Restaurant customer accidentally stiffs on tip, mails it to server a week later

Bad tippers: Not always bad people.

Reddit user dior_show shared the unexpected letter a friend received at the Boston restaurant where she works as a server.

In the letter, someone claiming to be a previous customer apologizes for leaving a bad tip on a larger bill. 

"I am so sorry -- it was purely an oversight," the customer writes. The sender enclosed $15 to amend the mistake. 

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"My friend said she sees so many horror stories in the service industry that she just couldn't believe this was real when she got it," Sarah, the Redditor behind dior_show, tells Mashable via email.

"She thought it was such a kind gesture. She is a sweetheart, and a great waitress. I personally wanted to share the story because I feel that good deeds often go unnoticed. It's great to see people going out of their way to be kind to one another."

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