“Nothing short of greasy spoon magic can explain what happened at 3 a.m. on Mother’s Day, when a patron eating a Texas bacon patty melt called Brown over and said, “I’m going to bless you tonight.”

He paid his bill with a credit card and wrote $1,500 on the tip line, asking Brown to share $500 with a haggard-looking woman at a table nearby.

Then he vanished into a cab, telling Brown, “You have a good spirit.”

If this were a fairy tale, Brown would have taken that money home and spent it on her three kids. She might have fixed the broken transmission on her car. A thousand dollars presents endless opportunities to a single mother working two jobs.

But this is Waffle House, where magic gets poured out like cold coffee. They wouldn’t let her keep the money. They sent it back to the angel with the late-night appetite.”

Read the full story from Josh Shaffer at The Charlotte Observer here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/06/08/4963232/shaffer-waffle-house-waitress.html#.U5fOEpRdVNw#storylink=cpy

Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and Gina Grad (http://www.twitter.com/ginagrad) break down this story. Do you agree with the Waffle House company wide policy? Do you find a tip like that at 3am a little suspicious? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.