Melbourne waitress scores $7000 tip from mystery customer
A customer at a South Yarra restaurant was so impressed with his meal he handed over a $10,000 tip, with $7000 going to an “extremely grateful” waitress.
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A South Yarra waitress says she is “extremely grateful” after sensationally being given a $10,000 tip on Saturday.
A generous customer enjoyed over $500 worth of food and drink at the Gilson South Yarra establishment before adding a $10,000 tip as he paid university student Lauren.
The mystery man told her to keep $7000 for herself and divide the rest for the cafe staff to share.
Lauren said she was in such disbelief that she made the customer repeat the number he was going to tip her.
“I keep going over and over in my head the actual experience of it happening second by second… (it) was surreal and amazing,” Lauren told Seven News.
“I made them say the number out loud because I thought ‘what if I have just gotten too excited and I’ve stupidly read an extra zero or something like that.
“I am just extremely grateful, to know that they thought that much of my service is amazing.”
Cafe owner Jamie McBride said he was so pleased to see his employee gain some extra recognition from a group of customers.
“(It’s) very pleasing, it makes the team feel really special when they’re acknowledged, especially when no one’s ever expecting anything like that,” he told the Herald Sun.
“The whole staff were overwhelmingly proud of Lauren, we’re all taken aback by the generosity of the table in question.
“I was there, she just burst into tears.
“The generosity of some people is unbelieve.”
Lauren said she is tossing up whether to head straight overseas for her first international holiday.
“I’ve been able to think what can I do with this? I’ll be honest, I’ve never been overseas, so the first thing that everyone was saying to me was ‘go on a holiday’,” she added.
“That money’s going to help a lot.”
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