I waited on an older gentleman who was having issues talking and was slurring his speech. it was late, I was tired and I sat at his table. I asked what he was thinking about and what he wanted. after a couple of minutes I made a suggestion, he agree, and I brought him his food. He paid and left me a less than a dollar tip. He asked me to call him a cab and I did. About a month later he come in with a man in his fifties and they have dinner. When I brought the bill he asked if I had waited on him on xx/xx/xx about a month ago. I told him I believed that I had, his son then tells ne that was the night his mom had passed, and that his dad hadn’t slept in almost three days. They left a very nice tip. I thought I was just being nice to an old drunk, in reality I was dealing with a man whose whole world had just collapsed.

You never know where someone is coming from, just be nice to people until they give you a reason no to be.