New Jersey waitress surprised with $1200 tip in Christmas act of kindness

[xeni]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/12/17/new-jersey-waitress-surprised.html

“I really hope this shows people that there’s power in community and all it takes is a group of friends to come together and change someone else’s life.”

[anon61833566]

[Papasan]

PS: I would like to put the call out to my friends, including you, to vote for lawmakers who support a living wage for everyone who works in low-paying service industry jobs, how many people would be supportive of that idea?

[Grey_Devil]

For sure we need to push for everyone earn a living wage but that’s only one piece of the puzzle, the next biggest issue is debt. It wouldn’t make a big difference to some people if they were making more if their wages are going to immediately disappear into student loans and health care related debt, credit cards, etc.

[michaelditullio]

…and her manager took 75% of it. Right?

[someguy]

And she’ll be audited by the IRS.