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Happy 2020: Server at Michigan restaurant gets $2,020 tip

She says she was living in a homeless shelter a year ago.

Credit: AP

In this Dec. 30, 2019 photo, server Danielle Franzoni holds a receipt from a customer with a $2,020 tip included at Thunder Bay River Restaurant in Alpena, Mich. The credit card receipt said "Happy New Year. 2020 Tip Challenge." Franzoni, a single mother, couldn't believe the number, but her manager assured her the tip was legitimate. She said she was living in a homeless shelter a year ago. Franzoni plans to use the money to reinstate her driver's license and build savings. (Julie Riddle/The News via AP)

ALPENA, Mich. — The new year already is looking good for a server at a small-town restaurant in Michigan.

Danielle Franzoni says she got a $2,020 tip Sunday on a bill that was only $23.

The 31-year-old single mother says, “Things like this don't happen to people like me.”

Franzoni works at Thunder Bay River Restaurant in Alpena.

She says she was living in a homeless shelter a year ago. Franzoni plans to use the money to reinstate her driver's license and build savings.

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