No matter how many of these stories I hear about, they never get old.
According to this, a woman named Sarah Clark was working as a server at a Phoenix-area restaurant. Sarah is nine months pregnant and just about to go on maternity leave. Her fiance is about to have knee surgery and won’t be able to work for a while.
Needless to say, money’s a bit tight.
That’s why Sarah was surprised and grateful to see that a couple she waited on gave her a whopping $900 tip –
On Saturday, a couple Clark had served before stopped by for a meal– and left her a $900 tip on top of the $61.30 bill. The server says she was over the moon with gratitude
“I couldn’t believe what I was looking at first because it was such a high amount — $900 is a lot of money,” Clark told CBS 5 KPHO in Phoenix. “And it took a while for it to set in, and once it did, I cried for a little while.”
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“You always hear about these things happening, but you never expect to be the recipient of it,” Clark said.
The customer that left the tip, who is also pregnant, left a note on the receipt saying, “This is God’s money – He gave it to us so we could give it to you. God bless.”
“I had talked to her in the past about my fiancé being injured and him being out of work, and me taking leave, and I think it was just a really amazing token of generosity,” Clark said.
For all the crappy news and terrible people we often talk about, it’s heartening to hear good news and awesome people out there just being kind to others.
Merry Christmas, indeed!