Known as “Big Tipper” After $4000 Aid, Generous Shaquille O’Neal ‘Resurfaces’ as Fan Unveils Columbus Encounter

Complementing his larger-than-life persona, Shaquille O’Neal has a generous nature to match. Sometimes it slips under the radar too. That’s when his sweetest fans disclose this gentle giant’s generosity. Fans on social media were sharing stories and pictures from celebrity encounters recently. It was then that a story about Big Diesel began winning hearts everywhere.

The restauranteur behind Big Chicken is often dining out during his jet-setting schedules. He’s known to bring smiles on his servers’ and fellow diners’ faces with a little kind act on his part. This one’s the latest.

Shaquille O’Neal expresses his thanks to a server

The Los Angeles Lakers legend is also an experienced restauranteur who has run many franchises before he launched Big Chicken. He’s also one of the many NBA stars who are fans of Cheesecake Factory. He’s always gone above and beyond to show his gratitude to his wait staff. Fans on X are sharing their stories of celebrity encounters. So far, a Shaquille O’Neal story is the leading favorite. This user posted on behalf of their daughter who is a server at a Cheesecake Factory in Columbus, Ohio.

“My daughter was tipped $800 by Shaquille O’Neal when she worked at the Cheesecake Factory in Columbus, Oh!” the tweet read along with a picture of the young lady with the big man.

The sweet and adorable interaction is very heartwarming to those who come across it. But it’s not even the only generous tip incident in Shaq lore.

There’s a lot the $400 million rich multi-hyphenate has done for random strangers. After declaring he would always buy something for others every time he’d go shopping, Shaq recently gifted a fan a phone during an outing.

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It appears his generosity is amplified when he has a good meal. Because he has many incidents of getting overly generous in a restaurant.

Shaq’s big tipping adventures

O’Neal has done things like paying an entire restaurant’s tab and treating a restaurant full of diners to Thanksgiving meals on a whim. But he has a soft spot for those in the service industry.

He was once so annoyed by rude customers ill-treating a waitress, he left the woman a $4000 tip. That’s five times the tip the Ohio waitress got. But it’s not a contest. Shaq would ask his servers upfront how much tip he should leave them.

The staff fire off a big number not anticipating that the big man really leaves that much cash on the table for them. That speaks volumes of the Big Diesel brand of kindness.

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