Servers don’t make a livable wage unless their customers leave a tip. While many would argue that it should be the restaurant’s responsibility to pay their waiters and waitresses more money and not put the burden of responsibility on the customer, this is the way things are right now in the American restaurant industry. And it really isn’t fair. If a waiter does a great job and services the customer well, the customer can still choose not to leave a fair tip. That means the server might not eat dinner sometime that week.

In Los Angeles, a waiter served a group of teens as they were headed to their homecoming dance. The waiter remembered his experience as a young high school student looking forward to his homecoming dance. So he made sure the teens had a pleasant experience at the restaurant. The waiter made sure of it.

But they left him a despicable tip.

After serving all the teens and doing a great job, they left him only $3.28. That is hardly enough to buy a drink at Starbucks, let alone pay the bills that were mounting.

The waiter went home. And he felt hatred for the students who did not know the value of hard work. They were entitled and looked down on people like him. Or so he assumed.

After several days, the waiter forgot the slight. His life went on as normal. But ten days later, he received a letter from the teens.