This Banker Left A 1% Tip And A Nasty Message For One Unfortunate Waitress

[Playinghardball]

See the photo his fed-up employee snapped of it



The employee says:

“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.”

[demosincebirth]

1. Where and whom. I'm sure someone could have gotten this info.

[onenote]

4. Where: From the photo is appears to have been True Food Kitchen in Newport Beacch, CA

http://www.truefoodkitchen.com/locations-menus/california/fashion-island.php

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Wow. And people wonder why some folks 'lose it' and start shooting.

It comes from a True Food Kitchen restaurant at that address. That would match with the www.foxrc.com. True Food Kitchens are a part of Fox Restaurant Concepts. The founder is a guy named Sam Fox. Don't know if that's the boss, but if it is, he doesn't have much business sense if he tells his employees to find a 'real job'.

[TlalocW]

3. Big mistake if he's a regular

I don't approve of it, but I've read enough "revenge" stories on sites like stainedapron.com that I always make sure to tip well just so there's less of a chance my food will be tampered with. This guy is going to a "loogie demi-glace" on his next order of pork chops.

TlalocW

[WI_DEM]

5. I wonder how many people were at the lunch?

that's a pretty big bill for one guy. But I guess if it's an expensive restaurant. Too bad there wasn't a mandatory gratuity for him.

If I were the staff of that restaurant and he was a regular and he left only a 1% tip with a snide comment, I certainly wouldn't waste too much time with him beyond getting his initial order.

[onenote]

8. Not a particularly expensive restaurant

Looks like the highest priced entree for lunch is around $19. Of course if there cocktails/wine ordered, it could push the bill up pretty quickly. Without booze, that tab looks to be around what you would expect for a group of four or five people. With booze, it could be two or three.

http://www.truefoodkitchen.com/locations-menus/california/fashion-island.php

[renate]

6. this seems to be going viral

I hope someone somewhere recognizes this guy's signature. Not that he is probably the type to experience shame....

[madrchsod]

7. i hope the banker does`t realize this....

if the wait staff where ever he eats knows who he is then i would`t want to eat off of his plate.

my wife chased down a big party that gave her a really bad tip. she caught up with them in the parking lot and told them that they needed this money more than she did.

[frylock]

9. a friend of mine was fired from the olive garden for doing the same

[dahop61]

10. It is Fake

Do you people really believe this? Oh, I have some swamp land for sale, a bridge and a toll road for sale. If you buy this then you would gladly buy what I have.
go to smoking gun for the truth.
You know that receipt with the 1% tip and the handwritten "get a real job" note? Well, in a case of too-funny-to-be-true, it's apparently a hoax.

According to TheSmokingGun, the restaurant where the bad tip was purported to have been left has since located the actual receipt. And rather than it showing a $1.33 tip on a $133.54 bill, it shows a $33.54 bill and a tip of more than $7.

So it should come as no surprise that the "get a real job" note was also apparently never written on the receipt.

In fact, a spokesperson for True Food Kitchen in Newport Beach told TSG that the eatery was able to locate the actual “merchant copy” of the February 16 credit card receipt and it reveals that the online version has been Photoshopped.

In response to e-mailed questions, spokesperson Jami Reagan reported that the original receipt does not contain the notation “Get A Real Job.” Nor does it have an arrow pointing to those words from the “Tip” line.

The amount on the actual receipt is $33.54, Reagan said, not $133.54 as seen on the altered receipt. And while the tip on the online receipt claims that the server was left $1.33 (or one percent of the bill), the actual tip was more than $7 on the $33.54 tab.