Japanese Restaurant Server Gets $500 Tip From Woman Dining ALONE on Christmas Eve

A Japanese restaurant server in Kaneohe, Hawaii, received a generous tip from a woman who dined all by herself on the afternoon of December 24.

via Hawaii News Now

Seated at a table for four at Ichiriki Japanese Nabe Restaurant, the customer tipped Dimitri Peterson Kaliko a whopping $500 and left a note that said, “Dimitri, your smile turned an otherwise sad day into a much better day! Mele Kalikimaka.”

via Hawaii News Now

Kaliko said that he was shocked at the tip because the woman only registered $21.68 in the bill.

via KITV

Yet the highlight of it all was the note, which apparently made his day, too.

“The most thing that really touched me, though, was when I heard that she left a note,” he told Hawaii News Now. “I actually got to touch someone’s life like that and make someone happy and turn the day around. That was the biggest thing for me.”

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“When Dimitri received that $500 from that customer, it honestly made me cry, like I literally had to turn around a little bit and tear up, just let it out,” Kohl Smith, assistant manager at the restaurant, told KITV.

“Dimitri is a really awesome person, he’s very sincere, and I wouldn’t doubt that Dimitri gave amazing service to that lady.”

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Kaliko plans to visit his family at their home in Las Vegas in January, so the woman’s tip makes a timely gift. He called it a blessing “that just happened out of nowhere.”

He leaves a message for the thoughtful customer:

“God bless her family, merry Christmas to her, and thank you so much and I’m looking forward to seeing her again.”

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