Well it looks like the $2,020 tip challenge has morphed into the $2,021 challenge. The trend of tipping restaurant servers $2,020 (like the year) came about last year during the coronavirus pandemic where those in the food industry really took a hit financially. The challenge gained traction when celebrities like Donnie Wahlberg participated. Now that it s a new year, the challenge has shifted its focus to local businesses. According to People, the $2,020 tip challenge is now the 2021 Just Be Nice Challenge. The hope is that people who have the means to do so will give away $2,021 to local businesses.
This new challenge is already off to a great start. A family owned juice bar/restaurant in Miami was one of the first businesses to receive this generous tip from one of their loyal customers. The bill came out to $71.84 and he left $2,021 with a note on the check saying Happy New Year!!! Always love coming here.
Actor Tom Selleck leaves $2,020 tip at New York restaurant
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FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2017, file photo, Tom Selleck is shown during Oklahoma Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
and last updated 2020-12-24 22:35:08-05
Actor Tom Selleck spread some little holiday cheer when he left a server a generous tip of $2,020 at a New York restaurant.
Selleck s Blue Bloods co-star Donnie Wahlberg posted on Twitter a photo of Selleck s bill that featured the large tip. I found out that my TV Dad #TomSelleck has generously accepted the #2020TipChallenge at Elios Upper East Side! Wahlberg tweeted. Love ya, dad. I didn t start it, but I m proud to be part of it. To those who gave even the smallest extra amount this year â THANK YOU.
Last month, I wrote an article about how Donnie Wahlberg left a $2,020 tip when he was home in Massachusetts around Thanksgiving week for a waitress he always asks for at a local diner he frequents when he s home.
Well, this wasn t a $2,020 tip and it wasn t Donnie Wahlberg, but the huge heart was the same.
Over the weekend, a former co-worker and friend posted a picture of a tab that her daughter, who works at Friendly Red s Tavern on Rt 111 (22 Haverhill Road) in Windham, New Hampshire, was left at one of her tables.
The tab? $72.91. The tip? Well, see for yourself.
Customer leaves $2,020 tip at Florida restaurant as part of tip challenge
Customer leave huge tip on pizza order in Ruskin
By: WFTS Staff
and last updated 2020-12-23 09:17:09-05
RUSKIN, Fla. â Tampa Bay area businesses have adjusted and adapted during the COVID-19 crisis to meet the needs of their customers. One generous customer decided to leave behind a big tip at a restaurant in Ruskin, which impacted every single employee.
âKnowing everything thatâs gone on with the pandemic, it really was a good feeling that thereâs still some good in the world that they would go out of their way [to] choose our establishment to do the challenge,â said manager Robert Godfrey.