A Sacramento waitress got the surprise of a lifetime this week when a customer left her a $1,800 tip. Kathleen Moreno said she served a small group on Tuesday night at Wildwood Kitchen and Bar in the Pavilions. She said she treated them with respect and kindness, like every customer that comes into the restaurant. The group’s bill came out to nearly $165.Moreno said a woman in the group paid the bill and when she got the check back, she was shocked by the number that was written down."When she wrote the tip, I thought she just wrote that the total was $200. And then I looked closer -- and there was an extra zero. I couldn't stop shaking for about 30 minutes to an hour," Moreno said. Moreno said she had never met or seen the woman before. That table was one of only four she waited on that night. Moreno works two jobs to afford her college tuition. She is currently enrolled in the culinary program at American River College. She plans to use the money to pay for some repairs on her car and also wants to donate a portion of it to the victims of the Australian wildfires. "She paid it forward to me, she didn't have to do that," Moreno said. "I'm a firm believer in karma. What you put into the world is what you get back."

A Sacramento waitress got the surprise of a lifetime this week when a customer left her a $1,800 tip.

Kathleen Moreno said she served a small group on Tuesday night at Wildwood Kitchen and Bar in the Pavilions. She said she treated them with respect and kindness, like every customer that comes into the restaurant.


The group’s bill came out to nearly $165.

Moreno said a woman in the group paid the bill and when she got the check back, she was shocked by the number that was written down.

"When she wrote the tip, I thought she just wrote that the total was $200. And then I looked closer -- and there was an extra zero. I couldn't stop shaking for about 30 minutes to an hour," Moreno said.

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Moreno said she had never met or seen the woman before. That table was one of only four she waited on that night.

Moreno works two jobs to afford her college tuition. She is currently enrolled in the culinary program at American River College.

She plans to use the money to pay for some repairs on her car and also wants to donate a portion of it to the victims of the Australian wildfires.

"She paid it forward to me, she didn't have to do that," Moreno said. "I'm a firm believer in karma. What you put into the world is what you get back."