In a world of Lindsay Clancy nonsense and other horrors, we need something uplifting, right? And here’s a nice story from the Big Apple, where a pizzeria owner in the Bronx caught a woman eating out of his garbage. The level of desperation for one to do that is unfathomable. It’s tragic. So, to prevent this type of behavior, the owner pitched a nice deal for those who are hungry and homeless who would walk by his establishment.
It’s simple. He’d feed them. He placed a sign at the front of his establishment, promising a slice and water so they wouldn’t do this anymore. It’s a new policy that owner Daniel Romano of D'Romano's Pizza in Throggs Neck discussed with local media.
When he encountered the woman, he wasn’t upset.
🚨WOW!!!
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A Bronx pizzeria owner saw a woman eating out of his GARBAGE.
He walked outside, took her by the hand, led her in, and pulled a hot slice straight from the oven for her.
She sat down and cried. He said: "Don't cry. Eat. I don't want you eating out of a garbage." ❤️… pic.twitter.com/TJT5qW4zYH
"I grabbed her by the hand, and I led her to the pizzeria, and I went in the oven, and I got her a fresh slice and gave it to her. Sat down and she started crying. I said, 'Don't cry, eat. This is not a problem,” said Romano.
“Right now, I think this world is shot. There's too much hate. Too much negativity. Why not put a smile on someone's face?” he said.
Here’s what his sign says:
To the people eating out of my garbage, I have more love for you than you think. Please come in and tell me you're hungry. I will forever give you a slice and fresh water to drink
Fox 5 New York has more:
A handwritten sign in the window of a Bronx pizzeria is getting attention across the country, but owner Daniel Romano says it started with one woman, one discarded slice of pizza and a belief that no one should ever go hungry.
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For Romano, that instinct to feed someone who needs it goes back to his own childhood.
"My mother, God rest her soul, her name was Carmella Romano, she had a saying in her dialect Italian," Romano said. "She used to say, ‘a desperate person will always make a better decision on a full stomach than on an empty.’ It always stuck with me. So I feed people."
It’s a side of Romano that longtime friend and customer Tony Cucci says people in the neighborhood already know well.
"A guy like him, coming from this neighborhood, wanting to give back I think it’s the coolest thing," Cucci said. "He’s such a good-hearted guy."
But now, word of what Romano is doing has traveled well beyond the neighborhood, with people wanting to chip in and buy some slices for those in need.
Now that is a great story.
