You stay classy, San Diego.

[FasterTraffic]

No, really. That's pretty cool.

Originally Posted by Doug Farrar, Yahoo Sports

We have no idea if the San Diego Chargers will go to the Super Bowl this season, but from a sheer class perspective, many of their fans proved to be world champions during the team's preseason contest versus the San Francisco 49ers on Sept. 1.

During the game at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium, a Club Level server by the name of Heather Allison tripped on a stair, and all the money she'd taken in for the day — about $1,000 — flew out her hands and landed all over the area — on fans in attendance, under seats, and one level down in the lower field section.

Instead of doing the full-on "Ocean's Eleven" money grab, the fans' first instinct was to let everyone in the vicinity know just whose money it was.
"All my customers began screaming over the railing to the people below: 'That's the server's money,'" Allison, a mother of four and full-time student, recalled. Club level fans started collecting the money in their section, as did the field level patrons.

In the end, Allison got back every bit of the money she inadvertently lost, and pocketed $170 in tips for the evening after giving the concession company its cut. "It was all there," she said. "Chargers fans are amazing. We're like a family."

It's a great story not only because a mother of four got all her money back, but also because of the connection fans have to the people who wing hot dogs and peanuts at them from the aisles, and satisfy their urges for a lemonade or cold beer on a fall day. The emotional remembrance given to longtime Seattle vendor Bill "The Beerman" Scott a few years back was but one example of that connection.

No question — there had to be people in those sections who knew Ms. Allison, and had to know just how much that money meant to her. It's a great part of the fabric of the gameday experience.

Kudos to you, Chargers fans.

Any stadiums where the coutcome would have been entirely different?

[kylebuck]

Originally Posted by FasterTraffic

No, really. That's pretty cool.



Any stadiums where the coutcome would have been entirely different?

oakland

[Bill]

That's a heartwarming story of honest sports fans.

[69camfrk]

It's good to see that the fans did the right thing.

[xXBUDXx]

Originally Posted by Waco

Atlanta.

They would have kicked her ass for not having more money, taken her children's piggy banks and demanded to see her boobs.*





* yeah, I have been to a football game or two.

[G8rDMD]

Originally Posted by joebuck

oakland

Originally Posted by Waco

Atlanta.

Philly

[Wathen1955]

Originally Posted by joebuck

oakland

[MrPeabody]

Originally Posted by joebuck

oakland

Especially if there were any Bronco fans there.

[JRD77VET]

Originally Posted by G8rDMD

Philly

Don't forget they booed Santa in 1968

[RedLS1GTO]

Would have been a little different in Cincinnati.

Both fans in the section would have probably helped her pick up her loot... and then given her a little more out of pity for being associated with the organization in the first place.

[FasterTraffic]

Originally Posted by joebuck

oakland

Originally Posted by Waco

Atlanta.

Originally Posted by G8rDMD

Philly

Oakland and Philadelphia were the two that came immediately to mind.

[RedLS1GTO]

Originally Posted by Waco

Right. Cincinnati sucks.

Cincinnati the city... great.

The football team, more specifically the owner... yea, that part sucks.

[Silverspeed]

So, as she was climbing the stairs in the stadium, she had $1000 cash, "in her hands"?

[FasterTraffic]

Originally Posted by Silverspeed

So, as she was climbing the stairs in the stadium, she had $1000 cash, "in her hands"?

That part seems fairly clear:

...Heather Allison tripped on a stair, and all the money she'd taken in for the day — about $1,000 — flew out of her hands...

[Silverspeed]

Originally Posted by FasterTraffic

That part seems fairly clear:

...Heather Allison tripped on a stair, and all the money she'd taken in for the day — about $1,000 — flew out of her hands...

Yep, I know when I go to professional sporting events(about 15 a year), I routinely see servers walking around with a grand of cash in their hands. Stadiums usually encourage this practice as a matter of fact, and don't give the servers anything to put the money in. Or maybe someone just bought 100 hotdogs. Or maybe, it wasn't 1000 dollars, and that detail was embellished to make the story seem better.