Waitress Refuses To Give Mom To-Go Box, Then Finds Note In Her Pocket

Exhausted

The single mother was beyond exhausted as she sat at her table at Olive Graden. All she wanted was to enjoy her dinner and return home with her one-year-old daughter, Harlynn

Harlynn was tired too, so when the waitress came near, she decided to ask for a to-go box so she could eat in the car on their way home. She was anxious to get her daughter to bed.

But she never expected the waitress to frown and adamantly say, “No.” This single mom’s problems had only just begun.

Courtney Pedigo

This story took place in an Olive Garden restaurant in Greensboro, North Carolina. Its protagonist is a young single mom named Courtney Pedigo.

It had been a long day for Courtney. After getting off work, she hadn’t had a chance to wind down: she had to do some shopping and arrange something with her bank. Now it was 8 pm, and she was wiped out.

Her Baby Daughter Was With Her

Her 1-year-old daughter, Harlynn, had been with her the whole evening. That day, Courtney didn’t have anyone with whom she could leave the child.

Her mom was out of town, and her friends had their own obligations during that evening. But what about the girl’s father? Well, that was absolutely not an option for Courtney.

Harlynn’s Father

Harlynn’s dad and Courtney’s ex-partner was a man named Marvin. In a way, Courtney was glad that she had ever met him: otherwise, her daughter, the most important thing in the world for her, wouldn’t even be there.

But aside from that, Marvin’s presence in Courtney’s life only came with misery, stress, and uncountable sleepless nights.

Smooth Talker

When she met him, her friends had warned about him: he was unreliable, impulsive, and had made himself a name as a well-known womanizer. And at first, she kept her guard up.

But Marvin was smooth as silk: he convinced her that he could change with the right woman by his side, that he was too old to keep engaging in those shenanigans, and that it was time for him to settle down. Looking back on it, Courtney sometimes thought that he may have actually meant what he said.

But things had taken a turn.