What s False
However, viral content websites took the true story and dramatized it into a 71-page article. The lengthy slideshow-style story included misleading information. For example, she did not run to the manager.
Origin
On Feb. 15, 2019, a pregnant waitress in her third trimester received a generous $100 tip after serving lunch to a cop. It happened at the Lamp Post Diner in Clementon, New Jersey. A Voorhees County police officer had ordered a lunch that cost less than $9. He paid his bill and left the diner before the waitress, Courtney English, was shown the receipt by the hostess.
The story ended up being reported by local and national news media. NJ.com reported that the tip “brought her to tears”: