When you’re working at a job, whatever that job is, it can be easy to think of every day as the same and forget to look for opportunities to make every day special. Some jobs, ones that are customer-service based, can be particularly draining. Customers aren’t always in the best moods, and it takes a special kind of person to look for ways to brighten their day.

Going to a restaurant when you have multiple kids can be challenging for any parents. As adults, you’re looking for a break from the cooking and the dishes, but it would also be nice to have some quality family time; however, going out to eat with kids can sometimes be more trouble than it’s worth

Kids sometimes have short attention spans, and they can get bored at sit-down restaurants pretty easily, thus the need for crayons and special kids menus that can be colored. Having a waiter that’s great with kids is also helpful when you’re dining out.

One family that visited the Olive Garden in Akron, Ohio couldn’t have asked for a better waiter.

Drew Lewis was working at the Olive Garden on a Friday night. He hadn’t been scheduled with a Friday night shift in weeks. This particular night is one that he’ll never forget.

A family with 4 kids was seated in his section of the restaurant. He says, “I could tell the parents were having a long day so I focused my service on the kids at the table to keep them entertained.” As parents, we’re already thinking he’s the best server ever.

While Lewis was interacting with the kids, he noticed that one of them was wearing a shirt that said “#TommyStrong.” He didn’t know what this meant or who “Tommy Strong” was, so he asked. He discovered that the boy was Tommy and that the shirt was for him. “So later in the dinner I asked him what the shirt was for and he told me that he was getting brain surgery on Monday.”

Lewis continued his conversation with Tommy throughout the course of the family’s dinner. He learned that Tommy wanted to be a police officer and a professional chef one day.

Before the family left, Tommy had a special request for Lewis. “At the end of dinner Tommy asked me if I was busy Monday and if I could come to his surgery and be there when he gets out.”

While many people wouldn’t go out of their way to meet a special request for someone who was a stranger just a short time before, Lewis is different. He says, “I promised Tommy Gallagher that I would be there today and when he woke up after a successful 7 and a half hour surgery we will make a full recovery and had no complications.”

What a brave boy and a brave family to endure such a difficult surgery. We understand way the kids were “wound up” and why the parents seemed to be having “a long day” when they entered the Olive Garden for dinner. There should be more waiters like Lewis in the world who “entertain the kids” so well that the kids want to see them again.

Lewis definitely went above and beyond not just interacting with the kids but actually following through on his promise and visiting Tommy in the hospital.

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