Posted on 05/12/2019 3:57:24 PM PDT by Kenny Bania
When a retired New York woman left her $424,000 cashier’s check at a local pizzeria, she said she felt her “world just collapsed." That is, until an unlikely hero came to save the day: the very waiter she burned with no tip and a sassy note.
After looking at a condo she hoped to buy, Karen Vinacour, her daughter and a real estate broker went to the historic Patsy’s Pizzeria in Manhattan to grab a slice of their signature brick-oven pizza — the same pizza enjoyed by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Al Pacino and even Justin Bieber. Tucked in a white envelope was a cashier’s check with the money she received from selling her last apartment. Vinacour, 79, planned to use the funds to put a down payment on what she hoped would be her brand new home.
That day, Armando Markaj, a pre-med student working his way through school, was assigned to their table. As the group enjoyed their lunch on the busy Saturday afternoon, the mother-daughter pair pointed out to Markaj that, out of all the framed photos of the owners with affluent customers on the wall, there seemed to be very few women.
“Maybe women don’t eat a lot of pizza?” Vinacour recalled Markaj replying.
Vinacour and her daughter were not amused, or pleased, with Markaj’s response.
“Well, my daughter’s kind of feisty and she didn’t like that,” Vinacour told the New York Daily News. Instead of leaving behind a decent tip, the pair left a note that read, “I guess women don’t tip either.”
Unbeknownst to Vinacour, something else was left at the table as well: her half-million-dollar Citibank check.
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Can someone explain the rationale behind the 19th amendment to me again?
Tip for a slice?
The first ever real, “no tip with a nasty note” story..?
We shall see....
I hope this teaches the witch a little humility.
Typical new york loser LIB “women”. Beware...keep away from them. The guy should have taken the check and disappeared. The idiot LIB loser woman probably didn’t even give him a reward for being honest. Cheap bastar*.
I would have sat on the check for a couple days.
Like what was he going to do with it?
It's a good thing for Mrs. Vinacour that Mr. Markaj is a forgiving guy. Someday she may rolling into an operating room Where Dr. Markaj is waiting for her. :)
Probably something along the lines of “No amendment, no nookie. Your choice!” ;)
Stupidity. What an awful woman. And the is her inner core.
FWIW, in my experiences, Patsy’s Pizza is underwhelming.
Why not for three months until it was null and void, then return it?
“Probably something along the lines of “No amendment, no nookie.”
I’m beginning to believe that would almost be worth the trade-off.
I don’t think it taught her anything. Reading the article carefully I can find no mention of her rewarding him for saving her ass. This comes closest ...
Although Brija admits he was hoping the check belonged to a billionaire that would reward him...
That reads to me like he got nothing. Hope I’m wrong.
Me too.
Maybe she’d learn a little humility.
Or better yet, tear it into shreds and then return it.............
I’m always good about tipping when it’s rated.
Today’s waiter or waitresses, tomorrow’s cop, manager, doctor, or person who stops to help on the side of the road.
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