She Ignored An Old Man At Her Diner… Then She Discovered Who He Really Was | Emotional Story 

She Ignored An Old Man At Her Diner… Then She Discovered Who He Really Was | Emotional Story 

[bell] [music] >> Hi, can I help you? >> Yes, ma’am. Just a table for one. >> I’m sorry, it’ll be about a 20-minute wait. >> I understand. >> Thank you for waiting. >> Morning. >> Good morning. Right this way, sir. >> Thank you. Excuse me, is that table available? >> I’m sorry, sir. It’s already reserved. >> I understand.

If it’s all right, I don’t mind sitting over there. >> I’m sorry, sir. Not yet. >> I understand. He’s still waiting. >> Welcome. Your table is ready. >> Perfect. Thank you. Emma, that gentleman’s still waiting. >> I haven’t seated him yet. >> few tables open. >> I’ll take care of it. >> Excuse me, ma’am.

 I was just wondering if there’s any update. >> Not yet, sir. >> That’s all right. Thank you for checking. >> You’re welcome. >> Sir, you look thirsty. That’s very kind of you. >> It’s just water. >> Kindness is never just anything. Thank you. Emma, he’s been here a long time. >> I know. >> Did he do something? >> No. >> Then why is he still waiting? Young man, may I ask you something? >> Of course, sir.

>> Is your manager here today? >> Yeah, she’s in her office. >> Thank you. I don’t want anyone getting into trouble. >> Then why do you need the manager? >> Because I came here for a different reason. >> What reason? >> I haven’t been here in almost 30 years. >> 30 years? Some places never leave your heart. >> So, you came back for a memory? >> Something like that.

>> That’s been here forever. You know who they are? >> I know one of them. >> Which one? >> The man standing beside the owner. >> How do you know him? >> Because I used to work here. >> You worked here? >> A long time ago. >> Doing what? >> Whatever needed doing. >> Then why don’t I know your name? >> Maybe people forgot.

>> Wait, are you in that picture? >> No. >> Then how do you know this place? >> I helped build it. >> You helped build this place? >> Not exactly. >> Then what did you do? >> I gave someone a chance. >> Who? >> Someone who needed one. >> Who did you give that chance to? >> The woman who owns this diner. >> Mrs.

 Reed? >> She wasn’t always the owner. >> Then who was? >> Her father. >> Wait, you knew Linda’s father? >> I knew him very well. >> How well? >> Well enough to know he wouldn’t have wanted this. >> Wouldn’t have wanted what? >> The way you’re treating people. >> Are you saying something happened here? >> Something happened a long time ago.

>> What happened? >> Your manager knows. >> If you know this family so well, why are you still sitting here waiting? >> Because I’m not here for a table. >> Then what are you here for? >> To see if this place still remembers what it was. >> Walter Hayes? >> You know him? >> I do. Why did you come back? >> Your father asked me to look after this place.

>> Wait, you mean he owns the diner? >> No. >> Then why does he know your family? >> Because Walter worked for my father. >> I did more than work for him. >> Not here, Walter. >> What did you do for her father? >> I kept his doors open. >> How? >> By doing the job nobody else wanted. >> Why are you telling him this? >> Because he deserves to know.

>> Not here. >> Then let’s talk somewhere private. >> My father retired 15 years ago. >> Your father retired, I didn’t. >> What does that mean? >> It means I was still watching. >> You don’t run this place anymore, Walter. >> I don’t have to run it. I own half of it. >> What exactly have you been watching? >> How your staff treats people.

>> They follow our policies. >> That’s what worries me. >> What did you see? >> I saw your waitress refuse an old man a table. >> Who? >> Me. >> Emma refused to serve you? >> She refused to give me a table. >> Why? >> She said I didn’t look like someone who belonged here. >> So you came here to test us? >> I came here to see the truth.

>> And you found it. >> Unfortunately, I did. >> Ethan, Emma, come in. >> What’s going on? >> Emma, did you refuse Walter a table? >> I didn’t think he was a customer. I thought he couldn’t afford a meal. >> You didn’t even ask him? >> No. >> You didn’t know my name. >> No. >> You didn’t know my money. >> No. >> You judged me before I spoke.

>> I’m sorry. >> That’s what I came here to see. >> So what happens now? >> Now you tell your father what happened. >> My father is gone. >> Then I’ll tell him for you. >> [music] >> What are you going to do? >> Tomorrow morning, I’ll make the changes your father would have made. >> You’re firing [music] them? >> Why are we here this early? >> What’s that? Your termination notice.

>> I’m fired? >> Yes. Ethan, you’re staying. >> Why? >> Because you treated Walter with respect. >> Isn’t Isn’t that what I’m supposed to do? >> [music] >> That’s what anyone should do. >> [music] [bell]