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    Pregnant Waitress Gets $1,000 Tip From Stranger

    POSTED: 11:51 am EST March 17, 2006

    ROANOKE, Va. -- When a couple left a huge tip on the table at Roanoke restaurant, their waitress figured it had to be a joke.

    They left $1,000 to cover a bill of $26.35. With it was a note saying "Keep the change! Have a great day."

    The gift left waitress Amanda Newkirk teary with excitement. But the 19-year-old, who's seven months pregnant, couldn't figure out why she'd been given such a generous tip -- 10 $100 bills.

    A couple of days later, she got her answer.

    A 28-year-old widow called Newkirk's boss to say she'd and her fiance had left the tip because she "didn't need it," and wanted to give it to someone who did.

    Erin Dogan said she's a shopaholic and could have easily spent the money at a mall. She said giving the money to Newkirk made her feel "phenomenal."

    Dogan said she's been going through a tough time since her husband died last year and she felt compelled to help someone.

    Both women say the action has changed their lives.

    Newkirk plans to use some of the money to help pay for medical bills related to her pregnancy.






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    That is so sweet! I always say if I'm ever really well off I want to do things like that. Like sometimes I'll see someone working at a shit job and can tell they're having a really bad day and I wish I could just give them $1000 like that. It's the thought that counts too though, not just the amount of money I guess. I had a clerk at a gas station tell me to go ahead and put $5 of gas in my car when my credit card wouldn't work and I was a broke student and had NO money at the time and I almost cried I was so greatful she did that.

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    thats nice

    money sux tho

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    I saw that when it was posted on yahoo. Great story and smart girl. If I ever win the lottery I'll do the same thing.


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    That's so sweet. I'm watching "Inside Edition" right now, and they tracked the woman who left the tip down. She's a mother of 2 small children, a med student, and recently widowed! She said she just didn't need the money that day, and gave it to someone who needed it more.

    That $970+ tip is more than the waitress makes in a month.

    Very heartwarming.

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    Aww...that's so neat! It makes you feel good to see stories like that floating around!

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    A waitress making less than $970 a month? Poor child

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    Yep.. She said she's lucky if she makes $50 each day.

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    poor thing! sounds like she needs to find a new place to wait tables. Maybe the cost of living where she lives is really low though.

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    Stories like that restore a little hope in me for humanity.
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    That's wonderful. I hope to be in a position to do things like that one day.

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    I do love the story and the gesture was wonderful...but why did she feel the need to call and explain it? It would have been even better if the woman just did it without needing to call attention to herself for it.


    maybe I'm just in a pessimistic mood today...but a "didnt I do something great" to me takes away a bit from the act itself.
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    ^^^ agreed, but the fact that she did it makes me happy, even if she did call and point out that she did it. This isn't the case in all stories like this but yeah...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roulette View Post
    Stories like that restore a little hope in me for humanity.
    totally. this was very uplifting to read about.

    Love it!

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    I understand what you mean about the calling back and saying it was her and why she did it and stuff kind of takes away from the mysterious generous stranger bit.

    But if I were the waitress I would have always wondered why or what not so I would have been pleased to have my curiosity satisfied.

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