UPDATE: The "Tip Thumper" GoFundMe page set up to reward Johnny "Thumper" Duckworth for his good deed and help him pay off his debts has now exceeded their listed goal of $3,000 in donations. You can leave your "tip" by clicking the link to the right. 
 
 ORIGINAL STORY: 
 
 The hustle and bustle of a local diner. As American as apple pie and a cheeseburger. 
 
 And it's at Randy's Southside Diner in Orchard Mesa you find regulars like Darrell Cox, and hard working people like Johnny "Thumper" Duckworth making the experience pleasant and comfortable. 
 
 But these two men now share a connection beyond the prototypical "have a nice day." 
 
 Flashback to Tuesday, when Cox came in for breakfast and sat down at booth number 10. He paid and left, not realizing he forgot something very important behind. 
 
 Around this time Johnny was talking to his boss, owner Randy Emmons. 
 
 "He's worked for me for 9 years," Emmons said. He's one of the hardest working guys I've ever met." 
 
 "it's usually more than what I do work for," Duckworth said. "But that's OK I like it I love my job." 
 
 Johnny went about collecting dishes, washing them, and checking the house to make sure the diner was spotless... 
 
 "I was coming around here to check around like I always do, I wanted to look in the bathroom," Duckworth said. 
 
 That's when Duckworth says while coming out from cleaning the bathroom he noticed behind booth number 10 an envelope. Inside was an ATM deposit slip and $3,000 in cash. 
 
 Just laying on the floor, dead as a door knob just laying there," Duckworth said. "So I picked it up and the boss was standing right (there). 
 
 "He walked up to me and said 'Boss I found this envelope it feels like it has a lot of money in it,'" Emmons said. "And he handed it to me and walked away." 
 
 And I opened the envelope up and there was 30 $100 bills," Emmons adds. "I couldn't believe it I was shocked." 
 
 Shocked by the amount...but also knowing that money is something Johnny desperately needs. 
 
 "Right now he's riding his bike back and forth to work," Simmons Said. "He lives on 32 Road and we're on 27 Road, and it is winter." 
 
 He also gets his paycheck garnished for medical bills he had to have. 
 
 But the thought of pocketing the cash never crossed Johnny's mind. 
 
 "It's not mine," Duckworth insists. "I work for a living I make money." 
 
 Randy took the cash and the slip to Vectra Bank where clerks quickly realized it belonged to someone who had no idea he even lost it. Darrell Cox. 
 
 "The bank called and I was like why is the bank calling me to tell me they have my money when I just got the money," Cox said. "So I went to the bank and they told me Randy brought it in." 
 
 But Randy and Johnny had no idea who it belonged to until Thursday...when Darrell came back to his regular spot. 
 
 "He was here at the counter and I was back at the booth with one of my grandsons," Cox said. "I wrote him a note on the back of an envelope ... It said Merry Christmas to a super honest guy." 
 
 His nephew came with the same envelope that had the $3,000 in it," Duckworth said. "Gave me $300 out of it.... gave me some heart." 
 
 The same can be said for Darrell. 
 
 "Makes me feel a lot better about people knowing there are a lot of honest people out here," Cox said emotionally. "Like I said I never have known where it went, I would have never had a clue." ||||| A struggling Colorado busboy who returned $3,000 in cash that he found on the floor is getting rewarded with a big tip. 
 
 As of Monday, people impressed with Johnny Duckworth's honesty have raised more than $3,800 through gofundme.com. 
 
 He found the cash Tuesday at Randy's Southside Diner in Grand Junction, and handed it over to his boss, Randy Emmons. 
 
 The money was in an envelope behind a booth. There was also a bank ATM slip inside, and the bank was able to return the money to its owner, who gave Duckworth a $300 tip. 
 
 Emmons told KKCO-TV that Duckworth rides his bike to work, and his paycheck is garnished for medical bills. 
 
 Duckworth says he never thought of keeping the money, saying "I work for a living." 
 
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 Johnny Duckworth (Thumper) found $3,000.00 cash on the floor at Randy's Southside Diner on Orchard Mesa on 12/15/2015 and tured it in without a second thought . Thumper has worked at Randy's as a Busboy for the last 9 years. Thumper is a great guy. He would give his last dollar out of his pocket to anyone that needed it, even though he doesn't have much himself. What an honest guy, finds $3,000 cash on the floor with no witnesses and turns it in. That's the kind of employee I wish all of my employees were. We are trying to raise money for Thumper to help them out through his hard times. His car has broken down and he lives house to house with friends and family. He doesn't have enough money to get into his own house because of the doctor bills he's aquired that garnish his paycheck every week.Thumper works about 25 hours a week at the diner. He would work more hours if they were available. This is a good guy who works very hard and that has truly fallen onto hard times. Please help Thumper get through these hard times with any donation you can give. Thank you! 
 
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– A Colorado busboy who's low on cash and dealing with medical issues didn't let his own woes stop him from doing the right thing. Johnny Duckworth found $3,000 Tuesday in an envelope that had fallen behind a booth at Randy's Southside Diner in Grand Junction, the AP reports. But while he could have pocketed the money, Duckworth headed right to owner Randy Emmons. "He ... said, 'Boss, I found this envelope, it feels like it has a lot of money in it,'" Emmons tells KKCO. "And he handed it to me and walked away. … I was shocked." Shocked not only at the 30 $100 bills inside, but also at Duckworth's integrity, considering his own circumstances: On the GoFundMe page Emmons set up to raise money for his star employee, who he says has worked at Randy's for nine years, he notes Duckworth's car is broken down and that he relies on others for housing, lacking the cash for his own place "because of the doctor bills he's [acquired] that garnish his paycheck every week." An ATM slip inside the envelope allowed a local bank to track the $3,000 back to diner regular Darrell Cox, who had no idea he even left the money behind until the bank called. He showed back up at the diner on Thursday to scribble a note to Duckworth that said, "Merry Christmas to a super honest guy," Cox tells KKCO. He also gave Duckworth a $300 "tip" for his honesty. But Duckworth doesn't think what he did was a big deal. "It's not mine," he says, per the station. "I work for a living; I make money." Emmons raves on the GoFundMe page, which has already racked up more than $11,500 as of this publication, that this attitude for the worker nicknamed "Thumper" isn't unusual. "Thumper is a great guy," Emmons writes. "He would give his last dollar out of his pocket to anyone that needed it, even though he doesn't have much himself. … That's the kind of employee I wish all of my employees were." (Similarly honest workers turned in a bag containing $32,000.)