Clinton: Stiffed the waitress? Big tip found

Baltimore Sun ^ | November 8, 2007 | Glenn Thrush,

[Perdogg]

It was found by the staff in the west wing of the white house.

[Safetgiver]

Or the Clinton camp is lying,..Harrumpph!

[Syncro]

I really do not know what to believe, I hope associates of this restaurant do meet an unexpected death or be involved in an accident resulting in death.

I'm thinking you meant to say "don't" instead of "do"...unless your are Mrs. Clinton.

[Safetgiver]

No, ay efore.

[afnamvet]

Since this story aired, Hillary Clinton's campaign contacted NPR to say that the campaign paid Maid-Rite a bill for $100 for food for the day of Clinton's visit and left $57 in tip money. NPR contacted Maid-Rite manager Brad Crawford, who confirmed that a bill was paid and tip money was left.

Maid-Rite manager Brad Crawford will get a visit from Chef Gordon Ramsay for a kitchen/restaurant makeover says unnamed sources.

[SkyDancer]

Ummm, why then don’t you tip the cashier at the local AM-PM ... they provided you a service right - why don’t you tip anyone and everyone who provides you a service regardless .... why only wait-staff or your hairdresser or your pet groomer???? Tip the flight crew who brought you safely to the airport .... So again it appears that if you don’t want your $10 beer other people have to pay for it, is that it??? So what you’re saying is that we have no more choice in America??? Hmmmm ...
BTW - I am an American ... war veteran’s in my family going back to the Revolutionary War - last one is my brother who is now in Iraq .... I worked and paid for my education myself .....

[BerryDingle]

Who in their right mind would expect a tip from Hillary, don’t they understand who she is? If not, they’ll be re-educated.

I’m also surprised anyone would accept money from Hillary. Those Chinese dishwashers worked hard for that money.

[Gorzaloon]

My folks don’t tip - if the server needs more money they should go to their boss not expect the public to pay their wages ... do you tip if some salesperson helps you find a shirt or something? Why only at restaurants and several other businesses ....???

Because people who intend to return to places are more sensitive to waitresses spitting in their food, than they are on their clothes.

The tipping mechanism exists to reward good service and attitude by people who are not paid very much, and who rely on tip income..it is because, unlike buying a shirt, dining is supposed to be pleasurable, and the waiter delivers a pleasant experience in order to be better paid.

People who will not tip are quite rare-And probably do not get out much-or shouldn't. It is "Mean" in the original sense of the word.

[lewislynn]

I paid my way through flight school without handouts!!!!!

Oh the horror, poor you...

[Syncro]

Skydancer's comment:

My folks don’t tip - if the server needs more money they should go to their boss not expect the public to pay their wages. He also mentioned the tradition of tipping started around the time of the civil war.

Thus, his/her folks lived before the civil war.

Be nice to old people...LOL

Oh, Skydancer btw it is an accepted practice (I don't think it is fair) to pay wait staff way under the minimum wage because their tips bring them over it. The IRS requires that people employed as wait staff claim 8% of their wages for tips.

[altura]

When you kinda ask to be slammed, sometimes it happened.

We never used to tip down here; of course we didn’t eat out that much either. It was considered a yankee thing to tip.

[Maceman]

Turns out the tip was mixed in with the Rose Law Firm billing records, and they only just found it.

[Thumper1960]

Clinton: Stiffed the waitress? Big tip found

That's not what Paula Jones said she saw.

[ml/nj]

Ummm, why then don’t you tip the cashier at the local AM-PM ... they provided you a service right - why don’t you tip anyone and everyone who provides you a service regardless .... why only wait-staff or your hairdresser or your pet groomer????

Sounds like you know the rules, so you know the answer to your question. You just don't care for the rules, do you?

BTW, I don't have a pet groomer, and the guy who cuts my hair is a barber. Next month he'll get a "Christmas bonus," as will a couple of the girls who bring me my Murphy's Amber when I'm thirsty, and I'm not even a Christian.

ML/NJ

[bvw]

Go back to work as a waitress and learn.

[LibLieSlayer]

” Can I get me a huntin’ license ‘round here”. This is just as relevant... it draws a contrast between her media image and her very real self.

LLS

[Balata]

“Look idiot - I paid my way through flight school without handouts!!!!! If I had to live on tips I’d find another job .... and I was born with a brass spoon thingie .....”

Schees...Emotional outbreaks along with name calling is not welcome on the flight deck, in real life or on this forum. You have a lot to learn about all three.

As a Vietnam Veteran with 4200 hrs of flight time, if I were giving you a check ride you would flunk before we got off the ground.

[ishabibble]

Bingo! Another embarrassingly bad Clinton lie. And then she turns around and uses the stiffed waitress’ life story in her speech. Talk about nerve!

[Captain Rhino]

And the first stories on Drudge had it:

1) The Clinton party ate on the house and left no tip, and

2) The bill was $157.00 and a tip of $100.00 was left.

[Lexinom]

I remember back in the mid-90’s Rush talking about Hillary talking about treating even clean-up people (janitors, etc.) like human beings, as though it were even an issue. Hillary even bringing it up said quite a bit about how she sees herself and how she sees others...