Needing some last-minute groceries just days before Christmas, Kelly Schilling ordered a delivery on Uber Eats.
Like any typical delivery, Lisa Burnett accepted the order, picked the items up and dropped them off at Schilling’s house Saturday morning. The next day, Burnett said she got an alert on her phone.
“I looked and there was $130 there, I said ‘OK, something’s wrong,'” Burnett said.
WCPO 9 NewsBurnett told WCPO that she reached out to Uber Eats and was told the money was “miscellaneous,” so she assumed it was an accidental charge, and set out to return the money.
“I was scared someone was going to be without a Christmas if they couldn’t account for that money,” Burnett said.
On Sunday, Dec. 22, Burnett returned to Schilling’s home to tell her something may have gone wrong. But it wasn’t. Little did she know, the tip was all hers — a special gift from a stranger.
“She could’ve very easily taken the tip, and I never would’ve heard from her. And that would’ve been fine! It was for her,” Schilling said.