Texan waitress wins $ 2K tip after pretending she was stiff

A Texan waitress who claimed she was embarrassed by a $ 2,000 tip from a mysterious diner will bring back the money after all – now that her employer has agreed to write her a check.

Emily Bauer, 21, will receive money from the owner of Red Hook Seafood and Bar in San Antonio after joint claims that the restaurant’s credit card transaction was unsuccessful, KENS news station reported.

“It’s Christmas time and everyone is struggling,” owner John Cheng said on Wednesday. “I’m ready to give it to him as a Christmas present.”

Cheng allegedly wrote Bauer a check for $ 2,069.01, the amount of the tip plus the cost of the customer’s bill.

“The fact that the owner of my work is willing to give it to me, even if it wasn’t his mess, I can’t thank him enough for that,” she told the news channel.

Bauer was given the one-time tip after continuing to apologize to a customer over the weekend for the “slow” service.

“He was like, ‘It’s okay, I’ve owned restaurants and I understand what it’s like to be a waiter.’ I thought, ‘Thank you for your understanding,'” Bauer told the Post. Wednesday.

Bauer said she didn’t realize until she left that he had tipped her $ 2,000 on top of a $ 69.01 bill with a note saying, “Merry Christmas! Keep working hard! “

But she said her enthusiasm quickly turned to disappointment when a manager told her he wasn’t able to handle tips over $ 500.

The restaurant did not respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.

But the restaurant now insists the ordeal was a misunderstanding – and they couldn’t pay the tip because the deal didn’t go through.

“It’s like the bank is telling you, ‘Oh, that’s fraud. We are not going to do it, ”the managing director, who declined to be identified, told KENS.

“What if I put a $ 2,000 tip on mine?” My bank will deny it. They will deny it. They will deny it because I don’t do it normally; I don’t normally tip this way.

The general manager said the customer called later to see if Bauer received his tip, but the manager had not had a chance to copy his contact information.

“I told him to come back to the store because we couldn’t process the payment. He said “OK” and immediately hung up before I could say anything, ”the manager said, adding that his number was private.

Although the generous dumpster never showed up, the owner said he wanted to turn things around.

Bauer previously told the Post that she planned to spend the money on Christmas gifts for her two sons, a 2-year-old and a 5-month-old.

“I would just spend it on them. We’ve had such a tough year, ”said Bauer, whose boyfriend was fired earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I was praying that something like this would happen,” she added.