Canadian Burger Joint Gets Cash Apology When Alabama Man Mistook It For His Local Restaurant

Canadian Burger Joint Gets Cash Apology When Alabama Man Mistook It For His Local Restaurant

A couple from Nova Scotia was left with their jaws on the floor after they received $40 and an apology letter all the way from Alabama.

The letter was penned by a man who searched for his local Bentley’s Burgers and mistakenly found theirs, ordering a doomed pair of burgers for pick-up from over 1,000 miles away.

Realizing his mistake, and rather than sending a quick email, he chose a more old fashioned apology: a handwritten letter explaining his mistake, and the cost of the burger magnified by 2 to make up for what was wasted.

Darcy and Laura Clarke who run a food truck of the same name in West Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia, said they were “gobsmacked.”

“My jaw hit the floor,” Darcy told As It Happens host Nil Koksal. “Hope for humanity yet.”

Darcy was the one who took the Alabaman’s order, and noticed immediately something was unusual.

“I noticed there was a southern accent to it,” he said. “No big deal because we get tours coming through all the time. I took the order and just went on about our day.”

That was on Oct. 1st, and after an hour it was clear no one was coming: Darcy’s hunch had been right. The staff gave the order away to another customer for free and didn’t think much of it.

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Next week a letter arrived in the mail dated Oct. 2nd.

“I was unable to pick up the food because I live in Alabama,” it read. “Obviously I called the wrong restaurant. I hope that the amount enclosed is enough to cover the cost of my embarrassing mistake.”

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There is no affiliation between the Clarke’s restaurant, which they opened 3 years ago and named after their dog, and the one in Alabama, it was just a funny coincidence. They shared the picture of the letter on their Bentley’s Burgers and Fries Facebook page where it’s been seen over 80,000 times, with most comments hoping that the good lord provides for the letter writer, or that he demonstrated how much good there still is in the world.

We’re right there with you folks.

In an update on that Facebook page, the Clarke’s shared a photo of a Christmas present they had prepared to send back to the mailing address, including Bentley’s fries seasoning and other swag to keep the kindness alive.