New Jersey waitress given $1,200 tip on $20 check

  • Brianna Siegel, 21, served the couple at the restaurant where she works in New Jersey 
  • After they paid the $20 bill they gave her an envelope, asking her to open it later
  • She was stunned to receive $1,200 check made out to her with a note from them
  • The waitress said she will put the money toward nursing school and a new car

A waitress was stunned to receive a tip of $1,200, on a bill costing the diners just $20.

Brianna Siegel, from New Jersey, said she ‘almost collapsed’ when she saw the huge tip left by a couple she had been joking with as she served them.

They paid their bill and gave her an envelope, asking her to open it at home. 

Brianna Siegel with the envelope she was given after she served a couple at a table in her restaurant in New Jersey

The note the couple left in the envelope with the check

The note read ‘God care for you, this is not a coincidence’ and was followed by a Bible verse

Inside was a huge extra for the Bar Louie waitress, with a note telling her it was not a coincidence. 

The note read: ‘Bri, God cares for you. This is not a coincidence… whenever it gets hard KNOW God got you.’

It also included the Bible verse, 1 Peter 5:7, which says to cast your cares on God.

The 21-year-old server told NJ.com: ‘I nearly fell to the floor. This shows that they’re still nice people out in this world.

She is going to put the money to nursing school and a new car

Ms Siegel said she was in ‘shock’ and that the check proved that there were still nice people in the world

Ms Siegel works in Bar Louie, above, in New Jersey, and her boss said the tip couldn't have happened to a better person

Ms Siegel works in Bar Louie, above, in New Jersey, and her boss said the tip couldn’t have happened to a better person

‘I’m still in shock, to be honest. I never thought I would ever get something like that in my lifetime.’

She says she plans to use the money to pay for nursing school and to put toward a new car. 

And her boss told News 12 the surprise bonus ‘couldn’t have happened to a better person’.

Brent Ruhkamp said: ‘She’s always willing to come in. Always willing to help out. She’s a great worker for us.’ 

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