Banker Reportedly Leaves 1% Tip In Defiance of 'The 99%'

[VenusRising]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/banker-1-percent-tip-receipt_n_1299280.html?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl1|sec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D138350

A banker left a 1% tip in defiance of 'the 99%' at a Newport Beach restaurant the other week, according to his dining companion and underling who snapped a photo of the receipt and posted it to his blog, Future Ex Banker.

A call to the restaurant stiffed with the 1% tip, True Food Kitchen, was referred to their corporate office, but has not yet been returned.

In posting the photo, the employee gave some background on his boss and the receipt:

Mention the “99%” in my boss’ presence and feel his wrath. So proudly does he wear his 1% badge of honor that he tips exactly 1% every time he feels the server doesn’t sufficiently bow down to his Holiness. Oh, and he always makes sure to include a “tip” of his own.

The "tip" of his own in this case was to tell the server to "get a real job." Pleasant.




What an asshole.

[warrior1]

1. I hope his name is spilled soon

then he can be banned from other restaurants.

[VenusRising]

3. I feel so bad for the server.

That would have ruined my day.

[socialist_n_TN]

11. Yep. I want his name...........

And it should be posted in every resturant in the country. The 1% Tipper. It's unfortunate that the servers and cooks wouldn't know it BEFORE they "served" him his food. They might want to leave him a little "gift".

I'd call him a pig, but I don't want to insult swine.

[bluestate10]

16. I want the name of the bank that made that asshole a top executive. nt

[socialist_n_TN]

26. Good point. That would also be nice to know.........

nm

[nashville_brook]

30. eggsactly -- this reflects horribly on the entire banking profession

and i hope it's recognized as such from inside their marbled offices.

[nanabugg]

2. This wasn't in defiance of anything. I bet the schmuck does this routinely. nt

[ellie]

4. Jesus, what a jerk.

[Bozita]

5. Simply jawfuckingdropping!

[Curmudgeoness]

6. Yeah, buddy, shit on the underlings.

Nice way to make yourself feel big.

Fucking pig.

[yardwork]

7. Didn't even round up. What an asshole.

[TroglodyteScholar]

57. I noticed that, too.

A lot of "thought" went into this disgusting insult.

What a loser.

[Justice wanted]

8. Excuse me BUT Mr. Banker YOU NEED TO GET A REAL JOB! Not the poor Person who

probably works 9 hours a day or more at that job and wouldn't beable to eat the meal you had in his/her life time NOT to mention that person knows the meaning of a dollar unlike you who don't understand the concept of the dollar BECAUSE if you did you wouldn't have crashed our economy!

[lumberjack_jeff]

9. It's tragic that the waitress blacked out the credit card number. n/t

[Bonobo]

10. Poor Breanna

She probably earned a total of $3.00 for her hour watching these jerks water glasses, watching for them to call her for more bread, smiling, serving, cleaning up and getting them whatever they wanted.

Fucking jerks filled with hate and contempt.

[Luminous Animal]

18. Fortunately, in California, minimum wage applies to wait staff...

So, that is $8.00 an hour.

[Bonobo]

22. Good for FLA on that score. nt

[11 Bravo]

12. The prick didn't even round up. The tip should have been $1.34.

Seriously, what an asshole.

[Ruby the Liberal]

13. Nice job, Huffington Perez.

This was posted here earlier without reference to the person's blog. http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002347601

So HuffPost picks up the story, links the (now deleted/offline) blog and adds in additional personal details that just may cost this individual their job. In this economy.

Way to go, if the goal is the pursuit of tabloid journalism - anything for a buck and all that. Person tries to expose crude behavior and HuffPost wants to out them to the world and potentially, their asshole boss.

[Luminous Animal]

14. Unfortunately, the blog Future Ex Banker is now defunct.

http://futureexbanker.wordpress.com/

I hope Future Ex Banker isn't going to lose a job.

[mopinko]

36. i gotta think he is gone.

not hard to figure out who it was if you were the asshole.

[lumberjack_jeff]

15. "futureexbanker.wordpress.com is no longer available"

Hopefully someone got some screenshots first.

[Ruby the Liberal]

17. Why?

You into outing people for calling out asinine behavior?

[silverweb]

19. The blog is gone.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I went to the "future ex-banker's" blog and it's gone. No big mystery why. A brave man! I hope he finds a decent new job soon and his boss (ex boss?) reaps all the scorn he deserves.

[Sancho]

20. what an ***hole....

Breanna and all the other people who work need to realize the attitude and values of these idiots...I feel sorry for this server, and I'm going to give as big a tip as I can afford the next time I get a chance.

[RKP5637]

21. Often assholes rise to the top, shit floats, but what goes around often comes around. n/t

[Snotcicles]

23. Sorry, dupe. Delete. nt

[tridim]

25. The 1% rounds down and trickles up.

[golfguru]

24. I am solidly in the 20% group

and restaurant server IS a real job and a hard job. I have done it during my college
days, and my feet hurt after every shift.

I seldom leave less than 20% tip, except buffet's where I have to get my own food
then I leave 10%.

[BuelahWitch]

27. He needs a good helping of Minnie's Chocolate Pie

and a Beatle Special to wash it down...

[Raine]

28. As I just posted on another thread ... I would recommend never eating there again

servers who get stiffed on a tip they worked hard for and deserve will remember and have ways of getting even.

[tsuki]

29. Well, every banker that eats out in Newport

Beach better be careful. The wait staff get angry with you, they will report you as the Newport banker to the kitchen and the bar. Not pleasant.

[demmiblue]

31. Mean, cruel and selfish.

What a jerk.

[Lucky Luciano]

32. This is so ridiculous.

I know lots of bankers. They usually tip 25-30% when using expense accounts like this one surely is.

[marie10022]

52. I agree

I am firmly with the 99% and am very very liberal, but I have to say that this story seems fishy and the receipt seems like a photoshop from the tip and notes, to the blacked out portions. As Lucky said, above, most/all bankers expense all their meals, so this banker was likely just saving the company's money, which isn't really a good motive for pissing off a server. If the service was that bad, wouldn't the written advice be about that and not for them to get a better job? Just seems too over the top, a one percent tip from a one percenter? I would like to believe it, but I am skeptical. I think the blogger's motives were noble, even if it was made up, but still I am having a hard time with this one.

[raouldukelives]

33. What an ahole. He probably used the socialist wi-fi too.

Still, better than no tip which I've gotten before. Once I noticed a customer had left her purse so I ran down two flights of stairs to the parking lot, found them and returned it. She was very grateful! When I got back and cleared the table they had left me zip.

My all time favorite was the older gentleman who started his dining experience by stacking some bills on the edge of the table and informing me that every time he felt something wasn't to his liking he would remove a bill. I took the drink order and placed it with the always busy bartender and brought them the drinks as soon as they were ready. Sure enough, he removed a bill right in front of me. Needles to say the rest of his meal was easily one of the most flagrantly horrible I ever served. I made sure I earned that zero.

[mistertrickster]

34. Next time, his iced tea should be 1 % urine. nt

[pinboy3niner]

35. "We cook your meals, we haul your trash, we connect your calls...

...we drive your ambulances, we guard you while you sleep. Do not fuck with us."

[Iggo]

50. Words to live by.

[MineralMan]

37. On this one, I'm going to wait for confirmation.

Blog's not available. Let's see if the restaurant chain can confirm this. It could be true, but may not be. If it's true, there should be some confirmation coming pretty quickly. The restaurant could certainly find this receipt.

[Lucky Luciano]

38. It is a bit suspicious. Like a caricature of a Scrooge that exists in people's minds,

But not reality.

[MineralMan]

40. I'm not saying it isn't true. It could well be.

However, I think there's a fair chance that it isn't true. For example, if the guy got fired, why would he take down his blog? He's not going to get a recommendation, anyhow, and may not be able to find a similar job, if the asshole wants to be an asshole.

Second, it wouldn't be difficult to fake a merchant copy like this one, then cancel the charge. Easy peasy.

Third, a banker on an expense account for lunch probably wouldn't do this anyhow...there would be no point, and he'd probably want to return to this restaurant, if it's near work. Looks like a very nice lunch spot to me.

I'm not willing to accept stuff like this without some kind of confirmation. If Breanna says it's true, or the restaurant manager confirms it, OK. If not and the story goes no further, then I'm going to log it as "who knows?"

[Lucky Luciano]

42. Yes, exactly. nt

[pintobean]

51. It's like when

Scott Walker got booed at a restaurant he claimed to never have been to. No real evidence put him there in an age when almost everyone has a camera on them. Just one person's claim on a blog that the story disappeared from.
Times are tough. Gimmicks like this are free advertising.
This one could be true, but I'm very skeptical.

[2ndAmForComputers]

53. No. It does exist in reality. I've met a few, both personally and online.

It's not propaganda. Some rich fucks do hate the poor.

[Lucky Luciano]

56. Some rich do hate the poor,

but this would not be how they would express it. Who shits where they eat?

[girl gone mad]

48. Of course you will. It didn't come from Murdoch's Post.

[MineralMan]

49. I'm sorry, but I don't understand.

The story is uncorroborated, and the place where the image was posted is no longer online. So, I'm using appropriate caution about it, your snarky comment notwithstanding.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

39. What a cock. nt

[WillyT]

41. K & R !!!

[Rex]

43. Just goes to show you money cannot buy class.

What an A-hole.

[Lizzie Poppet]

44. If he really does do this regularly...

If this assclown really does do this kind of thing on a regular basis, I have no doubt that the staff at the places he frequents know it...and that his food is regularly "1%" spittle, urine, snot, etc. Small comfort, I suppose...but it's something.

[SOS]

45. The waitress should mail $1.33 back to him

With a note:

"Please mail this dollar to the US Treasury to help pay back
your taxpayer-funded TARP welfare"

[Downtown Hound]

46. So, this is the "job creation" class huh?

This is the class that if the mean old government and libruls just left alone and got out of thier way, everything would be just great! This is the class that would be so motivated by self interest that they will always do the right thing and ultimately, take care of everyone.

Gee, I find myself unconvinced of their altruism and sense of responsibility. Why would that be?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

47. Get a real job?

If everyone in this country got a "real job" according to this jerk, who would take out his trash, serve his food, clean his toilet, pick up his clothes, etc? What a douche. And you don't treat working people like that. It's like that scene in Last Holiday where Queen Latifah goes off on her boss's secretary for being so horrible to her masseuse. Someone needs to call this jerk out on his bull crap. If I were anyone on this guy's staff, I'd make his name public, run it through the mud, then quit in the middle of something so he'd have to clean up everything on his own, and make sure no one ever served him again. Not one domestic service would cater to that idiot if I had my way.
You don't treat all people this way no matter who they are or what service they are performing for you. Sometimes I order crazy at a restaurant because I have crazy stomach issues, but I always tip 20% when I'm that specific. This guy is a jerk and needs to be punched in the face.

[backscatter712]

54. I hope he likes the flavor of spit in his food...

That's what he deserves.

Actually, he deserves a lot worse, but specifying exactly what would violate DU TOS clauses banning the advocacy of violence...

[itsrobert]

58. Looks like someone is putting us on

I bet this is phony.

[Raine]

59. You're correct, it was a scam. The thing was photoshopped

I'm in Los Angeles and it was on my local news. The restuarant looked and looked thru their records and found a bill for 33 dollars plus cents that had been used to fake the whole thing.