He bought two hot dogs and left over two million pesos for tips | the Chronicle

The incredible episode happened at the beginning of June at the Stumble Inn Bar and Grill, a restaurant in Londonderry (New Hampshire, United States), but the news broke in the last hours. A man He asked for two hot dogs that cost 38 dollars (6,322 Argentinian pesos) and left … 16,000 dollars in tip (2,666,400 pesos)!

Michelle mccudden, a waitress who works in the restaurant, assured that it was “a sort of mysterious man” and admitted: “I’ve been doing this for a long time and I never thought something like this would happen to me”.

As, Mike Zerella, owner of the premises, believed to have misread the ticket. “I thought it was a mistake, a typo”he admitted. However, the customer, who had ordered the hot dogs with chili and fried pickles, and a few cocktails to go with them, assured him he wasn’t kidding.

Restaurant workers also shared the juicy tip. “We went upstairs and thanked the customer. It’s been a really tough year for all of us.”, noted McCudden, referring to the restrictions imposed by the pandemic of Covid-19 which in 2020 forced more than 110,000 food stores to close their doors.

“Someone doing something like this really restored my faith in humanity.”, concluded the employee.

Another generous customer with the tip

Last Christmas, an event at a restaurant in Texas, United States, became significant. A waitress received a tip of $ 2,000But due to the administrative policy of the place, which does not allow tip more than $ 500, he did not receive a single penny.

Emily Bauer had not worked at Red Hook Seafood and Bar for two weeks, where the incident occurred.

In statements to local media, Bauer explained: “During my Sunday shift, where I had to serve a large number of tables, I apologized several times to the guests for the slow service”.

It was then that a customer, owner of three restaurants, sympathized with the employee and decided to cancel her order and tip Bauer $ 2,000. “Merry Christmas! Keep on working hard!“, the man wrote in a note next to the amount of money.

The protagonist of this story has two small children and shared how she was moved when she saw the friendly gesture at dinner: “I never had a Christmas where I had the chance to splurge with them. “, Explain.

Despite the good faith of the man, Bauer had to overcome another obstacle to access the money, the policies of his restaurant. However, due to the media level of the news, the Red Hook Seafood and Bar He agreed to give her the full amount of the tip.