Applebees Bartender Receives $10,000 Tip
Yes, there are four zeros there.
In what was first, almost obviously, looked at as a joke, bartender Cindy Kienow of Hutchinson, KS looked down at her customer’s $26 tab to see a rather hefty sum in the tip line. “I couldn’t move, I didn’t know what to say,” claimed Kienow.
What can you say? Thanks, thanks a whole-freakin-oh-my-gosh-I’m-going-to-buy-so-many-useless-things lot. The tip came after a gentleman, who has yet to be named, sat at his usual end of the bar seat and had what can only be described as his most expensive chicken fried chicken platter to date.
“He’s been coming in for a long time and we always talk…I’ve been serving him for three years,” said Kienow. Although the tip was left on a credit card and it still must be verified through the issuing bank, Applebees is looking forward to giving Kienow the check. “This is a great deal for us,” said a VP of JS Enterprises, the owner of the chain. Of course it is. And so is Uncle Sam, he gets payroll taxes since it was on a credit card. Around $1,600.
So what will Kienow do with the rest? Recently her father underwent surgery and will have to miss work for a while but Kienow feels that the gentleman would much rather she, “buy something for myself, and there’s a jeep I’ve had my eyes on for a while.” Yes, I’m sure that a selfless man that gives $10,000 tips would much rather you buy a Jeep than help your father.
Sorry Mom and Dad. Maybe your daughter will take you for a ride in her Jeep while you’re on medical leave unable to pay the mortgage.
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