"Merry Christmas!" the caring customers exclaimed in a video clip.
Farmer went around the table to hug each person, and some wiped away tears, too.
As the surprise sunk in, the shocked server joked that "the tears have been flowing all day!" And for how the waitress plans to spend the windfall, Farmer said she’ll be "buying my niece and nephews Christmas [presents], catching up on bills, and paying it forward when the opportunity presents itself!"
Because the coronavirus pandemic largely devastated the food-service industry in 2020, Fleming explained why the group of 11 hopes the good deed at Shenanigan's will spark a larger trend.