Luckiest Waiter Alive Got to Keep the Change

breaking-newsEarlier this week, Boris Klimpton got the tip of a life time. The 59-year-old career server who works at Parker’s Pub in Flushing Queens, had a life-changing moment when a customer told him he could “keep the change.” The customer, a man by the name of Victor Rhines, 72, who was dining with his wife 71-year-old Marla, had a bill that totaled $35.48. When the time came for him to pay his check, he handed Klimpton a twenty-dollar bill, three five-dollar bills and a handful of coins. It was then he told the waiter he could “keep the change.”

“At first, I thought he was kidding,” says Klimpton. “I mean, how was I to be so lucky to get to keep all of the change? This must be my lucky day.” It wasn’t until minutes later that the fortunate waiter realized that one of the coins was not United States currency. “I think it’s from Europe someplace. I’m not really sure. It’s still exciting because I have never been out of the country.”

Co-workers at the restaurant were green with envy at the unexpected windfall for Kilmpton. Says Betty, a waitress at the pub for over twenty years, “Jeez Louise, how come I never get to keep the change? But you know what? Boris deserves it. He works hard and I hope he gets to do something special with all that money.”

When pressed as to what he would do with the extra cash, Klimpton replied that he has had his eye on a new Chapstick and this might finally let him go buy it. “I hope at the deli they thinks it’s a silver dollar or something. I’ll probably go buy my new Chapstick when One Eyed Ernie is working the register. His eyesight ain’t so good so he probably won’t notice.”

When the generous benefactor was questioned as to why he let his waiter keep all the change, Mr. Rhines simply grunted and kept walking to his car. His wife also grunted but it is not clear if it was a response to the question or if the grunt was a direct result from the pastrami on rye she had eaten moments before. When they were last scene, they were driving down north on Queens Blvd with their left turn-signal flashing and a seatbelt hanging out of the closed door.

As for Boris Klimpton, he will continue working despite the extra income. “I love my job and even if I win the lottery I would come here every day. Just because I got to keep the change doesn’t mean I would leave my family here at Parker’s Pub.”

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