A former waitress who stole from the restaurant 20 years ago, sends an apology and $ 1000

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Someone who worked Carlotta Flores, who owns a Mexican restaurant in the American state of Arizona, said that his son had called her a night the last week to tell him that she had to come by the restaurant El Charro Cafe in the 90s.

Inside, there was a handwritten letter from someone who said that she worked at the restaurant, El Charro Cafe, in the 1990s and 1000 US dollars ($ 1470 NZ), According to local reports and photos shared on social media

The person, who has not not left behind, said that while she was working as a waitress and studying at the University of Arizona in the United States, she had stolen a few hundred dollars from the restaurant. Now she was trying to do things correctly.

"One of the servers I worked with had encouraged me to" forget ". to take a few glasses of a shift to pocket the money and for some stupid reason, I did it, "wrote the person, who signed the letter," A former employee grateful . "

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" I n & # 39; I had not stolen a penny before, I have not done it since, thankfully, I was a terrible waitress and you've all fired me before it weighed more than a few hundred dollars. 20 years old, but I still have a lot of remorse, I am really sorry for stealing you, please accept my apologies and this money as a refund and 20 years of interest. "

The remarkable story of El Charro headlines captured around the Tucson area and beyond. The restaurant, which serves food from northern Mexico-Sonora and has three locations, has been in operation since 1922. It claims to be the oldest Mexican restaurant in the country to be operated continuously by the same family.

] KVOA that the news of the letter brought tears to the eyes of some of the directors of the restaurant. She said that she recently had her wallet stolen, so "it renewed faith that we had a lot of good people out there."

"I do not know where she is, who she is, but I'll tell you one thing, hope she's read or seen what impact it has had, not just on me , my family, my stuff, but where will it go in the future, "she said., Ray, posted a photo of the letter on Facebook.

" You do not always need to say to someone who you are doing things for both of you, "he writes." That made our week! "

– The Washington Post