Posted on 01/09/2011 9:14:02 PM PST by Moseley
One of the more amusing examples of Left wing's hysteria over Christine O'Donnell is her January 28, 2009, meeting with a potential donor at Lone Star Steakhouse at 307 Rocky Run Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware, where the bill totalled $22.16. For some reason, this one trivial expense has tongues flapping.
For liberal elitist expense accounts from New York City and Inside-the-Beltway, $22.16 is not enough for two people to eat. Therefore -- they wildly speculate without foundation -- O'Donnell had to be eating alone, not meeting with a potential donor as a "fund-raising expense." (Of course, not everyone present at a meeting necessarily would eat and some might choose to pay themselves.)
But in "fly over country" that liberals disdain, reality is quite different. The lunch special at Lone Star Steak House served from 11 AM to 4 PM daily runs from $6.99 to $9.99 -- including soft drink. The cost of salads, burgers, and sandwiches are comparable. See: http://www.DelawareNewsCenter.com/LoneStarSteakhouse.pdf
Therefore, two people at $9.99 plus tax and tip would come to just about $22.16.
O'Donnell declared privately in the first week of January 2009 that she was a candidate for the 2010 election for US Senate from Delaware, in permenantly recorded emails and in meetings with donors. Her meetings with potential donors starting on January 26, 2009, were and are legitimate -- and indeed frugal -- campaign expenses. Only in the snob world of liberal elites does wild speculation assume that $22.16 can't cover a meeting with a potential high-dollar donor.
That’s just nuts, but it is the left after all.
Tax, maybe, but not a tip. On a $20 check, a tip for decent service would be $3.00, and for great service, at least $4.00.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
I’m sure Republicans not tipping well has added to the vitriol of this nation and caused yesterday’s shooting.
As has been proved so many times: "Liberalism is a mental disease".
QED
That said, elite republicans suffer from that same illness.
maybe one of them had the $6.99 lunch?
When I use my card to pay the tab, I often leave the tip in cash.
I eat at restaurants frequently, and only rarely does the amount of my tip (usually 15%) appear on the bill that my waiter/waitress presents at the conclusion of my meal. So why is it assumed that O’Donnell’s bill of some $22 and change included her tip?
I do also. Just got back from a casino. Paid my expenses on my debit card. Gambling and tips were cash.
There is no tax in delaware.
22 bucks? Pffft. That wouldn’t cover Nanzi Pelosi’s ice bill on the aft cocktail bar on her 767.
Incidentally, does Nanzi have to go thru the pornotron scanners at airports now?
If all the specials cost x.99 it’s odd the bill would end in .16 since there’s no tax in de.
-Either she used a 15-20% tip calculator and made it exact
-She ends all restaurant bills in .16
-maybe they are right.
how does “delaware” new center log not know that there’s NO tax in DE. Pretty shitty blog delawarenewscenter.com is
Excatly....$6.99+$9.99=$16.98. Assuming approximately 8.5% tax you have $18.43. With a 15% tip you have $21.19.
Ummm...looks pretty close to $21.16 to me...sheesh.
Libs are crazy...
It's easier to keep track of all expenses that way.
And even then...people do share/split meals. This is insane.
If we’ve learned anything from this, it’s that you’re obviously a very poor tipper. :)
With everything on the menu ending in .99 and .49 it is possible, but I can’t make it work. I can get it to 21.96 but not 22.16, using their menu. I am sure some prices have changed though.
http://www.lonestarsteakhouse.com/uploaded/dinnermenu/GEN%20LSS%20To-Go%20Remodel%20DE%20%282%29.pdf
I would never eat at a place that automatically charges me for tips. I assume these people get paid, I am far too poor to be doing that. They should be tipping me.
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