The Ramsey Show - App - The Annual Giving Show! (Hour 1)

Episode Date: December 18, 2023

Live from the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions, it's The Ramsey Show, where we help people build wealth, do work that they love, and create actual, amazing relationships. Merry Christmas, America. We're so glad you're with us. Thanks for hanging out. And if you're not

in America, thanks for hanging out anyway. Open phones at 888-825-5225. My co-host today, the one and only George Campbell, YouTube star, Ramsey personality, soon-to-be best-selling author of the new book, Breaking Free from Broke, that's on pre-sale now. Wow, I got a lot of stuff crammed into your title there,

man. Thank you. I appreciate that. You got a big title today. got a lot of stuff crammed into your title there man thank you i appreciate that so you got a big title today got a lot of stuff going on this is a fun show one of my favorite things to do ever is this show annually we do a show on giving because we teach you if you live like no one else later you can live and give like no one else if you follow the things that we have taught you here for 30-plus years, you will follow a process that we call, it starts with now. You have to take care of the now first. Take care of your own household first or you're worse than an unbeliever. Then once we get past taking care of now, then we move on

and we start taking care of the future then, now then. And then we say the future, then we take care of family. We want to take care of changing our family tree out past our future into the future. And then we move on and we take care of community in the world. And you start talking about people outside your family, outside your future, outside of things. And so as your money evolves, your vision for what to do with it should evolve. It should grow, shouldn't it? Absolutely.

Dave, you talk a lot about the myths that people believe about wealthy people and rich people. And we say that if you're a stingy rich person, those exist. But there's a lot more that are philanthropists. That's what we call them when they're generous with their money, and we want to highlight some of those stories as well. That's the kind of stuff you can do when you have margin and you follow the baby steps. It's inspiring. Yeah.

In today's world, in a capitalistic economy, very few people attain wealth without having the character quality of generosity. Because when you're selfish versus selfless, you smell different. You have a stink about you, and nobody wants to do business with you. Nobody wants to elevate you. Nobody wants to promote you. No one wants, you're slimy. When when people meet with you they want to take a shower after they're done if you're that person it's very difficult to prosper in our current modern economy because everybody tells everybody it's called social media right and so but if you're a generous person um you know it's hard to deny generosity it just is what it is and it changes who you are it changes

whether your smile it is much more difficult to be depressed if you're generous it is much more difficult to get divorced if you're generous very few people get divorced they go you know that guy was just so generous i couldn't take it i just couldn't take it my husband was completely he was unbelievably generous it just drove me nuts that that's not that doesn't come up in divorce decrees you know haven't seen that generosity doesn't break much but it fixes a lot of things it might break the bank if you're out of control and you're dysfunctional with it and you could do that but generosity is what this show's about today mike is in orlando mike tell us your generosity story hey dave hey george merry christmas great to be with you merry christmas how can we help shows about today. Mike is in Orlando. Mike, tell us your generosity story.

Hey, Dave. Hey, George. Merry Christmas. Great to be with you. Merry Christmas. How can we help? Well, you know, I was just a month or two ago, I was out of state at a restaurant, and I'd never been there before. And our server was talking to us about how she had just gotten this job because she was trying to make extra money to pay off her debt. And her reason was because she had recently purchased Taylor Swift tickets and put them on her credit card. It was like a little over $700. Um, she bought them as a gift for her partner. And she said they had a great time, but at the same time she had these financial goals and stuff. So anyway, we've been following my wife and I've been following your plan for a while now,

Dave. And, um, and so when I was hearing her story, I started talking following, my wife and I have been following your plan for a while now, Dave. And so when I was here in her store, I started talking to her about how important I thought it was to get out of debt. And, you know, I encouraged her to do the same. She's like, yeah, I know. That's why I'm working here. So anyway, our bill ended up being like $42. But I ended up signing the tip for like exactly what she owed on her credit card, which she had shared with me was like $710. Cool.

Wow. Yeah. You're more fun than a Tyler Swift concert. I'm just saying. Well, I mean, and I never, and I never, she didn't know. You know what I'm saying? So like I just signed the thing for like 752. I get in the car and I guess my wife could tell, you know, cause she's like totally on board with

this whole thing. And, um, she, I guess saw the look on my face cause you paid her credit card off. Didn't you? And I'm like, I did babe. And she's like, that's so, so awesome. We never saw her again. I mean, I don't even live in that state. I checked, I didn't even know if it would work. You know, I checked my, um, statement to see if you can give a tip like that. You can. You know, whatever. But, yeah, it worked. So I was so super thrilled. And, you know, I was also with some other people at the table, and I didn't want them, you know, like when I was talking to her about all this, I think they were like, man, this is weird that Mike's getting into it

with this server about her life and whatever. But, I mean, they have no idea what we did, and I don't care that they ever know. No,'s not their business it's just all between you the waitress and god and your wife but yeah there you go way to go man why are you guys getting that fun and it is and and i'll tell you we came from five hundred thousand dollars of debt whoa um and yeah so so you You make Taylor Swift tickets look smart. Wow. I know, man.

Wow. I mean, we had a lot of stuff going on, and so we followed your plan, got to baby step seven. So we dug out of half a million, and now we're just, you know, we're just really excited about what God's doing in our lives, and I just want to be, I don't know, I want to follow that, and I'm excited to be a part of this team in the Ramsey scenario. Way to go, hero. That's inspiring. In a roundabout way, he bought a waitress Taylor Swift tickets. That's how I see

it in my head. Oh, no, I can't go there. No. But it's more exciting. The headline reads better. He did not endorse the behavior. No, he just helped the poor girl who'd made a mistake oh that's pretty wild concert tickets are what led us to this story of generosity going to taylor swift concert it's not a mistake going to taylor swift concert if you put it on your credit card and you're broke and you're a waitress that's a mistake okay by the way the tour is sponsored by capital one dave

so you know that's just ironic i'm just saying they're making their money back trust your partner in crime rachel cruz um cannot be controlled on this subject i'm just saying. They're making their money back. Trust me. Your partner in crime, Rachel Cruz, cannot be controlled on this subject. I'm just saying. But aside from this. Yeah. Great job, Mike. Way to go, hero. That must have just blown her mind. Yeah.

It's so fun. She must have thought, oh, they miswrote this. I got to take it back to them. Nope. That's what we're doing. Today's show is the annual giving show because God gave his only begotten son, and we celebrate it this season. That's pretty cool.

The OG giver. Yeah, the OG giver, the original. And so check it out. And we're going to talk to people who have done giving all hour this hour, all hour of the next hour, and all hour of the next hour. And we've got some really special things we're going to add in because i gotta tell you there's a lot of fun stuff you can do with money sharon i just took this wonderful trip we were 16 days in egypt it was an absolute

blast luxury everything live like no one else later you can live like no one else buddy you tip somebody 100 bucks in egypt you change their whole net worth. It blows their mind. It's a lot of fun. So I'm spreading hundreds everywhere. It was the most, I had more fun doing that than I did on the trip.

The trip was great, but this is a generosity hour. It's the most fun you can have with money. And we're going to prove it to you over and over for the next few minutes. Don't you go anywhere.

This is the Ramsey Show. George Campbell, Ramsey Personality, is my co-host today. It's our annual giving show. Thank you for joining us. If you have been the recipient of an unbelievable gift or you were the giver of an unbelievable gift, we invite you to brag in either case because your bragging is not bragging on you. Your bragging is bragging on God, and it's encouraging other people, 30 million or so

tuning into this, the various formats and platforms out there to become givers and become generous. So this is all about inspiring additional generosity. And to that end, one of our favorite people at Ramsey, one of our own team members is with us, Melissa in guest relations, works on our team, has for quite a while. She's standing on the debt-free stage to talk about an incredible journey you've been on. Hi, kiddo.

Hi. How are you doing, Dave? Hi, George. Hey. I have been so incredibly blessed. My story starts back in May of 2021. I was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of breast cancer called triple negative.

I actually got the call here at work that day. The doctor... I mean, you don't do just double negative. You go triple. Triple negative. Why not? It's Triple negative. Why not? It's pretty bad. Why not? It's pretty bad.

The doctor called and said, well, Melissa, this is not really the news that we wanted. You've got a really aggressive form of breast cancer. It's called triple negative. He said, don't Google it. Of course, I Googled it. Don't Google anything. Can't tell someone not to Google. Exactly.

That made me want to Google it. That particular type has a high recurrence rate, fewer treatment options, real aggressive, grows very fast. So I was here at work, got that call. Immediately, I had prayer warriors around me, hands-on praying for me. The next day at the show. Now, the bunch that works this front lobby with you that's kind of what they do yes they do uh i'm part of the most amazing team guest relations uh deanna cat janelle lindsey amazing front lines dave yep um but anyway so the you actually came out of the studio on a break from the show i don't know if you remember this you came out

hugged me and prayed over me uh that meant the world to me. Let me know. Let us know what you need. Fast forward a few weeks. I was about to go out to start 16 rounds of chemo. My team leader at the time came out. She said, Melissa, we don't want you working while you're taking chemo. We want you at home, getting better, concentrating on that. And I start crying. She said, your job will be waiting on you when you get back. I start bawling because y'all know I love my job. I got the best job out there, best people. And then she said, Melissa, while you're gone, we're going to pay you full salary.

I just lost it. I cried so hard. Called all my family on the way home. I said, you're not going to believe this. They're all crying. We're thanking God. It was such a provision from the Lord. So fast forward, 16 rounds of chemo, five weeks of daily radiation, a year of immunotherapy, surgery.

I had residual cancer i had to have another eight months of seven or eight months of chemo and you all didn't know all that that i was going to be not even step foot in this building for a year and a half we know at the start but we knew it all along you kept us up to date we were all we were all daily checking in with you and you all did nothing but encourage me, pray for me. I got so many texts, calls, gifts at home. Get this, on my eight-year Ramseyversary, I get a call from my team leader and she says, I'm laying in the bed. I just had chemo. She said, happy Ramseyversary, eight years, yay. yay she said you're getting a raise today I'm laying in the bed I'm like who does that who does that Ramsey Solutions does so anyway I was

just so incredibly encouraged um another part of this was uh my treatment bills were very, very high. I mean, David and I really did not know how high they went. It was because I had all kinds of, you know, some experimental things happening, but I never received a medical bill. Well, I did, but they were miraculously paid for. And my deductibles for like a couple of years. Who does that? Well, the Lord provided for us.

And we knew, David and I knew from the minute that I got the diagnosis, the Lord told me, said, Melissa, this is not about you. This is about me and how I'm going to be glorified through it. I'm going to take care of you. Don't worry. You're going to be fine. And David and I locked arms with this whole prayer army. I've got family and friends here and my team here at work.

I mean, the encouragement was crazy. David, my husband, his nickname was Coach Positive because he was. He was coach. He was tough sometimes. But my sisters, my friends, I've got the prayer warriors here, my best friend that did food. I can't even say. But daddy friends, he solutions.

It was amazing through this. It's been three years of hell. I mean. It'll be three years. Your hair grew back good. Isn't it great? Mine didn't grow of hell. I mean. It'll be three years. Your hair grew back good. Isn't it great? Mine didn't grow back good. I know.

But I didn't have cancer. But I mean, I kept thinking if your hair grew back that good, there's a chance for me, but there's not. But yeah. I mean, it really did. Did you color it? No. It's just completely black.

Wow. It's awesome. Well, I did, you know, had uh highlighted it for a few years so i sort of forgot how dark it was but i think it came back even darker but um yeah i um but you know dave something that i learned through this my husband and i we had many conversations is if you hear of someone in need make that call pay that pay that visit, take that food. Even if it's awkward, you don't know them that well. It's always awkward.

It's always awkward. But I'm here to tell you, because I've been the recipient of it, of people that I don't really even know brought me food, flowers, gifts, all kinds of things, and it blessed me and it helped me. It encouraged me and now through that through all of this God has transformed my heart in many ways I mean I was walking with the Lord before but now whoo me and him are at a place I never thought was possible but I will never be the same as far as giving and doing for others and I hate that it took cancer honey you were already that way that's

one of the reasons everybody loved melissa i don't think they changed you that much but the end of the story today is you're free well they don't say that i'm cancer free they say i'm no evidence of disease because of the kind that i had that they will wait but each year that goes by the the percentages go down. When I get to five years, they may say cancer-free. But Dave, I've been healed. The doctors can say what they want to say, but I've been healed. And I know I have.

There's no current signs. There's no current signs. I'm great. I'm out here. I'm back to work full-time since November. Does the chemo knock the crud out of you? Yeah, it did. I mean, it knocked you down hard. Yeah, it did. It took a little while to come. I mean, the. I'm back. I'm back to work full time since November. Does the chemo knock the crud out of you? Yeah, it did. I mean, it knocked you down hard.

Yeah, it did. It took a little while to come. I mean, the cure will kill you. Yes. It's like it's nasty. It was bad. But you're back and you're back to work. What, three days a week or four?

Dave, I'm here every day, eight to five. You're back five. I knew we approved you to come back for three, but I didn't know you're back to five. You had to let your energy level get back. Right. And I kind of had to beg to, I'm like, y'all, I'm ready but I didn't know you were back for five. You had to let your energy level get back. Right. And I kind of had to beg to, I'm like, y'all, I'm ready. I'm ready. Put me in coach.

Put me in coach. And, you know, and they were all so, they all cared about my health more than me coming and filling a place in here. And this gas relations team, they, y'all had, y'all were swamped in here in the lobby and they all rallied. They just did what they had to do to take care of business. And I've got people out here I need to be sure and think carried me to chemo appointments, doctor visits, brought us meals, encouraged me when I couldn't get out of the bed.

I can't even name all their names. It is humbling to be the recipient at this level. Yeah. Generosity coming from every direction. Right. And you're too weak to do anything about it. You can't stop it. Right.

Exactly. Well, we're glad to have Mama Mel back. You said you were surrounded by warriors, but we've seen your journey. You are a warrior. Amen. Thank you. And we are so happy to hear the journey and how well it's going. And good to have you back at full.

Mama Mel at full force. That's what we're seeing today. Game on. Thank you, Jesus. And thank you, Ramsey Solutions. Wow. journey and how well it's going and good to have you back at full mama mel at full force that's what we're seeing today thank you jesus and thank you ramsey solutions thank you so much you are ramsey solutions kiddo i love it beautiful well done wow this is how it works george generosity at its best my face hurts from smiling it's gonna be a long show for me this is the ramsey show welcome back to the ramsey show it's our annual giving show so we thought we'd do something fun we got a couple of hundred people or so in the lobby and uh we ordered pizza for all of you so pizza just got here they look hungry and now happy.

George, you need to go pay the... Oh, I'm paying the pizza delivery? Okay, I'll be right back, guys. Hold on. Go pay the pizza. Go pay the pizza, George, and take care of that, because, you know, we don't want the young lady to deliver pizza here and not get paid.

That would be a negative thing on a giving show. Y'all want some pizza? Y'all like pizza out there? I want some pizza. I can't eat it while I'm on the air. My little legs made it, Dave. I'm out here in the lobby. You made it? Okay, cool.

For those of you not watching on YouTube, what's your name? Marissa. Marissa. I got to tell you, Marco's Pizza is my favorite. This is not sponsored. I just absolutely love Marco's Pizza. Well, I'm glad you like it. Did you bring me any cauliflower crust?

Wasn't on the order. I'm just kidding. It's totally fine. Well, what's the bill today? You gluten-free millenn kidding. It's totally fine. Well, what's the bill today? You gluten-free millennial. It's $34.76. Okay, $34.76. You know what? I got $50 here, and you can keep the change. How's that? Thank you. Merry Christmas. And you know what? I have extra change. Hold on. Let me see if I can dig into these little skinny jeans. Yeah, I got $1,000. Is that okay?

Yeah, that's fine. That's for you. Merry Christmas. Are you serious? I am dead serious. Oh, my God. Thank you so much. What's the biggest tip you've ever gotten?

Probably $170. Well, now it's $1,000. You can tell the story. Thank you so much. Are you serious? Absolutely. Yes, it's not even my money. It's Dave Ramsey's a thousand. You can tell the story. Thank you so much. Are you serious? Yes. It's not even my money. It's Dave Ramsey's money. So you have to take it. He's going to be okay. Oh my God. So what's making you deliver pizzas? Is this for fun? What's going on here? Well, I'm just doing it right now to fill time. I'm going back to school

with AAPC for medical coding. Awesome. So this is a side hustle for you? Yeah. I mean, it's something that it's pretty decent money, you know, while I'm doing it. Today it's decent money. That's for sure. Oh, my God. Yeah. And I mean, the flexibility, too, is nice.

It's not something that I really want to do. You know, I enjoy it. I enjoy talking with people. But, you know, I'm looking into doing something for my future. Well, what are you going to use the money on? Probably pay off some bills. That's a nice relief. Get some new tires.

Yeah. That's awesome. Any debt? You on the journey to pay off some debt? Because we can help you with that, too. Oh, yeah, but I mean. We got you. We're going to get you taken care of with Financial Peace University,

Every Dollar Our Budgeting Tool, everything we can throw at you from this bookstore. It's on us today. I don't even know how to respond to that. You don't have to. Here's the thing. Here's your money. I'll switch you and I'll take the pizza. How's that?

I'll give it away to the nice people out here in the lobby. You're amazing. Do you want to keep the bag? Oh, I can't keep the bag. That's Marco's property. But I will make sure you get the bag back to you, and we'll get all these nice people some pizza. And Merry Christmas on behalf of Dave Ramsey

and the whole team here at Ramsey Solutions. You're amazing. Thank you so much. Thank you for what you're doing. Give it up for her, guys. Yeah! This smells really good. I hope you guys like it.

We love it. We love it already. I love it. We like it we we love it we love it already i love it we like it because you brought it way to go man that's fun see this is how you do it all you gotta do is just decide generosity works uh because it does it changes everything and uh we'll take your calls if you want to call in george is handing out pizzas out here give him a good shot of that oh look at that thing oh look at that pizza marco's just got a major national promotion um that they paid zip for and we paid for the pizza too i should have thought of this and told the guy i want a pizza for free for a year i just gave him that much so and she gets the bag back very good good job george

well done you guys in the lobby give her another round of applause. Well done. Very cool. Way to go. Very cool. Well, if you've got a great giving story, a great receiving story, we would love to hear yours. Melina has one. She's in Asheville, North Carolina. Hi, Melina. Tell me your story. Hi. So my brother graduated high school like a year early. So for his 18th birthday that was coming up, my mom is like, I don't know what to do for him. All he's doing is spending all of his money and he's going to end up nowhere. And so I recommended Total Money Makeover for him. And so she got online and ordered it used to try to save some money and um brought it down there's nothing cheaper than a used total money makeover book that's the cheap on cheap yes and uh she bought one for herself um and she knew that we have followed you for years and that

my husband and i are doing well um so she's like, will you teach us? Will you sit down and do a budget with your brother? I was like, yeah. So they came down for Thanksgiving, and he opened the book, and he started reading the first chapter, and there was $100. And my mom just looked at me, and she's like, why did you do that? I said, I promise, Mom, I did not do that. And he's reading, and every chapter there was a hundred dollar bill so he ended up with thirteen hundred dollars in cash from reading yeah pretty much he starts fast forward speed

reading at some point right no he did he read the whole entire book at that point like i sat there and he read the whole entire thing did she did you did she own it she put the hundred dollars in there no she didn't she she doesn't have it to put in it um so she bought the used book and the person that owned it before did this and never took their money out yes and sold $1,300 in a used book for 10 bucks or something it came from thrift books i love it everybody's going to thrift books right now i'm buying books like crazy right so yeah he he read that and we sat down and we did his budget and he's in the construction union and we're like i'm like bud you're on baby start to three already this is wild so what happened was somebody else's mother put $100 in every chapter, gave them the book.

They took it down and sold it to Thrift Books for $2, having never done what their mother told them to do. And then your brother gets the book from your mother, used, and is the beneficiary of this. This is whacked. Yeah. My mom spent like $5 on the book. That's fabulous. And it wasn't, the money wasn't easy to see i mean it was in like the middle of every chapter like really stuck into you wouldn't see it just like flipping through it

either yeah but how dumb how dumb is the person that sold the book and never read it that's the one that you got to feel sorry for right oh man that's hilarious but it just he went from you know baby step one all the way to he'll be done with baby step three at the end of this month now, and he's 18 years old. And he has, you know, it just escalated it so quickly. But he's on beat. He's going to do it now. He's going to live the way, right? Yes, yes.

He's taking every out-of-state job that he can because he makes so much more money. He's like, I don't have a girlfriend or anything holding me down, so I'm going to just travel, make all the money I can, save it as much as I can. And he wants to be a homeowner. He wants to buy a nicer vehicle. You've got to love Big Sister's rendition of this. I don't have a girlfriend holding me down. We're trying to keep it that way.

Or holding me back from my potential future. Yes. That is so great. So the light bulb actually went on when he finished the book, and he's actually going to go become wealthy because of this. Yeah. Yeah, he had kind of been skipping back and forth through some jobs um trying to find a good fit ended up getting in with the union but in the middle of those jobs went into debt with

my grandparents because his vehicle needed work on it wow um he just goes through the drive-thru all the time and i we i'm like look at all of this money that you're wasting on fast food and stupid shopping that you don't need to be doing and all the while you could have bought a five dollar book with 1300 bucks inside yeah yeah that is hilarious i love the story oh mixed up generosity but it still goes a long way that's fun fun. Very, very cool. Hey, thanks, Molina. We appreciate you sharing that. This is our annual giving show on the Ramsey Network, on the Ramsey Show. If you have a story where you've been the recipient or you've been a giver, call us and let us know.

We want to hear the story. 888-825-5225. We need to hear from you. This is inspiring. It's hard to listen to this day of broadcast on generosity and not come away smiling and not coming away going, I need to get out of debt and get on a budget so I can do more giving. Because the only way you're going to do more giving is have more money. I have noticed that poor people don't feed hungry kids. Have you noticed that? Rich people do. So you've got to live like no one else so later you can live and give like no one else. It's our annual giving show here on the Ramsey Show.

George Campbell, Ramsey personality, is my my co-host he likes to say he has the spiritual gift of giving away my money and uh last segment uh you were you were I got a taste of that you successfully did it last segment thousand dollars to the young lady delivering the pizza what was her first name again Marissa Marissa sounds about right yeah all right and uh not my first rodeo Dave I think it was first. I think it's safe to say she was a little speechless. Absolutely. Well, number one, putting someone on the debt-free stage like that on camera when you're just trying to in the middle of your workday, it's pretty jarring already.

I'm delivering pizzas. Next thing I know, I'm on the camera. And next thing you know, here's $1,000. I have no clue what to say. And we made sure I gave her a living give box with your resources as well in there because we want to help her on her financial journey as she goes to school and gets into medical coding and all that good stuff. So, seriously, you have been giving away a lot of my money lately. And it was, of course, authorized and encouraged. That's a good side. A lot of fun.

The good side gig, though. Good work if you can get it. And you guys took the crew, the camera crew, some of the production crew from the Ramsey show, and went out in the wild and did a little bit of this. Talk about it. And by the wild, I mean Antioch, Tennessee. And if you've heard Dave for more than 10 seconds, he's mentioned his hometown. There's nothing wild about Antioch, Tennessee. Well, back in your day.

Back in your day. It was wild then, and it's wild now. So let's go to Dave's neck of the woods, and let's see if we can bless some people out there with some outrageous generosity. And so where do I go, Dave? I go to America's favorite diner establishment, and that is Waffle House. The one and only. Through thick and thin, Waffle House is open. You know the Waffle House index, Dave?

You heard about this? More through thick than thin. They use the Waffle House index to measure how bad a hurricane is. If Waffle House is closed. You know the Waffle House Index, Dave? You heard about this? More through thick than thin. They use the Waffle House Index to measure how bad a hurricane is. If Waffle House is closed, we're all screwed. That's basically how it works. Bad hurricane. So they're out there, Christmas Day, you name it, working their tails off. And so I thought, let's go to Waffle House and bless some people.

So here we go. Let's play it. Hey, guys. George Campbell here. I'm outside of a Waffle House in Antioch, Tennessee, just down the road from where Dave grew up. And you know Dave is all about outrageous generosity, and it's my spiritual gift to give away Dave's money. And so that's what we're gonna do today.

In just a few minutes, we're going to cover everyone's tab and Bless the Wait staff with $500 each. And on top of that, one special person is gonna get something extra. So let's go in and show them some outrageous generosity. Hello, Shatika. How are you? I'm pretty good. How are you? Good. I'm ready when you're ready, Shatika. I think that is mint cream. Oh, okay. I didn't know y'all have assigned seating. It's like... We have like sections.

We do... Okay. Just can't have chaos out here. You got to have some order. I'm going to serve you a coffee. That's it. Just a coffee? That's it.

All right. Plain and simple. And you can give me the check whenever you're ready. Just a coffee? I'm just... I'm a little guy. I got to keep my... You know what I mean?

Coffee. Coffee is a diet. Yeah, that's my diet. It all looks so good, but I feel like I'm gonna be, that's it for today, you're in a coma. A hash brown, well no, you can do something light, you know, hash brown. Great.

Hell, you know, whatever. That all sounds heavy. Yeah. Okay, that's... Don't, don't. Okay. Can I do this? Hey guys, quick announcement,

I'm here on behalf of Ramsey Solutions and we're going to cover all your tabs today. Merry Christmas. Cheers! Merry Christmas. That's on us. But you know what? What do we have here? Can I just go ahead and give you your tip now? Before I run out of money, because I've got

to cover all these people's tabs. Yeah. Y'all are slamming at this. I'll never financially recover. Hey, because you're amazing and your staff is amazing, here's $500 for you, Brittany. Thank you so much.

Thank you. I appreciate that. No one else. Seriously. Well, I feel bad now. I want to do one for Crosby over there too whenever he's ready.

There we go. Well, Crosby, Merry Christmas, man. Here's $500 on behalf of Ramsey Solutions. Wow. God bless you. Alright, Ross. Merry Christmas. $500 on behalf of Ramsey Solutions.

We just want to bless some people. God bless y'all for being out here doing the Lord's work. Merry Christmas. Dude, thank you. I got a kid on the way. Congratulations. I got a two and a half month old, man. I know how it is. Just found out last week. Wow. Congratulations, man.

Woo! That's incredible. What are you guys gonna spend it on? Bills. Come on, Crosby's gonna be so surprised. What are you gonna spend it on? Art supplies. You're an artist? That's awesome. Okay, I gotta see your art after this. That'd be awesome.

Okay. This is a lot. This is all in 20s. Look, I get bowling out here. Thank you. Merry Christmas. Thank you. I've just been going through a lot, and what's going on? Can you tell us about it?

Well, last year, um, I had three kids, and last year I was shot in my chest by my kid daddy. And I've been having a hard time, and I really appreciate it. Oh. I do. We'll be praying for you. You're doing up good. You better now? And how are the kids doing?

They're okay. What's the ages? Seven, two, and three. Wow. What are you doing for Christmas for them? I don't know. Just hanging in here, you know? You'll be working on Christmas?

Yeah. Oh my goodness. Thank you. Well, how about this? You got all those kids. We need to give them some nice Christmas gifts, don't you think? How about this, Jatika? We got something special just for you.

We got an extra $2,000 to give you. Woo! Woo, girl! Girl! Woo, we got Christmas. We heard you've been going through it. We're going to bless you with $2,000 extra on top of your $500. Thank you.

Get those kids some Christmas gifts. Can I come back and hug you? Okay, I'm going to come back here and hug Satika. You're a warrior. You're a hero. Thank you for what you do every day. Okay, I'll pay my bill now. Y'all, you will not believe this.

I gave away my last dollar. Can I work this off in the kitchen? Listen, I'm like Lana Del Rey, yo. I'm doing it. All right. We're doing this thing. Yeah. Usually I get to sit in front of a camera and act a fool.

I'm actually working. This is the most work I've done since I can remember. One, two, three. Whoa! Merry Christmas, everyone. We'll see ya. All right, that's a wrap. We gave away thousands of dollars,

and let me tell ya, there's no better feeling than giving away money. We always say that giving is the most fun you can have with money, and you can see why. The giver gets just as much joy, if not more, than the receiver, and it's so special to get to bless people, especially around the receiver. And it's so special to get to bless people, especially around the holidays. People are going through stuff. And so I want

to encourage you guys, you go give. Give a little until you can give a lot. Go bless some people. That's the spirit of the holidays. God bless and Merry Christmas from Ramsey Solutions. There we go, man. Way to go, George. Thank you. That was fun. Well done. Hey, if that was, if you're only listening on audio and it was a little bit jumbled, pull it up on YouTube and watch it because we captioned it, and you'll be able to read the folks in the midst of the dishes clanking and all the other things going on, the background music, the whole bit. It's kind of hard to hear some of it.

So pull it up on YouTube. You can watch it again. And our team clipped that on the Highlights channel as well as its own video. So that's a fun way. You can just go watch that one clip on our YouTube channel. Okay. Just at the Ramsey Show YouTube channel? Yes, Ramsey Show Highlights channel as well as its own video. So that's a fun way. You can just go watch that one clip on our YouTube channel. Okay. Just at the Ramsey Show YouTube channel? Yes.

Ramsey Show Highlights channel. It's right there. It's why I spent $5,000 on a cup of coffee. The team titled it in a fun way. Okay. And that was a blast, Dave. So thank you for having the idea of saying, hey, let's do some crazy stuff for Ramsey Show to just inspire others to give generously.

Now, behind the scenes, I got to know, because I don't know. Did you all know Shatika's story a little bit before you got there? All we did, we asked the management team, said, hey, who's someone who could really use some extra money on top of that? And they said, Shatika. So I did not know her story. But out of everybody there, you were already aiming at her. I was aiming at Shatika.

You just didn't know why. Exactly. And so I said, hey, can you tell us what's behind this emotion? And she told us, you can hear in the video, she was shot by her baby's daddy. Wow. I mean, it took my breath away when she said that in the last year. And so that's why I was asking her how she's healing up. And she's got these three kids.

She's working on Christmas Day. And I thought, let's give these kids some amazing gifts and show them an amazing Christmas because their mom is a warrior and has been through some things. She's going to be working on Christmas Day. I mean, come on. I hope they give her the day off now, but, you know. Now she can afford it. Exactly.

That day anyway. So it was really special, and people were flabbergasted that we were covering the tip, which, by the way, to cover the tip. The guy picking up the menu and ordering after you said you were going to cover everything was so funny. Waiter. Wait, wait, right here, right here. He started ready to order. That one's great.

I like that. That's fun. You can cover the whole bill at Waffle House for $100, y'all. That's something fun to do this Christmas. $100 will cover it. I'm telling you. Okay. Go do that.

Thank me later. So what happened to the rest of the money, Jordan? We gave it. We did that three times, Dave. That's for another video. The washing dishes to cover your bill was cute. That was a nice touch. Thank you.

That really was work. Nice touch on you. I'm not used to that. It's a joke.. The washing dishes to cover your bill was cute. That was a nice touch. Thank you. That really was work. Nice touch on you. I'm not used to that. It's a joke. I'll have to wash dishes because I forgot my wallet, but you really did it. Too fun. This is a giving hour, a giving day on the Ramsey Show.