WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — A New Jersey waitress couldn't believe her eyes when she realized customers whose bill totaled $20 left her a $1,200 tip.
According to News 12, Brianna Siegel, 21, who works at Bar Louie in Woodbridge, said she "almost collapsed" when she saw the massive tip left by a couple she had struck up a rapport with while serving them. The tip, though, wasn't apparent at first glance at the completed bill.
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The couple handed Siegel an envelope and told her to open it when she got home. When she opened the envelope, she found a note personally written to her. It read: “Bri, God cares for you. This is not a coincidence. ... Whenever it gets hard, KNOW God got you.”
And there was also this: "I looked, and I saw a check written out in my name for $1,200," she told News 12. "I just keep asking myself, 'Why me?'"
Siegel told NJ.com: "I'm still in shock, to be honest. I never thought I would ever get something like that in my lifetime."
She added: “I nearly fell to the floor. This shows that they’re still nice people out in this world.”
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Siegel said she’ll use the money to pay for nursing school and to put toward a new car.
Her boss at Bar Louie, Brent Ruhkamp, told News 12 that it couldn't have happened to a nicer person.
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"She's always willing to come in, always willing to help out," Ruhkamp said. "She's a great worker for us."