'Be someone else's blessing': IHOP waitress receives $1,200 tip for the holidays
PATERSON, N.J. – A group of friends got together Sunday in Paterson to eat, enjoy one another’s company and fill the pocket of one lucky waitress.
Local activist Zellie Thomas and nearly a dozen friends finished eating at an IHOP restaurant in the city and were about to leave, but not before giving a $1,200 tip.
“She was still looking at it as we was paying the bill. We gave her the money and she was starting to count, like, ‘Wait, wait: You guys gave me too much money,' ” Thomas said. “ ‘You were supposed to give me this amount.’ And we were like, ‘No, that’s all for you. That’s your tip.’ ”
“Oh, my God, you’re going to make me cry,” the employee said in a video, covering her face while holding the tip. “Thank you. I appreciate that.”
Today, i was apart of something that I hope becomes an annual holiday tradition.
A group of us gathered for breakfast at the Paterson @IHOP each bringing $100. We paid the bill and gave our waitress a $1,200 tip.
It really is a privilege to be someone else’s blessing! 😊😊 pic.twitter.com/soa8wmZzt1— zellie (@zellieimani) December 14, 2019
If you and your friends have the capacity and heart to pool your money to give a large tip to a waitress this holiday season that you know deserves it. I encourage it. You’ll be surprised how many of your friends would be supportive of the idea!
— zellie (@zellieimani) December 14, 2019