More Than Just the Tip

“Rivas had just finished serving pancakes and eggs to a party of 16 on a busy Saturday morning in Norwood, Mass., when one of the customers at the table called him over. ‘We have something for you,’ the customer, Richard Brooks, told Rivas. ‘The only reason we came to breakfast today was to give you this tip.’ Brooks pulled out a pile of $100 bills and counted them into Rivas’s hand, explaining that he and his friends were members of the $1,000 Breakfast Club. Each person had contributed $100 to leave for the server, $1,600 in all.” WaPo (Gift Article): At breakfast, this group always leaves at least a $1,000 tip.