Customer leaves restaurant staff $1,000 tip to thank them for working through the pandemic
CNN – The staff at a New Jersey restaurant that has been struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic were moved to tears after a regular customer left them a $1,000 tip. Arnold Teixeira, owner of The Starving Artist in Ocean Grove, told CNN the customer has been a regular since 2001. The note left with the $1,000 tip. It wouldn't be a good summer without the Starving Artist," the tipper added. At the end of the note, the customer asked that the $1,000 tip be divided amongst the entire staff.