Hard-up waitress working two jobs to get by brought to tears after kindhearted diner leaves her MASSIVE tip

Jennifer Peitsch admitted she works two jobs just to "pay the bills" and is saving money to go to college

Jennifer Peitsch (Photo: ABC News)

A waitress was brought to tears after a kindhearted diner left her a huge $1,000 (£811) tip.

Stunned Jennifer Peitsch, 20, admitted she first thought the gesture was a mistake.

But she was reassured that the female diner, later named as Lisa Holgate, had deliberately left the tip despite her meal only coming to £71.

Jennifer, a waitress at Mongo's Grill in Winnipeg, Manitoba, told abc News the incident last Saturday had come after a particularly busy and stressful shift.

She said: "This woman told me she used to be a waitress and she understood how I was feeling.

"I thought [the tip] was a mistake, but she assured me it was the right amount, and I just started crying and thanking her so much."

The 20-year-old said she works full time at a grocery shop and often part time as a waitress just to "have enough money to pay the bills."

Incredibly, she later tracked down the diner via a social media post she uploaded describing what had happened.

The bill with $1000 tip (Photo: ABC News)

The woman, Lisa Julia Holgate, later told CBC she was "ecstatic" for Peitsch.

And she added: "She asked me why I did this, and I said I was a good person, and I figured that she was a good person and she's working hard and she deserves it.

"I just said, 'Pay it forward.'"

Jennifer has now used the money to pay off a credit card debt and is hoping to save enough cash to go to college.

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