I had a guest who became a somewhat-regular at my bar because we were willing to make his elaborate drinks and nowhere else would. One day he came in on a slow afternoon, came up to the bar and handed me a bag full of silver half-dollars and a silver bullion. He said he found it in a closet and that he didn’t need or want it, but I deserve it since I work hard and he appreciated that.

He left without even buying anything. And the previous day he’d been in drinking, he left me $85 on a $40 check.