A waitress in Washington D.C received a pleasant surprise Monday when several Trump supporters gave her a generous tip and deeply unifying message.
At Busboys & Poets, Rosalynd Harris expected business to return to normal after the inauguration and "Women's March" when three men wearing cowboy hats walked into her restaurant and sat at her table. She knew right off the bat they weren't from around here.
"I could tell they were from the south because they had their cowboy hats on, and I was like, 'Oh, you’re not from the city,'" Harris told CBS affiliate WUSA-TV, saying the restaurant had a "liberal, Democratic kind of feel."
"The three men, who turned out to be Republicans from West Texas, were in town for the inauguration," reports ABC News. "They smiled as they took a seat at an empty table. Harris, handing them each menus, flashed a smile right back. At that point, Harris had no idea within the span of an hour, one of those customers would give her the surprise of a lifetime."
After the men left, Harris cleared their table to find a generous tip of $450 and a sweet message of unity on the check:
"We may come from different cultures and may disagree on certain issues but if everyone would share this smile and kindness like your beautiful smile our country will come together as one people," she said. "Not race. Not gender. Just American. God Bless."
Harris deeply appreciated the message, calling it "miraculous."
"Never judge a book by its cover and always be open with people to experience something miraculous like that,” Harris told WUSA-TV. "We may have different opinions and disagree on different issues, but the fact that he still looked at me as an equal and someone of value, it said something, like OK, not all hope is lost."
The Washington Post has already identified the man as 37-year-old Jason White, who said he did it only as a sign of unity, not for any recognition.
"We have to think about being better Americans, we have to look into ourselves and how we treat one another,” White said. "If everyone did a little something to show respect…we can love one another."
