Little-Acorn
03-01-2012, 07:47 PM
Once again the rule proves true: If you hear or see something that makes a wealthy person look bad, especially in a "conservative" profession like banking, investigate it carefully before believing. It'll usually turn out to be another leftist lie.
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Video: The 1% tip hoax
posted at 9:50 am on February 28, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
The story was too good to be true. A wealthy banker runs up a three-figure bill, only tips 1% (!), and writes a note to the server to “get a real job” as a parting insult. CNN, Huffington Post, and other media outlets ran with the story of the arrogant banker and his miserly recompense to the help. There was only one thing wrong — it really was too good to be true.
The post set off a hailstorm of online comments that touched on the 1% vs. 99% class warfare embodied by the Occupy movement.
HuffPo later posted a statement from the restaurant that said that the photo had been “altered and exaggerated.” How exaggerated? Well, according to the local CBS affiliate — who actually asked the restaurant about the bill — the meal was just over $30 instead of $133, the tip was 20% and not 1%, and the customer didn’t write any note to the server on the bill. “Exaggerated” in this case serves as a synonym for “flat-out lie.”
Then again, without a lot of flat-out lies, where would the Occupy movement be?
See video at: http://hotair.com/archives/2012/02/28/video-the-1-tip-hoax/
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Video: The 1% tip hoax
posted at 9:50 am on February 28, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
The story was too good to be true. A wealthy banker runs up a three-figure bill, only tips 1% (!), and writes a note to the server to “get a real job” as a parting insult. CNN, Huffington Post, and other media outlets ran with the story of the arrogant banker and his miserly recompense to the help. There was only one thing wrong — it really was too good to be true.
The post set off a hailstorm of online comments that touched on the 1% vs. 99% class warfare embodied by the Occupy movement.
HuffPo later posted a statement from the restaurant that said that the photo had been “altered and exaggerated.” How exaggerated? Well, according to the local CBS affiliate — who actually asked the restaurant about the bill — the meal was just over $30 instead of $133, the tip was 20% and not 1%, and the customer didn’t write any note to the server on the bill. “Exaggerated” in this case serves as a synonym for “flat-out lie.”
Then again, without a lot of flat-out lies, where would the Occupy movement be?
See video at: http://hotair.com/archives/2012/02/28/video-the-1-tip-hoax/