Couple Rewards Terrible Service With $100 Tip

What would you do if you had terrible service at a restaurant? Complain to the manager? Walk out? How about leave a $100 tip? Well, that's exactly what a couple from Cedar Rapids did and their story has inspired others to have more respect for service workers.

Makenzie Schultz was out to dinner with her husband celebrating their 6th wedding anniversary this weekend. As the wait for service got longer and longer the couple started to get more and more annoyed. That is, until they remembered what it was like when they were once waiting tables. Instead of getting angry, they began to feel sorry for the short staffed worker. When dinner was finally done they left an extremely generous $100 tip on their $66 bill. Here's Makenzie's explanation from her Facebook page:

So here's the deal. Our service tonight sucked. Took 20 minutes to get water, 40 minutes for an appetizer and over an hour for our entree. People all around us were making fun of the restaurant & how bad the service was. Yeah, it was pretty terrible. But, it was very obvious that the issue was being short staffed, not the server. He was running around like crazy and never acted annoyed with any table. At one point we counted he had 12 tables plus the bar. More than any one person could handle! As I sat there and watched him run back & forth and apologize for the wait, I said to Steven... Wow, this used to be us. Waiting tables. I don't miss it at all and I never loved that job. I did it for the tips. Steven and I agreed it would feel good to make this guys night when he would probably be getting minimal to no tips due to slow service. We walked out before he saw this and I'm not posting this for a pat on the back. I'm just sharing this as a friendly reminder to think of the entire situation, before you judge. And always always always remember where you came from.

Check out the receipt below and let us know... have you ever blamed someone for bad service when you knew it really wasn't their fault at all?