Man pays strangers' tab after overhearing diagnosis in Boston restaurant A diner who overheard a mother and daughter receiving a devastating diagnosis picked up the strangers' restaurant bill, leaving a note that is warming hearts across the internet. Picture: Anthony Reginato Source: Supplied The kind stranger left this note, according to the waiter. Picture: Reddit Source: Supplied A US waiter says his faith in humanity has been restored after a diner secretly picked up the bill for a pair of strangers who he overheard receiving a devastating diagnosis. "While waiting tables tonight, a mother and daughter started crying mid-meal," the Boston-area waiter wrote in a Reddit post that is warming hearts across the internet. I had no idea what happened until a single guy at the table next to them handed me this note [seen to the right] with his bill. Faith in humanity, restored. The waiter told the Huffington Post the two women started crying after the younger one took a phone call during her meal. "The single guy who had been sitting next to them had been friendly to me all evening, making jokes and such," he said. When he was finished I gave him his check, and inside the billfold was his credit card and the note that I took a picture of. I combined the two checks, and he paid for both. I waited until after he had left to tell them their checks had been taken care of. The mother was overwhelmed with gratitude, as was I. It was a great evening.