What started off as a kind gesture has left the staff at Alfedro’s Pizza Cafe annoyed after a customer left a large tip for a waitress and later disputed it. Now the restaurant is serving the big tipper with court papers. In June, Alfredo waitress Mariana Lambert was shocked when she received a $3,000 tip on a $13.00 bill. According to WNEP , the patron, Eric Smith, left a tip on a single order of stromboli. He reportedly left the life-changing gratuity as part of a social media trend called “Tips For Jesus.” Lambart choked up as she told the reporter, “It really did mean a lot to me because, you know, everybody is going through stuff. So it really touched my heart. I’m still in shock.” That shock would grow into full-blown disbelief when the restaurant received a dispute from Smith’s credit card company three months later. The pizza cafe’s manager, Zachary Jacobson, told WNEP , “We received something in the mail that Eric was disputing the charge for the tip that he left.”
