This is by far one of oddest,
but happiest stories I have heard about in awhile. A mystery man has been
leaving outrageously large tips, on bills across the continental U.S., and down
into Mexico. This un-known benefactor
will leave for example, on a $ 111.11 bill, a tip for $ 1000. That's a tip of a little under 1000 percent. No one
knows who he is, but servers in most locations report that they served, one or
multiple middle aged men, or a middle aged man and a woman.
The receipts are stamped,
saying tips for Jesus, or @tips for Jesus, and bare an illegible signature, and
an extremely large sum of money written in the tip section. Occasionally the
words "god bless" are also written next to the "tips for
Jesus" stamp. There aren't many more clues to go on here, except that for
one, all charges have been paid for with
an American Express credit card, or an Amex Black Card, which is an invitation
only card, for their rich clients.
Another clue of sorts is
that this "benefactor" snaps pictures right before he leaves, of the
waiter, waitress, or bar tender, and then posts them to an instagram account.
Each picture sporting their happy/shocked faces. The instagram feed comes with
the tag line, "doing the lord's work, one tip at a time". The account is now sporting more than 54 000
followers, and is still growing strong.
Most recently "tipping
for Jesus" was at The Seagrape in
Fairfield, Connecticut. Sporting a $ 5000.00 dollar gratuity, on a $112.00
bill. Before this the "tipping for
Jesus" benefactor chose 3 establishments in Manhattan. The Nomad hotel,
where a waiter received a $7000.00 gratuity, The smith restaurant a$5000.00
gratuity, and a 25 year old student at Bo's kitchen and Bar room, one Aruj
Dhawan received $1000.00. It is rumoured
that Jack Selby, former Vice president of Pay pal, is the generous benefactor,
and according to Aruj Dhawan, this is the man he served the other night.
It is most definitely hard to
say for certain who this person is, however, this is a touching and wonderful
story that is an ongoing one. Very touching, albeit strange. Makes me almost want to go out and get a job
at a bar, and maybe get lucky one day, and have "Tips for Jesus"
visit me. However you slice it, this is
definitely cool, and in a world where dark stories can be quite prevalent, it
is always nice to see something to the contrary.
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