionaire that..

Told people what companies to invest in in 2008, anyone that did made money .Who Brought up the fact that he as a billionaire was Grossly under taxed,and was called un American for it ? Like I said he's 1% of the 1% .

[fasttense]

9. UMMMM, Excuse Me but does anyone else find this

disgusting?

A Billionaire, a man that has it all, and enough for generations to come, calls a man that (WORKS FOR THE BILLIONAIRE) has a minimum wage job, earning (not enough to live on) or (POVERTY) and can only muster a "THANK YOU" ?

Oh how magnanimous of Mr. Buffet.

Perhaps instead of a "Thank You" (costing the BILLIONAIRE NOTHING) Mr Buffet should give the man (and all of his minimum wage workers) a raise and pay them (or at least this one man) enough to live on !

The man of excessive WEALTH calls to thank the man of POVERTY for giving from what little he has. No other word is applicable except ........"DISGUSTING"

[Agschmid]

12. Really...

The drama of your post is astounding, yet the facts are lacking.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

21. The outrage is bubbling over lately

Yesterday there was a story about an ex-football player's summer cabin being trashed, and it was posted just for someone to say they don't care that a "millionaire" (an assumption on their part) had their home trashed and a bunch of other nonsense about how evil football is.

This place is losing it.

[orpupilofnature57]

32. Objectivity takes a back seat here sometimes, I myself

have been hid, for blowing my lid . Part of peoples hate for the wealthy isn't just the envy or the misanthropy the rich generate, but the guilt their accusers hide, as they aspire to be like them .

[orpupilofnature57]

25. Do you Anything about Warren Buffet ? Anything

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I've posted for 8yrs and have NEVER stuck up for the 1%, except for Warren Buffet, The Kennedy's ,The Roosevelts, and the Richard Bransons of the world .

[Agony]

6. fuck Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett is a fucking snake only worthy of derision. The irony of him thanking someone for being a role model is bizarre.

Buffett is only interested in plumping up his public image with little stories just like this, while he fucks over people of ordinary means.

[Live and Learn]

7. Do you have some real evidence to defend your accusations

or it this just a personal and vague theory? I have seen no evidence to support your accusation.

[Agony]

8. DCJ writes about it in " "The Fine Print"

David Cay Johnston "The Fine Print" 3rd chapter I believe, for starters. If you are interested.

WB is a one percenter snake.

Cheers,
Agony

[Sheldon Cooper]

10. Hmmm...

So, the owner of the company calls an employee to commend and thank him for doing a good deed, and that's somehow wrong? I would bet money that if Buffet did not call the guy, you'd be everywhere complaining about that as well. So which is it: phone call good? or phone call bad?

[WCLinolVir]

16. It ain't the phone call per se.

If what he is supporting/commending are policies of honesty and integrity, then how about livable wages?? There-in lies the hypocrisy of his phone call.
I think it's called window dressing, and worth what you pay for.

[Thinkingabout]

28. Warren Buffett complained he paid a lower percentage than his secretary, what is this about him not

Paying a livable wage?

[WCLinolVir]

38. Have you looked up how much BH-DQ pays it's staff?

He was talking about taxes. Shameful what a free ride these people (1%), get.

[Thinkingabout]

39. I have tried to find information on wages paid by BH-DQ but was not able to locate the information.

I know a lot of people in the position of Warren Buffett did not want him saying he paid less percentage than his secretary and they were unhappy he was doing so and wanted him to stop pointing this out. The tax rates given for capital gains is low, ergo Romney paid less than 15%.

If you have a link on the wages paid by BH-DG I am interested.

[Live and Learn]

22. Thanks, I'll find a copy and read it. nt

[dembotoz]

11. would like to think at minimum buffet would give him 20 bucks

nice gesture and not like he can not afford it

[Agschmid]

13. I feel like most of the people who dived in to attack Buffet...

Maybe did not actually read the article?

Dean Peters, a spokesman for International Dairy Queen, said the company is figuring out how to reward Prusak.

[marble falls]

15. Isn't it enough we were outraged? Now you want us to attain simple reading comprehension, too?

[Agschmid]

17. Yes please! Haha.

[NJCher]

14. as far as 1 per cent snakes go

Warren Buffett is probably one of the better of the snakes. He has some unusual ideas and doesn't seem to be after just money. He drives an older car and lives in a relatively modest house for a man of his circumstances.

As far as what posters have said about Buffett doing something for Prusak, he actually is the employee of the franchisee. Prusak is, as the story says, the manager for that particular franchise.

Furthermore, the DQ company is considering something for Prusak:

Dean Peters, a spokesman for International Dairy Queen, said the company is figuring out how to reward Prusak.

Personally, I liked the story but not necessarily because of the Buffett angle. I liked it because this person had the guts to call the real snake in this story (the woman who took the visually impaired man's money) on her action. He had the guts to have a few words with her. He stood up for what he believed in, even at the risk of letting other customers know what happened.


Cher

[Agschmid]

18. +1!

[mucifer]

19. Reminds me of the awful tv show "undercover boss" where it becomes more about

how wonderful understanding and generous the billionaire is than how the guy making minimum wage did something special.

[SomethingFishy]

40. +1.. My wife likes that show.. It makes me sick

Propaganda to show how benevolent the wealthy are. And how understanding they are. In the end they help the poor employees. At least the 2 that appeared on the show. The rest of the employees? The other 20,000.. well, fuck them they aren't on TV.

[mucifer]

42. and an hours worth of advertising for the evil giant corporation

[MineralMan]

20. Nice Minnesota kid. Lots of them around here.

Good on him!

[nilram]

23. Good on DQ, too. My guess is that WalMart would have fired the guy.

[gopiscrap]

24. Excelent

[samsingh]

27. excellent role model

there are good people out there.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

30. That was fucking awesome.

[Lifelong Protester]

33. These kind of stories make me tear up

I love Joey and that "Minnesota nice" I grew up with.

[Cha]

34. Good on Joey Prusak.. so kind. And, good for Warren Buffet calling him.

I know that made him feel good. And, they're thinking of a good way to reward him.

Warren is one of the billionaires who stood up and said he should pay more taxes.

[jmowreader]

35. I can just imagine how the conversation started

"Hello, is this Joey Prusak? Warren Buffett here."

'Yeah, sure you're Warren Buffett. Which one of my asshole buddies are you, really?'

"The asshole buddy who lives in Omaha and owns your company..."

'OMG...I'm so sorry...'

[awoke_in_2003]

36. Good guy...

I work for a Bershire Hathaway company. It makes me feel good that Buffett took notice of this,

[JNelson6563]

37. Glad to hear they are going to reward him.

This is a young man who is worthy of recognition and reward. I'm glad Mr. Buffett is of the same view.

To the bright spots that go on all around us!

Julie