It was an ordinary evening at the Stumble Inn Bar & Grill restaurant in Londonderry, New Hampshire, USA, with a population of 25,000. A guest orders two hot dogs, french fries, a cola, a beer and another tequila to wash down.
The waitress brings the bill. $ 37.93. The “inconspicuous guest”, as the staff later told CNN, had to point it out himself: the $ 16,000 tip.
The stranger scribbled this amount on the credit card slip. The bartender didn’t notice the tip until the customer asked her twice to take a look.
“Faith in Humanity Restored”
Bartender Michelle McCudden almost hit the blow, restaurant owner Mike Zarella later said: “When she looked at the receipt, she was just absolutely shocked. She was like, ‘Oh my god, no, this is just crazy’. The girls went over to him and thanked him. You are overjoyed. “
Eight employees worked that evening, including single mothers. They share the tip, says Zarella. They would now be on summer vacation that they would otherwise not be able to afford. The staff asked the generous guest whether it was a mistake. They wanted to give the money back. “No, I want you to get the money,” said the man, who wants to remain anonymous.
“It was just a really tough year for all of us,” says Zarella, who probably speaks for everyone in the hospitality industry. The stroke of luck already happened on June 12th. First he wanted to make sure that the payment was valid. Then he shared the generous deed on Facebook. “That someone did something like this really restored my faith in humanity. He just said we were working really hard and he wanted to do something nice. And he really wanted us to have it. ” (kes)