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Group leaves $1,200 tip for IHOP waitress in New Jersey

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PATERSON, NJ โ€” A group's annual holiday tradition added up to good news for a New Jersey IHOP waitress.

The group of friends went to breakfast on Saturday at IHOP and each person brought along $100, according to a post on Twitter. At the end of the meal, they paid the bill and gave their waitress a $1,200 tip.

"If you and your friends have the capacity and heart to pool your money to give a large tip to a waitress this holiday season that you know deserves it. I encourage it," the man tweeted. "Youโ€™ll be surprised how many of your friends would be supportive of the idea!"

He wrote that the waitress, who was holding the large stack of cash, thought they'd made a mistake and tried to give the money back.

"As she double checks the bill we are just grinning like 'she has no idea that we didnโ€™t make a mistake,' " the man tweeted.

This story was originally published by Aliza Chasan on WPIX.