In Texas, a waitress received a $ 2000 tip, but the restaurant did not allow it

A Texas waitress described how excited she was when she received a $ 2000 tip from a client. She planned to spend the money on her young children, but the restaurant said that the woman would not receive a cent. Writes about it New York Post.

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Emily Bauer, 21, had only been working as a waitress for about two weeks and was working a stressful shift one weekend at Red Hook Seafood and Bar in San Antonio. While serving all the tables that day, she apologized several times to the man sitting in her section for the “slow” service.

"He said, 'It's okay, I'm a restaurant owner and I understand what it's like to be a waiter.' I said, 'Thank you for understanding,'" Bauer told The Post.

"He said, 'You know, just cancel the drinks, cancel everything else and bring me the check,'" she continued.

Bauer said she didn’t notice at first that he had left a $ 2000 tip and wrote a note that said, “Merry Christmas! Keep working hard! "

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“I thought, 'Oh my gosh,' and I started crying. I said, "Wow!" and tried to find out if he was still in the restaurant, but the generous customer had already left,” Bauer admitted.

She imagined how she could pamper her two sons - one of them is two years old, the second is five months old.

“The first people I thought about were my children. I could finally give them everything they want or need on Christmas,” she said.

But her joy quickly faded when the restaurant told her not to receive tips worth more than $ 500.

“I was sitting at the table and the other waiters were congratulating me. My manager came over and said, “Rule number one. Never accept a tip like that because you'll never get one,'" Bauer said.

Another waiter offered to give the restaurant four separate $ 500 tips, but management refused.

It is unclear why the restaurant was unable to handle the tip this way.

The manager told Bauer that the customer called the restaurant after leaving the tip.

“He said he left a generous tip and wanted to know if I received it. But the manager said they couldn’t process them,” Bauer explained.

“He was surprised: “I don’t understand why they are not withdrawn, this money is in my account.”

When Bauer asked to call him back to express her gratitude, her manager said they did not have the customer's contact information.

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“Whether I get it or not, I just want to thank him. People with really big hearts do something similar,” the girl explained.

She shared that she felt helpless because she was having a "tough year" and she was "praying for something like that."

“It was really difficult to find a job. My boyfriend was working, but he was laid off because of COVID,” she laments. “What can I do about it if someone is just blocking my blessings?”

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