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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/TapWilling7210 on 2026-07-06 15:15:29+00:00.

This occurred after an unbelievably long shift; thus, I will be citing exhaustion, poor management of my wallet, and brain functioning from pizza fumes.

I had ordered a pizza since there was no way I could manage cooking then. The total costed approximately twenty-five dollars and I decided to pay in cash. When the driver came I took what I perceived to be three $20 bills and gave them to him saying, "Keep the change."

I think the guy looked at me like I had just offered him a lottery ticket. I felt proud of myself at the time thinking, wow, this driver sure knows how to appreciate. To tell you the truth, at one point I even felt good about it since I was the kind of customer that he would always remember in the evening.

A while after, I went to check my wallet.

I did not give him three $20 bills.

I had given him three $50 bills.

Instead of giving him a tip of around $35, I essentially gave him a tip of $125 on the $25 pizza. For a split second, I thought of contacting the restaurant and letting them know about my mistake. Then I realized what would happen after I got called by them and was told, "You remember that nice tip you got? We will be needing most of that."

At that time, I just figured it out that I am going to have to leave it at that. The mistake is mine, he did not do anything wrong, and perhaps, the universe needed him to be lucky rather than me having the money.

The pizza was delicious.

Not $150 worth delicious.

But definitely delicious.

TL;DR: I mistakenly believed that I had given my pizza delivery man three $20 notes and kept the change. I actually gave him three $50 notes and ended up tipping him $125.