Wisconsin waitress receives $1,000 tip from Christmas customer

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MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin waitress received a Christmas morning surprise from a customer — a $1,000 tip.

Callie Blue, 29, was waiting for tables at Gus’s Diner in Sun Prairie, just outside Madison, at 6 a.m. Sunday when she started chatting with one of the restaurant’s few patrons at that time- the the Wisconsin State Journal reported. He left her a $1,000 tip.

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The client was Michael Johnson, president and CEO of Boys and Girls Clubs of Dane County. He told the newspaper he was looking for people in need as part of the club’s Pay It Forward campaign. Two donors had tipped about $5,000.

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He said his Christmas Day schedule was for the families he planned to help from 7.30am. So he searched the internet for restaurants open at 6 a.m. and found Gus’s Diner. He had also received an email about Blue and wanted to measure his customer service skills and behavior.

He was impressed enough to withdraw $1,000 from the $5,000 tip. He said about 12 servers got big tips, but Blue got the biggest because it was Christmas morning and she was the last recipient.

Blue called the tip incredible and said she would use it to help feed her four horses.