FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY

 Don't just leave a tip- use money to be well remembered

 

By Jennifer Walker

 

 

Waiters and waitresses are usually on their feet nonstop trying to best serve customers in an attempt to receive decent tips. So when they approach a table to pick up a tip, a business card on top of the cash most likely gets tossed in the trash.

 

 

However, self-promotion can go a long way if customers finds a more creative way to leave money.

 

 

This is certainly the case for Jason May.   He would go out to eat almost every day for change of scenery and to let his business cards be seen.

 

 

To make his name and face more recognizable, he came up with the idea of taking a dollar bill and folding it into a cardholder to place on top of his tip displaying his card.

 

 

Not long after, May got to where he could fold a dollar bill into an elephant in only 30 seconds.

 

 

"I'm sure I'm going to eventually have arthritis in my hands," May said with a smile.

 

 

Because people were so drawn to his talent, May decided to teach people how to make designs with dollars by following simple steps. He's traveled all the way from Salt Lake City to Key West Fla., teaching kindergarten –age children and older how to fold money.

 

 

With 117 of his own original designs.

 

 

May rarely had to pay for his meals because people were so captivated by his creations. He even taught the wait staff at Planet Hollywood in Orlando, Fla., how to fold designs and leave it as change in the shape of things such as a peacock; they were likely to leave a bigger tip.

 

 

While having lunch at Mi Casita Mexican Restaurant in Fort Payne a few weeks ago, waiter Frank Corona watched May turn a dollar bill into a giraffe and said even if May were to leave a small tip, he'd still remember him as "the dollar bill guy" and would want to wait on him again.

 

 

"Everything we do in life is about money. It's what you do with it that makes a difference." May said.

 

 

Before moving to ALABAMA, May spent several years driving to enjoy the mountains of Cherokee Rock Village and it was on these trips that he'd leave dollar designs behind at local restaurants. For nearly six years he said Durango's at the south end of Fort Payne has displayed his work on its register. May has also been featured nationally in Money Magazine.
 

His book, "Creative Tipping" , has been sold in 17 countries from France to Australia. And is currently under a rewrite for 2nd edition... making even more with your money.. COMING SOON.