A teacher, who also works as a server in New Jersey, was left speechless when she found a $100 tip left by a couple along with a touching note.
Aside from the tip of 140 percent, the couple also left a handwritten note: "Thank you for teaching our kids—teachers shouldn't have to work weekends!"
"To the couple that came into Woolley’s today and left this for me, I can't thank you enough," Acampora-Nielsen wrote on the social media site. "[I'm] lucky there are people out there who appreciate hard workers—hope you two enjoyed your day away from the kids."
A local Facebook page also shared her post, hoping the couple behind the note see it.
"We truly have amazing people who live in and around Howell and yes, our teachers are so important," Howell Happenings NJ Facebook page wrote in the caption. "We hope this note gets back to this couple and let's them know how much of an impact they made in this person's life and a huge thank you for making a difference."
Several people took to the comments to thank the kindness of the couple.
"Wow, that was amazing," one person commented.
"Glad teachers are appreciated by some ppl instead of saying you guys are off holidays & the summer. That is far from the truth."
"Awesome! Teachers don’t get the recognition they deserve," another wrote. "That made my day almost as much as it made yours! Great to see good people recognizing good people!" another person commented.
Some also pointed out how common it is for teachers to work several jobs at once.
"Anything to raise awareness is a good thing. The people who left this are good people. But the situation that surrounds it is not a 'heartwarming feel good story' that the news wants us to think. It's sad that our teachers don't make enough to support themselves without taking on extra jobs."
"It's nice that its raising awareness, but it happens a whole lot more often than people think. It just that the news never picks it up," another person wrote.
