GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A New Jersey police officer left a waitress who was eight months pregnant a $100 tip Friday, the Cherry Hill Courier-Post reported.
Courtney English, 23, is pregnant with her first child and works for her father at the Lamp Post Diner in Gloucester Township, the newspaper reported.
During Friday’s lunch rush, a Voorhees police officer left a message on his $8.75 receipt.
"She's a tough little girl," Brian Cadigan said.
"Enjoy ur 1st. You will never forget it," the note read. The note was accompanied by a $100 tip, the Courier-Post reported.
"It was from the heart. It really touched her," Cadigan told the newspaper. “There have been plenty of situations where she got a nice tip, but just the little remark was what got her."
The police officer has remained anonymous, but Cadigan mentioned the gesture on his Facebook page, the Courier-Post reported.
English’s baby girl is due April 1. She will name the child Kayleigh, the newspaper reported.
"She's a young mother and struggling," Cadigan told the Courier-Post, She's just trying to get as much money as she can before she goes on leave."