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Cafe sues customer for tipping waitress $3,000 and demanding it back
A restaurant in Pennsylvania, in the United States, is suing a diner at more than $3,000. This is due to the fact that the customer initially left a substantial tip for a waitress working at the restaurant but asked for a refund later.
The waitress, Mariana Lambert, was thrilled to get a tip of several thousand dollars from the customer, Eric Smith, for her work at Alfredo’s Pizza Cafe. The incident had happened in June, according to international news reports.
Managers were initially skeptical, but the credit card transaction was successful. Mr Smith said that a social media campaign titled ‘Tips for Jesus’ inspired him to leave the generous tip.
It genuinely meant a lot to Ms Lambert despite being deeply moved, she was still in disbelief. Her joy, however, did not last long because Mr Smith challenged the charged tip with his credit card provider.
When they learned of the dispute with the credit company, the restaurant assumed it was a miscommunication because Ms Lambert had already received the large sum by that point.
The restaurant manager, Zachary Jacobson, made several attempts to contact Mr Smith via Facebook but was unsuccessful. As a result, the manager filed charges with the magistrate’s office, labelling the entire incident as “aggravating.”
Mr Jacobson at Alfredo’s Cafe is hoping they will win the court battle and won’t be asked to pay the $3,000 back. — ndtv.com
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Message in bottle floats from Canada to Ireland in 13 years
A message in a bottle launched by visitors to Newfoundland’s Bell Island was found washed up on an Irish beach nearly 13 years later, after apparently crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
Kate Gay said she was walking a Dingle Peninsula beach this week when she spotted the wine bottle with a sheet of paper inside.
Gay showed the bottle to members of Creative Ireland NeartnaMacharaí during a meeting at her house that evening, and they broke the bottle open.
The note, written by a couple named Brad and Anita, was dated Sept. 12, 2012. The letter described the couple’s day trip to Bell Island.
There was a phone number on the letter, but there was no answer when group members tried to call.
The Maharees Heritage and Conservation group posted photos of the bottleto social media on Monday, and within an hour group members were messaging with Anita.
Group member Martha Farrell said Anita reported that she and Brad had married in 2016 and are still together to this day. -upi.com
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Woman earns world record for collection of 15,485 egg cups
A Spanish woman who has been collecting egg cups for over 50 years earned a Guinness World Record when her collection was tallied at 15,485 items.
María José Fuster recruited two witnesses to help her tally her collection at a community center in her hometown of Campo, Spain.
Fuster’s collection includes multiple patterns, colors, designs and even novelty cups bearing the images of characters including Superman, Betty Boop and Garfield.
Fuster maintains two blogs related to her hobby — one to catalog each piece, and one to list the names of the people who have donated egg cups to her collection.
Some of her most prized egg cups, about 1,143 of them, are currently on display at a local museum.
-upi.com
