A woman has sent $1000 to a restaurant she used to work at as an apology for stealing - even though she left the company over 20 years ago.
Waitress apologises for stealing 20 years later
The anonymous woman used to work as a waitress at the El Charro restaurant in Arizona during the 90s and recently sent in the hefty sum along with a letter of apology admitting she used to ''forget'' to ring in some drinks and pocket the cash.
The note - which was posted on Facebook - read: ''One of the waiters I worked with had encouraged me to 'forget' to ring in a few drinks a shift and pocket the cash. And for some stupid reason, I did it.
''I grew up in the church, I knew better. I hadn't stolen a dime before then, nor have I since. Thankfully, I was a terrible waitress and you all fired me before it could amount to more than a few hundred dollars total.''
Despite the number of years that had passed the former waitress still felt ''great remorse'' and asked the family-run business to accept her apology along with ''money as a repayment + 20 years of interest.''
Speaking to KVOA-TV, the owner said: ''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.''