After suffering ‘bad karma’, ketchup thief buys new bottles for US restaurant

“I am as square as they come and this is the worst thing I’ve done. Well, a few hours [after] I did it, someone crashed into my car, and since then my karma, luck and life have been shit,” the ‘thief’ lamented the letter. The letter was signed: “an awful person”.

The person said that by giving two bottles it was hoped things would be restored to normal.

Sharing the photo of the bottles and the note on a Facebook group, the owner of the eatery, Maria DiLeo, wrote, “To the person that returned this. You are forgiven. Hope all goes better for you lesson learned.(sic)”

While none of the restaurant employees noticed the missing ketchup bottle, the restaurant manager said she was touched by the gesture and even said she would consider hiring the culprit.

“If you do something like that, you’re not an awful person. You’re an honest person,” she was quoted as saying in a Daily Mirror report.