TUCSON, Ariz.-- The owners of El Charro Cafe were pleasantly surprised recently when they found an apology note along with $1,000 cash.
"Friday night I received a call from Marcus, one of my sons, and he says 'mom you have to come downtown. You have an envelope here, and I've gone ahead and opened it.' And he says, 'you're going to be greatly surprised,' " El Charro owner Carlotta Floes said.
That surprise would be $1,000 cash with a handwritten apology.
Flores read this passage from the note: "I am very sorry that I stole from you, please accept my apology and this money as a repayment of 20 years of interest."
The note says in the 90s the former waitress, a University of Arizona student, would purposely forget to ring up a few drinks at the end of her shift and pocket the cash instead.
"Some of my managers read the letter, and they actually had tears in their eyes because they know that there's very long days and food has a very little profit margin on it," Flores said.
Flores says the note was just what she needed after having a tough week. "I had my purse stolen and this sort of renewed the faith that we had a lot of good people out there."
Restoring faith for Flores and teaching others a valuable lesson. "I don't know where she's at or who she is but I will tell you one thing I hope that she's read or has seen what an impact this has made not only on me my family my business but where it will go in the future, so I hope she keeps looking to see what we're doing with it. "
