Michigan Waitress Has Best Reaction Ever to Huge Tip

Anyone who has been in the service industry knows how exciting it can be to get a big tip. I waitressed in college and still remember how nice it was to get some really big tips on certain nights.

Along those lines, a Michigan waitress was recently given a huge tip and had the best reaction to it. Thankfully, it was all caught on video for our viewing enjoyment.

Chauncey Pearce is a waitress at the Beltline Bar in Grand Rapids. She was super excited when her very first customers left her more than $1,400 as a tip. And, no, it wasn't a mistake. They meant to really tip for more than 1K. So, who gave the big tip? It was a group called Generosity Lunch. The group heads to a restaurant each month, and each member brings $100 to pay for their meal. After the food and drink tab is paid, the rest of the money goes to the hard-working server as a tip. That usually amounts to a really big tip. I wish this group had been around when I was in college waitressing! This month, the group was at the Beltline Bar. They had 14 people in attendance, and a total of $1,700 was collected. After the food and drinks were paid for, Chauncey scored a tip of $1,451.41. It came at the perfect timing, too, as Chauncey said she had given a 30-day notice to her apartment and was supposed to move into a house, but that fell through. She added that she was going to come up with $2,333 in just three weeks. This is just the push she needed. Watch Pearce's reaction below. These kind of feel-good stories always make my day.

The current job market is a hot topic, as opportunities are flourishing in a variety of industries. So, if you're looking for a new job, what are some of the best careers to get into to ensure financial success, especially if you live in Michigan?

The crew at Zippia.com has put together a list of the top highest paying jobs of 2022 in Michigan. Plenty of research went into the study to ensure the salary data was as accurate as possible. "To create our salary estimates, Zippia starts with data published in publicly available sources such as the most recently released data on March 29, 2021 from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Foreign Labor Certification Data Center (FLC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and others," they state in the study.

"The data science team then supplements that data by continuously scanning through millions of job postings each day to find published salaries," they added. "We match these published salaries to the companies, locations, and job titles in other datasets. Finally, the data science team calculates a weighted average of these inputs to produce an estimated salary for the particular job title in Michigan."

All in all, the crew at Zippia looked at the salary data set for all 4,209 jobs in Michigan to find those that get paid the most. These jobs certainly make a lot of money, but they're not exactly the jobs I expected to see on the list. Read on for the full list, as well as the average salary for each job. For example, I thought a physician would be right at the top, and it's on the list but down a ways. Read on for the highest paying jobs in Michigan, and find more information on the study via Zippa here.

$221,460

$197,971

$192,342

$191,007

$181,857

$180,867

$179,455

$179,143

$179,063

$178,367

$177,087

$173,887

$173,709

$171,974

$171,357

$170,389

$170,062

$169,508

$168,317

$168,196

$166,149

$166,066

$165,630

$165,356

$164,645