Houston's "Mattress Mack" opens his furniture stores as shelters

[Tanuki]

He's invited those in need to come on in and get comfortable. Plenty of beds and sofas!

Link to tweet

[tblue37]

1. K&R. nt

[Freedomofspeech]

2. Obviously not a follower of Joel Olsteen.

What a wonderful human being.

[bullwinkle428]

3. Mattress Mack way more of a Christian than that charlatan will ever be.

And I haven't the slightest idea what particular faith MM practices, if any.

[Lisa0825]

4. Unfortunately, he is also a right-winger.

But at least he is generous with the community.

[narnian60]

14. Yes.

[ghostsinthemachine]

5. Great story.

Will pay him back a thousand times too.

[Botany]

9. He can have a big sale on "the used furniture" and write off the discount too.

Also you can not buy this kind of P.R..

[ghostsinthemachine]

19. Even give it to the who are using it

Write offs. They are going to be needing it, when, if, rebuilding, is completed. And quite honestly, this Harvey thing will be a boon for his business anyway. If I was buying furniture, and even Trump will be for all the damage at Mar A Lago, I would head here.

[Botany]

20. I don't care if the biz owner is a right winger if I were in the market ....

.... for furniture I would shop there.

How many people who lost their furniture because of the flooding
will be needing new furniture?

And the people who are staying @ his shops will no doubt want to
buy his stuff.

[Tanuki]

22. Apparently you can order from his website even if you don't live there.

[Gothmog]

6. Yeah for Gallery Furniture

[Botany]

7. Smart move

this helps people and it will help his business too

[imanamerican63]

8. The good Texans come through when need!

[Paladin]

10. Glad to see that Matress Mack is still a class act. (nt)

[Rowdyag]

11. Everything I have ever seen about Mack is good.

He seems to be an outstanding man...he just does the right things!

[IronLionZion]

12. Glad to see good people helping their communities

[cwydro]

13. Osteen should be ashamed.

But I doubt he has that capability.

Good on this Mack guy.

[BobTheSubgenius]

18. The difference probably being...

...Mattress Mack not being a sniveling, craven, venal little POS.

[sarcasmo]

15. Mattress Mack Joel Osteen.

[Mister K]

16. Paying it forward always pays out in the long run

Some day the people he helped may be his best customers....and unfortunately all of these people will need new mattresses.

[BillyBobBrilliant]

17. Mack may be conservative

but, he is one of the few decent ones.
(I lived in H-town for over 30 years)

[ghostsinthemachine]

21. Yep. Don't see nobody else doing it

So why not go there?

[TexasBushwhacker]

23. He welcomed pets too n/t