ITS TIME FOR OUR TRENDING
TOPICS OF THE DAY. WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT A WAITER GETTING
STIFFED FOR A TIP, AN ATHLETE
LOOKING TO INSPIRE HIS
FOLLOWERS, AND A TRADITION TO
RUN UP A LOT OF STAIRS.
((ALEX)) FIRST UP. A NEW YORK
WAITER WHO WAS STIFFED ON A
TIP HAD A CHANCE TO TURN THE
OTHER CHEEK... AND THAT CHANCE
WAS WORTH OVER $400,000.
WAITER ARMANDO MARKAJ WAS
FLAGGED DOWN BY A GUEST AT THE
NEW YORK PIZZERIA WHERE HE
WORKS. THE WOMAN WAS UPSET
ABOUT THE LACK OF WOMEN
FEATURED IN PICTURES ON THE
WALL. MARKAJ SAYS HE ATTEMPTED
AN ANSWER WITH HUMOR SAYING
QUOTE Well, maybe woman don't
eat pizza. END QUOTE THE WOMAN
WAS UNAMUSED, AND LEFT BEHIND
ONLY A NOTE READING, 'WOMEN
DON'T TIP EITHER' BUT THAT'S
NOT ALL SHE LEFT BEHIND --
MARKAJ LATER DISCOVERED SHE'D
LEFT AN ENVELOPE CONTAINING A
CASHIERS CHECK FOR $434,000.
SOME MIGHT HAVE CHOSEN
PAYBACK, BUT MARKAJ TOOK THE
HIGH ROAD. HE AND HIS BOSS
TRACKED THE WOMAN DOWN TO
RETURN THE MONEY. TURNS OUT,
IT WAS HER LIFE SAVINGS -- SHE
WAS USING IT TO BUY A HOME.
THE WOMAN APOLOGIZED AND
THANKED MARKAJ, OFFERING HIM A
TIP ... WHICH HE REFUSED....
SAYING IT WASN'T ABOUT THE
MONEY -- HE DID THE RIGHT
THING FOR HIMSELF.
ALEX CHRISTIE AND AAARON
DISCUSS LEAVING A TIP.
((AARON)) NEW YORK ATHLETE
CHRISTOPHER JOYCE DISPLAYS HIS
IMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AND
BALANCING SKILLS IN TRAINING
VIDEOS THAT HAVE GONE VIRAL
SINCE BEING POSTED ON SOCIAL
MEDIA. JOYCE ORIGINALLY
CREATED HANDSTAND WORKOUTS ON
ROLLING DUMBBELLS AND BARBELLS
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BUT HAS
TAKEN THEM TO NEW LEVELS WITH
THE HELP OF HIS MOTHER. HE
SAID HE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING
EXTRA FOR HIS FOLLOWERS-- SO
HE ASKED HIS MOM TO WAKE HIM
UP AT 5AM TO GO TO THE GYM TO
ROLL ME SOME DUMBBELLS. HIS
INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS WERE QUICK
TO OFFER COMPLIMENTS ON HIS
POST, WITH SOME EXPRESSING
HOPE THAT THEY MAY ONE DAY
ACCOMPLISH THE SAME LEVEL OF
SKILL.
ALEX CHRISTIE AND AAARON
DISCUSS A BALANCING ACT.
((CHRISTIE)) RUNNERS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD GATHERED IN
NEW YORK LAST NIGHT TO RUN UP
SOME STAIRS. BUT NOW JUST ANY
FLIGHT OF STAIRS. LAST NIGHT
WAS THE 42ND ANNUAL EMPIRE
STATE BUILDING RUN-UP.
COMPETITORS RACE UP THE FAMOUS
SKYSCRAPER'S 86 FLIGHTS OF
STAIRS TO THE OBSERVATION
DECK. SPECIFICALLY, THAT'S
MORE THAN 15-HUNDRED STAIRS.
RUNNERS SAY IT'S QUITE A
CHALLENGE. NOW IT TAKES THE
BEST RUNNERS ABOUT 10 MINUTES
OR SO TO COMPLETE THE STAIR
CLIMB. IF THEY TOOK THE
ELEVATOR TO THE OBSERVATION
DECK, IT WOULD TAKE UNDER A
MINUTE.
ALEX CHRISTIE AND AAARON
DISCUSS EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
RUN-UP.
((ALEX)) OUR INSTANT
CONNECTION POLL IS ALSO COMING
UP -- TODAY WE WANT TO KNOW..
WOULD YOU EVER RUN UP OVER
1500 STAIRS? IT'S EASY TO
PARTICIPATE. JUST GO TO OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE RIGHT NOW AND
VOTE YES OR NO.
((ALEX)) STILL TO COME ON THE
MORNING SHOW, THERE ARE A FEW
NEW SPECIAL LIBRARIES IN
SAVOY. ((CHRISTIE)) WE'LL SIT
DOWN WITH THE MAYOR OF SAVOY
AND FIND OUT WHY THEY'RE DOING
THIS. PLUS, WHAT MAKES THESE
LIBRARIES A LITTLE UNIQUE.
((AARON)) PLUS, WE'RE HEADING
INTO THE MAD LABORATORY WITH U
OF I PHYSICS PROFESSOR PAUL
KWIAT. HE'S GOING TO FINISH
OUR SERIES ON MAGNETISM.
THAT'S COMING UP IN WHYS GUYS
WEDNESDAY.
YOU'RE WATCHING THE MORNING
SHOW.
YOU'RE WATCHING THE MORNING