If they had done this quietly, it might have been a nice gesture. But they did it publicly, announced it to the news people, and made a video of it.
And, incidentally, this waitress had better declare her tip to the IRS and pay income taxes on it, because the IRS knows all about it now, too.
Sorry, I think I remember Jesus saying something about doing good deeds quietly.
He sure did. See my post 14.
Maybe this was more of an 'atonement' than a good deed.
Regardless to the publicity (and THAT may also have been a request from the dying man), it was an act of good.
It's much better than asking his family to strap on a bomb and go eat pizza.