That Tip Is Snow Joke

I was delivering pizza on a night when we were getting light snow. About two inches (five centimeters) had accumulated, which wasn’t much to me, but to native Virginians, it was un-drivable conditions.

I delivered to a house in a fairly well-off area. The customer’s order came to $16, and he paid with a $20 bill and told me to keep the change. Not bad, tip-wise.

As I was walking back to my car, I was putting the cash in my folded bunch of bills. We kept larger denominations in the middle, and $1s to the outside. As I was putting the $20 bill in the fold, I noticed that there were actually two $20 bills. Now, I could’ve been greedy and kept it, but the guy was nice, and he probably mishandled the bills because it was cold weather.

I returned to his door and knocked.

Me: “Excuse me, sir. You accidentally gave me $40, not $20.”

I started to hand him the extra $20.

Customer: “No, that’s yours. I don’t want to drive in this crap, and I appreciate that you can.”

I made a note in the computer when I got back to the store so that future drivers would know what a nice customer he was.