Family Surprises Waitress With Generous Holiday Tip
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. — A great story of generosity during this holiday season as a waitress in Morehead City received quite a surprise and gift after a family of five dining at her restaurant left her a $1,000 tip, the biggest she’s ever received.
Kathryn Irwin says she never would have guessed that’s what was waiting for her on that receipt.
Irwin says, “I felt extremely blessed and immediately humbled. I was so shocked I wanted to cry.”
Irwin, who has worked at Olive Garden full time for three-years, and has plans to go to college, didn’t even notice the tip at first.
Irwin says, “I was busy doing some side work and ended up going back to my table thinking I should grab the guest book off the table and it was still a few minutes before I actually opened it and when I did eventually open it and I saw it. I was in disbelief. I couldn’t even believe, I was trying to figure out if they made some type of error.”
The bill was $75.70. Thirty of which was paid using a gift card. The suggested tip was $15.14.
The family left before Irwin could say thank you and now she wants to make sure they know how much it meant to her.
Irwin says, “I’m just amazed, you know you hear about generous tips around the holiday, I’ve never personally had it happen to me, so I just want to make sure I do the right thing and again I just want them to know how thankful I am.”
Irwin planned to do some Christmas shopping and pay it forward by doing something nice, like paying for lunch, for someone she ran into randomly during the day.
Source: WITN