r/MadeMeSmile • u/MustardGoddess • Apr 27 '26

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Jeff Dinnebell and Megan Lingsweller, owners of The Standard Restaurant in Toledo, Ohio, surprised all their staff with an exceptional gesture: temporarily closing the establishment and sending their team on an all-expenses-paid Caribbean cruise to the Bahamas. During the trip, the employees kept their usual salaries and received additional bonuses.

The initiative included all the staff, from the kitchen to the servers, and aimed to recognize their dedication in a sector characterized by long workdays and high employee turnover, showing an uncommon model of workplace recognition.

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u/Corrosivecoral Apr 28 '26

It was Dave Ramsey, the whole company is about getting people out of debt and I doubt more than a dozen people who work there have debt outside of a mortgage.

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u/ZipTieAndPray Apr 28 '26

I'd cry if someone paid off my mortgage.

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u/Corrosivecoral Apr 29 '26

They weren’t paying off mortgages, they were paying off medical debt for pennies on the dollar.

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u/ZipTieAndPray Apr 29 '26

I know. You just mentioned the mortgage and I was daydreaming.