Surprise tips boost servers’ funds, spirits
By Rita Giordano - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Quakertown’s Emily George, left, collected money through Venmo to be given as surprise, inflated tips to local restaurant servers, including Wendy Mosko, right, who works at The Brick Tavern and received a $600 gratuity.
It had already been a rough week for Wendy Mosko, a longtime server at the Brick Tavern Inn in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. Then a customer at one of her tables said she wanted to talk to her.
The server’s eyebrows arched slightly above her face mask. What could this be? But always the pro, Mosko approached the table politely.