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The year 2021 got off to a good start for the workers at Miami Squeeze. On New Year's Day, a regular customer came into the North Miami Beach juice bar and health food restaurant and

placed a $71.84 breakfast order. When she signed her receipt, she left a $2,021 tip plus a note: "Happy New Year!!! Always love coming here." Kelly Amar, whose parents have owned

Miami Squeeze for 35 years, told _The Miami Herald_ this is "the biggest tip we've ever gotten by far. This blows out anything we've ever gotten." The customer requested

that the tip be split among everyone who works at Miami Squeeze, which resulted in each employee receiving almost $100. "It was a really special moment," Amar said. SUBSCRIBE TO

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The Week delivered directly to your inbox. While business is doing better now than it was during the beginning of the pandemic, Miami Squeeze is still a long way from fully recovering, and

the customer's generosity made a big difference in the lives of employees. "This was her way of giving back and this really helps us because this has been a really hard year for

all of us," Amar said. A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com Explore More Speed Reads