Waitress Can’t Believe The Note A Texas Customer Left Behind For Her

[Music] waitress rosalind harris works two jobs in order to pay for her college tuition fees during one busy weekend a group of texans walked into the restaurant she works in and instantly stuck out like a sore thumb at first she was nervous about serving them however when they left she went over to the table and found that one of the men had written a note on the check she couldn't believe what she was reading there's no denying that rosalind harris has a lot more to offer than just being a waitress the 25 year old works at bus boys and poets in washington dc and knows exactly what she wants out of life just like the restaurant rosalind is an avid supporter of social justice and stands up for what she believes in however when a group of texans showed up at a restaurant she wasn't so sure how to handle a situation although she enjoys working at busboys and poets for the most part rosalind very much treats it like a means to an end in fact the young lady works two jobs just so she can pay off her tuition fees for her college years rarely does she get a chance to just kick back and relax her high level of activity can get the better of her sometimes so the last thing she wanted was some customer drama funnily enough the restaurant that rosalind works at bus boys and poets was where the defining incident of this story took place as previously mentioned the cafe is a social justice friendly environment with ethnic minority role models plastered on the walls so you can imagine how rosalind reacted when a bunch of texans with red caps showed up for lunch however it's not just a place that was integral to rosalind's story it was the time when it happened the weekend that the incident took place was during the presidential inauguration however this was also when the women's march took place rosalind was one of the five hundred thousand women who turned up to the marsh to stick up for what she believed in after the busy weekend came to an end many visitors still hung around the city for the week that followed this included jason white and his friends who'd come all the way from texas that fateful lunch time jason and his friends walked through the doors of busboys and poets just like that the place went dead silent rosalind was working that day and just like everyone else stared at the group in disbelief there were two things that she assumed about her new customers firstly they were from out of town secondly they'd come to the country's capital to celebrate the inauguration of the president although you should never judge a book by its cover rosalind was right in her assumptions jason white and his friends had come all the way from texas also they were thrilled by the election results and wanted to celebrate in the country's capital jason is extremely patriotic and puts his country before most things in that respect it made sense that he was casually walking around wearing a red cap however there was so much about jason that the waitress didn't know there is much more to jason white than you might expect the 37 year old is a successful dentist who is a big family man and has a close-knit network of friends when he came up to washington dc with some of those friends they visited numerous sites such as the tomb of the unknown soldier and the arlington cemetery to name a few while there's much more to jason than just a red cap he was simply wearing it in the wrong place the first thing that caught everyone's attention was the fact that all of his friends were wearing red caps although rosalind didn't say anything to jason he quietly suggested to the others that they all took their cats off just while they were in the restaurant we started getting looks jason said i told my friends you need to take your hat off i don't want people to think we're coming in here to flaunt we're just coming here to have lunch as rosalind proceeded over to jason's table she gave them menus with a big smile to wish they reciprocated soon enough they started cracking jokes with each other she started laughing when we said we were from west texas and she said i can tell you're from the south jason said i said what's your favorite thing on the menu she said the avocado panini's delicious and i love avocado so i got that it was a relief for both of us after breaking the ice a little jason was curious about the restaurant's history and calmly asked rosalind about it she explained to them that it was named after poet langston hughes a key figure in african-american literature rosalind told the huffington post that the group had never experienced a place quite like it after taking their orders rosalind let the group enjoy their lunches and that was the end of their encounter or was it fast forward an hour later and jason left the restaurant with his friends having enjoyed their lunch naturally rosalind went over to the table to clean after them collect any tip they may have left and set up for the next customers however when she arrived at the table she noticed that the check was covered in words it was clear that one of the friends had written a note she picked it up and started reading after reading just a couple of words rosalind quickly realized it was jason who wrote the note and it was specifically for her the first part read as follows we may come from different cultures and backgrounds and may also disagree on certain issues that alone was enough to pique the waitress's interest and she couldn't help but read the rest with each sentence that jason wrote rosalind's jaw dropped in disbelief while rosalind was already intrigued by what jason had written from the first sentence it was what he wrote next that truly took her by surprise if everyone would share a smile and kindness like your beautiful smile our country will come together as one people he wrote not race not gender just american god bless and if that wasn't enough the waitress's life got turned upside down by what she saw at the bottom of the check with the subtotal cost of the check coming in at 72.60 rosalind couldn't believe it when she saw that jason had left her a 625 tip which came to 450 dollars usually anything from 20 to 25 tip is a big deal for a waitress but rosalind had never seen anything like this before in her life jason specifically gave her 450 as a nod to the 45th president who'd recently been elected but it was why jason gave such a generous tip that took this story to another level jason recalls looking back at all those influential figures plastered on busboys and poets as walls he also thought about how the inauguration and the woman's march coincided with each other as far as he was concerned these were two examples of people expressing their american values he started to realize how much he had in common with other people including rosalind this inspired his incredible act of kindness to the waitress who was lost for words both the note and the hefty tip were incredible gestures that made rosalind extremely emotional however there was no denying that the tip would go a long way in helping her to get where she wanted to be in life working two jobs in order to fund her college fees meant that 450 dollars would make a huge difference the note was extremely touching and unexpected she told today of course the biggest part was definitely the amount of tippy left this gesture also made rosalind look at people differently especially those who have very different views to her she assumed that people like jason were more interested in taking care of themselves instead of others you automatically assume that they have ideas about you she said but jason was more embracing than even some of my more liberal friends and there was a real authenticity in our exchange and it's not just rosalind whose views have changed after doing what he did jason also discovered something that affected him in a deeply emotional way as i sat there i thought about the entire weekend and i thought i don't know her she doesn't know me but if most americans have a preconceived perception about people then we're never going to get better he said the thought brought jason to tears and at that moment the dentist received a phone call he'd never forget soon enough the story captured the imagination of millions and put both jason and rosalind in the social consciousness while she was in an interview rosalind decided to surprise jason by calling him on facetime it was the first time the duo had interacted since that fateful encounter at bus poison poets they finally got a chance to catch up after everything they'd been through during that conversation though they both agreed that there was something about the story that people have misunderstood people started to interpret the story in a way that both rosalind and jason didn't agree with i hope that people just don't see it as this white guy helping this black girl the waitress said the gracious gesture came from a place of compassion and love jason agreed saying the following it's not about me and her i just want people to take example and stop and think a little bit before they judge people on all sides both rosalind and jason believe that the true heart of this story is the unconditional love for a stranger whoever they may be we have to think about being better americans we have to look into ourselves and how we treat one another he said if everyone did a little something to show respect we can love one another at the end of that heartfelt facetime call rosalind extended a virtual hug to jason to which she responded by blowing her a virtual kiss despite becoming a viral hit both rosalind and jason didn't post any information about it on social media in fact it was one of the former's co-workers who took a photo of the receipt and put it on twitter to begin with the heartfelt note came at a time when some unhappy customers have written hateful notes to waiters and waitresses simply because of their differences in this case jason flipped the script in the best possible way you