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‘Shock & Claus' Holiday Breakfast Strikes Again, Staff At Aurora IHOP Gets More Than $2,000 From Diners

The diners tipped their server $1,200 and handed out $100 bills to cooks, dishwashers, busboys and other servers in the restaurant.

By Brian Maass, CBS Denver:

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – The “Shock and Claus” holiday breakfast, which has been surprising Colorado servers, dishwashers and busboys since 2015, struck again earlier this month at an International House of Pancakes restaurant in Aurora. A group of eight diners sat down Thursday morning at the restaurant on East Colfax Avenue.

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They had a plan to each tip $100 on top of their bills. Organizer Taylor Pardun collected another $1,000 from other friends who couldn’t be there in person.

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