gargantuan tip. shay na brown, 26, was left $1,000 by a generous diner on mother's day. the single mom of three wasn't allowed to keep it. it's the policy of waffle house to return use tips that are left by credit card as brown's was. this unleashed a social media firestorm with even childlike comic peewee herman dialing in. she finally received her tip by check this week. waffle house had this to say from a longer statement posted to facebook. quote, our intentions were for the associate to get her tip all along. we're sorry our associate and the customer are having to go through this. mm-hmm. it is great to see justice served social media style. you can join in the conversation with fellow reader on twitter, facebook, instagram and msnbc.com and keep telling us what's important to you. this news. sunni militants have seized control of the northern iraqi city of tikrit.