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SHALIMAR, Fla. - There is nothing as relaxing as playing the back nine on a beautiful spring day.
That is, until someone makes a noise when you go to swing.
Golf, one of the only things on earth that you absolutely cannot make noise during, along with reading at the library and watching the latest Twilight movie with your girlfriend. The slightest sneeze, cough, or giggle can throw off a golfer faster than a driving rainstorm or real life angry birds.
Some kids in Florida had the idea to scare golfers out on the course with air horns. Yes, you heard me right. Air horns.
Imagine, putting yourself in the zone, lining up to hit your second shot onto the green. You adjust the grip on your 7-iron, widen your stance just a bit, and start to slowly bring the club head back.
Then it strikes - the loudest, most annoying sound that cuts through the silence like a hot knife through butter.
The group of 70-year-old golfers doesn't take the joke as kindly as most of us would, grabbing golf ball retrievers and beating the kids until they ran away.
Lesson learned - never get between a golfer and his game.
The Tip that gets server fired
Have you ever done something at work that you thought was cool at the time, but didn't really think about the consequences it may have?
Take Jon, for instance. He is (was) a server for The Angus Barn.
Jon recently had the chance to serve former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning at the Raleigh, N.C. steakhouse.
Manning's bill came to $625, and the restaurant added its own 18 percent gratuity, bringing the grand total to $739 and some change. Manning added an additional $200 to the tip, giving Jon roughly 50 percent gratuity on the bill.
Jon, probably an avid sports fan, posted a picture of Manning's generosity online, drawing much ire from his now former employer, Van Eure, owner and operator of The Angus Barn. Posting any information about restaurant guests is strictly against the company's privacy policy. Look twice at the receipt, and you'll even see the last four digits of Manning's credit card number (since been blurred, I don't want to get fired too).
"This goes against every policy we have," Eure told the Triangle Business Journal. "It's just horrible."
Jon was promptly terminated, but at least he has a bit of sports memorabilia and a nice chunk of change in his wallet.
With reports indicating Manning is meeting with the Denver Broncos, it is a good guess that every waiter, server or hostess in the Denver metropolitan area is asking to pick up any additional shifts today, just in case.
