Banker Leaves 1% Tip On $133 Lunch Bill In Defiance of 'The 99%'

[maianarisa]

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. (Update: the blog is now offline.)

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

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Comments

[cpsings4him]

What a dickface douchenozzle.

[tilmon]

Considering that the server will be forced to pay income taxes on what should have been the tip, that banker has actually committed theft. If he routinely does this, he could be responsible for taking thousands of dollars from people over time. He ought to be tracked down and arrested.

[maianarisa]

Is this legally possible? Because if so, yes please.

[tilmon]

Sad but true. It's been a long time since I waited tables, but stiffing waitstaff in the US actually takes money out of their pockets. I'm not sure what the percentage is now, but there was a fixed amount that we were assumed to get in tips, and that we were taxed on. It's worse if you have a big party or otherwise time-consuming table to tend to, and that party doesn't tip or undertips, because you have no other tables to make up for it.

[maianarisa]

Is there a way you can prove that you're not making enough to the amount the government assumes you're making? Or is it a case of "tough shit, we don't care, we're still taxing you."?

[layweed]

They should've left his name so everyone can spit in his food in the future. Or just deny him service. Asshole.

[maianarisa]

Since the signature is there, I wouldn't be surprised once someone recognizes the signature, he/she will 'accidentally' leak the name out.

[carmy_w]

I'd be inclined to find some sort of tasteless laxative, myself; or shave some chocolate Ex-Lax onto his dessert.

[nesmith]

I doubt it's ever occurred to assholes like this that if every person in the service industry got "real" jobs (and just what the fuck does that mean anyway?) there would be no one to serve him food, sell him groceries or gas or anything, or clean his hotel rooms or office.

In a just and perfect world he'd lose all his money and end up having to get a job serving food to overentitled assholes just like him.

[nesmith]

I just don't understand the mentality and never will, and if being wealthy makes you more susceptible to acting like your shit don't stink, then I'll keep my semi-almost-sometimes-broke ass, thank you.

I tip well when I eat out, and always say please and thank you and never act as if I'm doing my server a favor just by gracing them with my presence. It's really pathetic that dickwads like this who think they're so smart never seem to realize that if they're gracious and generous they might actually receive really good service.

But then again, that would entail thinking about someone other than themselves and we just can't have that, can we?

[perthro]

Easy- illegal immigrants. In this country, they're not real people!