A server in Michigan who got part of a $10,000 tip from a mourning customer says she was fired by the restaurant just days later

• A diner left a $10,000 tip on a $32.43 meal at a café in Michigan on February 5.
• Just eight days later, the employee who served the diner was fired, her lawyer told The Guardian.
• She claimed her firing came after she wouldn't tell management which of her colleagues were annoyed they didn't get a share of the tip.

A server in Michigan who got part of a $10,000 tip left by a solo diner said that the restaurant fired her eight days later after the tip led to a dispute among staff about who got to pocket the money.