Texas waitress gets $1000 tip on $9 bill

An 18 year old waitress named Alesha Palmer received a $1000 tip from a customer eating alone at the Vetoni’s Italian Restaurant in Gun Barrel City, in Texas.

According to NBC Chicago, the high school senior told Tyler television station KLTV that she was serving a couple she knew last weekend and they asked about her college plans. She says she told them her parents would be helping her pay for it.

Another customer who was seated nearby got up to leave and approached the restaurant owner.

She says after he left, she asked if everything was all right and her boss showed her the receipt with the huge tip from the man, who asked to remain anonymous. Alesha said she was so stunned by the gift she began crying in the middle of the restaurant…