The Billionaire Returns to Save a Waitress Who Gave Her Last Meal to a Hungry Stranger in Manhattan — Transcript

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1. 0:03That gentleman looks hungry. I cannot
2. 0:05just walk past him tonight.
3. 0:15Excuse me, sir. Have you had anything to
4. 0:16eat today?
5. 0:22>> Not since this morning, miss.
6. 0:25But please,
7. 0:26you do not owe me anything.
8. 0:32>> I bought this dinner for myself.
9. 0:34Please take it. You need it more
10. 0:36tonight.
11. 0:40>> Are you sure?
12. 0:44You look exhausted, and this might be
13. 0:46your only meal.
14. 0:54>> I can wait until morning. Nobody should
15. 0:56have to sleep hungry tonight.
16. 1:02>> Emily,
17. 1:03why are you handing restaurant food to a
18. 1:05stranger outside my building?
19. 1:13>> It is my dinner, Ms. Hayes.
20. 1:15I paid for every single item myself.
21. 1:21>> Our guests can see this entrance. Come
22. 1:23inside immediately. We need to discuss
23. 1:26your judgment.
24. 1:31>> Thank you, Emily.
25. 1:34I will remember that you treated me like
26. 1:36a person.
27. 1:42>> I have worked 12 hours today.
28. 1:45I only wanted to help someone who was
29. 1:47hungry.
30. 1:51>> Compassion does not excuse embarrassing
31. 1:53this restaurant.
32. 1:55You should know how appearances affect
33. 1:57our reputation.
34. 2:03Here is the receipt.
35. 2:05I bought that meal after my shift with
36. 2:07my own money.
37. 2:13>> She gave away her own dinner.
38. 2:15That tells me more than any polished
39. 2:17presentation could.
40. 2:23My mother always said character appears
41. 2:25when nobody expects a reward.
42. 2:27She was right.
43. 2:31Sarah,
44. 2:32bring me the Grand Ashford investment
45. 2:34files. I want the employee records
46. 2:36reviewed first.
47. 2:41>> You gave restaurant food to a stranger.
48. 2:47>> I paid for that meal myself.
49. 2:52Here is the receipt. The kitchen charged
50. 2:54me before I left.
51. 2:56>> That proves nothing about your
52. 2:57judgement.
53. 2:58>> [sighs]
54. 3:00>> Employees cannot distribute meals
55. 3:02outside.
56. 3:06>> Please show me where that rule is
57. 3:07written.
58. 3:11>> The policy covers restaurant inventory,
59. 3:13not meals employees purchase.
60. 3:16>> [sighs]
61. 3:16>> Do not lecture me about policy.
62. 3:22Sign this acknowledgement and we can end
63. 3:24it.
64. 3:26>> I cannot sign something that is false.
65. 3:30>> Refuse and your shifts are at risk.
66. 3:35>> Then check the register. The payment is
67. 3:37recorded.
68. 3:40The camera shows me carrying my own
69. 3:42dinner outside.
70. 3:45>> I decide what evidence matters here.
71. 3:52You are suspended pending an internal
72. 3:54review.
73. 3:55>> Please give me a copy in writing.
74. 4:03>> Leave Emily off tomorrow's schedule.
75. 4:05I will handle the shortage.
76. 4:12These deductions cannot be questioned
77. 4:14before the investors arrive.
78. 4:22Hold the payroll records until I approve
79. 4:24the files personally.
80. 4:34>> They can take my shifts,
81. 4:36but they cannot change what happened.
82. 4:44Rent is due Friday.
83. 4:46I need the truth to come out soon.
84. 4:54>> She [snorts] gave me her dinner without
85. 4:55asking who I was.
86. 5:04The Grand Ashford.
87. 5:06So, that is where she works.
88. 5:13Sarah, review their payroll and employee
89. 5:15complaints before we discuss the
90. 5:17investment.
91. 5:23>> I may have missed dinner, but
92. 5:25at least that gentleman did not go to
93. 5:26bed hungry.
94. 5:33Rent is due Friday.
95. 5:35I need my job, but I will not apologize
96. 5:38for being kind.
97. 5:40>> The purchase is not finalized.
98. 5:43We still need payroll records and
99. 5:45employee interviews before recommending
100. 5:46approval.
101. 5:53>> Profit matters, Sarah, but I need to
102. 5:55know how this business treats the people
103. 5:57who sustain it.
104. 6:02My mother fed strangers when we barely
105. 6:04had enough ourselves.
106. 6:06I never forgot what that meant.
107. 6:11Last night a waitress gave me her own
108. 6:14dinner.
109. 6:16She thought I had nothing to offer.
110. 6:21>> Would you like me to find her, sir?
111. 6:23We could arrange a private thank you.
112. 6:27>> [sighs and gasps]
113. 6:27[snorts]
114. 6:32>> First, find out whether she is safe at
115. 6:34work.
116. 6:36Gratitude means little if we ignore
117. 6:38injustice.
118. 6:44>> Ms. Hayes, I came to ask when I can
119. 6:46return to work. I have the receipt.
120. 6:52>> Your shifts remain suspended until the
121. 6:54incident review is complete.
122. 6:56You will receive written notice.
123. 7:02>> You removed every shift this week.
124. 7:05How am I supposed to pay my rent?
125. 7:10>> The schedule is management's decision.
126. 7:13Please leave the staff area until you
127. 7:15are officially reinstated.
128. 7:22I need original payroll exports,
129. 7:24deduction authorizations, and every
130. 7:26revision log for the past 6 months.
131. 7:32This deduction appears in the payroll
132. 7:34file, but I cannot find a signed
133. 7:36employee authorization.
134. 7:41The record was edited after approval.
135. 7:44We need the original version before
136. 7:45drawing any conclusions.
137. 7:51>> Preserve every original record, Sarah.
138. 7:54No accusations until the evidence is
139. 7:56verified independently and fairly.
140. 8:03>> If they find her receipt, they will
141. 8:04start asking about every deduction.
142. 8:13Emily Carter removed restaurant property
143. 8:16without authorization.
144. 8:17That will be the official record.
145. 8:20>> Victoria calls Emily a thief, but there
146. 8:22is no receipt audit attached.
147. 8:25>> Then request the original records.
148. 8:31>> Here it is. I paid for that meal.
149. 8:34They cannot erase the truth.
150. 8:42>> Do not contact the investors, Emily.
151. 8:45Your suspension becomes permanent if you
152. 8:47interfere.
153. 8:52>> I will not lie about what happened.
154. 8:55I paid for that food myself.
155. 9:01>> Why is the payroll cabinet locked during
156. 9:04an authorized audit?
157. 9:06I need the original files.
158. 9:11>> Emily admitted taking the food.
159. 9:15>> Where is her signed statement?
160. 9:21>> Unpaid suspension?
161. 9:25I told the truth and now I cannot afford
162. 9:26my rent.
163. 9:28>> [snorts]
164. 9:32>> 3 days until rent is due.
165. 9:35I need work, but I will not confess to a
166. 9:37lie.
167. 9:39>> [snorts]
168. 9:41>> Sign this and we can discuss your job.
169. 9:46>> Why would I admit something I never did?
170. 9:51>> Your signature is the only way back.
171. 9:56>> My honesty is not for sale.
172. 10:02This receipt proves I paid.
173. 10:05I will keep every document until someone
174. 10:07listens.
175. 10:11>> Preserve every payroll record
176. 10:13immediately.
177. 10:16>> I have already requested a secure copy.
178. 10:21>> Sign now, or your job ends today.
179. 10:27>> Then you will have to fire me.
180. 10:32You can take my job, but you cannot make
181. 10:34me call kindness a crime.
182. 10:44>> Good morning. I am Richard Whitmore.
183. 10:46We are here to begin the investment
184. 10:48review.
185. 10:52>> Before discussing the purchase, we need
186. 10:54complete payroll and disciplinary
187. 10:56records.
188. 10:57>> [music]
189. 11:04>> Some files are archived. Retrieving them
190. 11:06may take longer than you expect.
191. 11:14>> I would also like to speak with Emily
192. 11:15Carter. Is she working today?
193. 11:22>> Ms. Carter was suspended after a serious
194. 11:24breach of our food policy.
195. 11:32Our records show she paid for the meal.
196. 11:34Please explain the accusation.
197. 11:42>> Invite Emily here.
198. 11:45She deserves to speak without pressure
199. 11:46or threats.
200. 11:49>> [snorts]
201. 11:53>> Emily, we need your account. Please come
202. 11:56to the restaurant this morning.
203. 12:03>> Emily, we have met before.
204. 12:06Thank you for coming to speak with us.
205. 12:13>> You were outside the service entrance.
206. 12:16I gave you my dinner.
207. 12:21>> I never planned that encounter.
208. 12:25Your kindness came when I genuinely
209. 12:27needed help.
210. 12:30>> I would give you that meal again.
211. 12:33Nobody should go hungry alone.
212. 12:43>> The receipt contradicts the suspension
213. 12:44report, and these payroll deductions
214. 12:46require explanation.
215. 12:50>> I acted according to procedure.
216. 12:53I believe the incident justified
217. 12:55immediate suspension.
218. 13:04>> That is not my signature. I never
219. 13:06approved those deductions.
220. 13:12>> Emily paid for that meal.
221. 13:14I received it.
222. 13:16Her kindness was never theft.
223. 13:21>> These records show unauthorized payroll
224. 13:23deductions.
225. 13:24We have the original entries
226. 13:26>> [music]
227. 13:26>> and the altered versions.
228. 13:30>> Those were routine adjustments.
229. 13:32You cannot accuse me of wrongdoing
230. 13:34without understanding our operating
231. 13:36pressures.
232. 13:42>> Operating pressures never justify taking
233. 13:44money from employees who earned every
234. 13:46dollar.
235. 13:51>> Emily purchased that meal herself.
236. 13:54Your report calling it stolen restaurant
237. 13:56property is demonstrably false.
238. 14:04I came because you asked for the truth.
239. 14:07I have nothing to hide.
240. 14:12>> Emily, after everything that happened,
241. 14:15what would a fair outcome look like to
242. 14:17you?
243. 14:20>> Please repay everyone.
244. 14:23I do not want another worker punished
245. 14:25for doing the right thing.
246. 14:32>> Victoria, you are suspended from
247. 14:33management pending an independent
248. 14:35investigation.
249. 14:37The employees will be protected.
250. 14:40>> Every affected employee will receive a
251. 14:42verified repayment with independent
252. 14:45review and a confidential way to report
253. 14:47concerns.
254. 14:48>> [snorts]
255. 14:50>> We are creating an employee support
256. 14:52program.
257. 14:54I would like you to help lead it if you
258. 14:56choose.
259. 15:03>> I would be honored as long as the people
260. 15:05working here always have a voice.
261. 15:09The first repayments are approved.
262. 15:12Everyone will receive a private
263. 15:14statement explaining the corrected
264. 15:16amounts.
265. 15:21These meals are funded properly,
266. 15:23prepared safely, and offered with
267. 15:25dignity.
268. 15:27Nobody should have to beg.
269. 15:31>> That night you saw a hungry man instead
270. 15:34of a stranger.
271. 15:36I will never forget it.
272. 15:41>> One meal helped us begin.
273. 15:45Imagine what we can do when kindness
274. 15:47becomes a daily promise.
275. 15:50>> You gave away your last meal, Emily.
276. 15:54Together, we can make sure someone else
277. 15:56has a first.