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"On Monday, CNN’s Starting Point ran a story about a banker who left a 1% tip at a California restaurant, along with a note that said “Get a real job!”
"On Monday, CNN’s Starting Point ran a story about a banker who left a 1% tip at a California restaurant, along with a note that said “Get a real job!”
Spoken like someone who has never been a server or bartender.
I've been in the service industry for many many years, and believe me, those who live off of tips and/or in the service industry are MUCH harsher on servers than those who have not. I DEMAND good service for a good tip. You give me crappy service you'll get a crappy tip... you give me horrendous tip and that 1% tip (which was fake) will look like a gold mine, and I'll make sure the manager knows, and people walking into the restaurant will know too! ROFL!
However, give me great service and my tip will be a lot more than just 20%.
If you're in the service industry and you think that tips are gauranteed, you're sadly mistaken. I think it's unfair that people get taxed on their tips of 15% even if they don't get it... but maybe you should be better at your job if you want to make sure you get that 15% tip!
Once again the rule proves true: If you hear or see something that makes a wealthy person look bad, especially in a "conservative" profession like banking, investigate it carefully before believing. It'll usually turn out to be another leftist lie.
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Video: The 1% tip hoax
posted at 9:50 am on February 28, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
The story was too good to be true. A wealthy banker runs up a three-figure bill, only tips 1% (!), and writes a note to the server to “get a real job” as a parting insult. CNN, Huffington Post, and other media outlets ran with the story of the arrogant banker and his miserly recompense to the help. There was only one thing wrong — it really was too good to be true.
The post set off a hailstorm of online comments that touched on the 1% vs. 99% class warfare embodied by the Occupy movement.
HuffPo later posted a statement from the restaurant that said that the photo had been “altered and exaggerated.” How exaggerated? Well, according to the local CBS affiliate — who actually asked the restaurant about the bill — the meal was just over $30 instead of $133, the tip was 20% and not 1%, and the customer didn’t write any note to the server on the bill. “Exaggerated” in this case serves as a synonym for “flat-out lie.”
Then again, without a lot of flat-out lies, where would the Occupy movement be?
So the reports were 'fake but accurate'.
Maybe Dan Rather is still reporting under a pseudonym.
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"1% tip" turns out to be complete hoax
