Tipped To Be A Good Year

Our 24-hour fast food restaurant is open on New Year’s Eve. We’re getting ready to work through midnight, when a coworker notices something in the tip jar we keep at the order station.

Coworker: “Oh my god!”

Me: “What is it?”

We all turn to see our coworker holding up a hundred-dollar bill, attached to a note that says:

Note: “For everyone who worked instead of partying.”

Coworker: “That’s awesome!”

Me: “That wasn’t there an hour ago.”

Coworker: “Who could it have been?”

Me: “I don’t know, but I want to wish them a happy new year!”

We tell our manager, who loves a mystery, and goes back through the camera footage.

Manager: “It’s hot chocolate guy.”

Me: “The guy that came in just for a small hot chocolate?”

Manager: “Yeah. It looks like he was waiting for you all to turn your backs to leave the tip. He just sat there, drinking his hot chocolate, then ran up to the jar to dump the money, and then ran out. If I didn’t know what was about to happen, I’d have thought he was gonna swipe the jar.”

Coworker: “Happy New Year to hot chocolate guy!