1% tip on meal... or dishonest 99%er

[jimnyc]

MANY in the blogosphere ran yesterday with a story of a guy who left a 1% tip on a meal of $133, and also leaving a note on the receipt telling the waitress to "get a real job". Here is one of those stories:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending...164624882.html

And do a search on "1% tip", read some of the stories, and then read the comments. Then read this:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/...op-hoax-869032

[CSM]

MANY in the blogosphere ran yesterday with a story of a guy who left a 1% tip on a meal of $133, and also leaving a note on the receipt telling the waitress to "get a real job". Here is one of those stories:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending...164624882.html

And do a search on "1% tip", read some of the stories, and then read the comments. Then read this:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/...op-hoax-869032

I am sure someone with an agenda started the whole thing. Integrity is a scarce character trait in some circles.

[Noir]

The problem being that ammeter photo manipulation is so good, and so accessible, that seeing is not believing anymore... but how can anyone account for that?

[jimnyc]

The problem being that ammeter photo manipulation is so good, and so accessible, that seeing is not believing anymore... but how can anyone account for that?

Due diligence was done, from an amateur website that posted this picture, and it revealed this to be a fake. The time for "reputable" mainstream media to do that due diligence is BEFORE they broadcast their news stories to millions.

[CSM]

The problem being that ammeter photo manipulation is so good, and so accessible, that seeing is not believing anymore... but how can anyone account for that?

True enough. Fortunately, in this case, the restaurant had the original. Of course, the interwebs is different .... everything on the interwebs is TRUE!!!!

[Jess]

True enough. Fortunately, in this case, the restaurant had the original. Of course, the interwebs is different .... everything on the interwebs is TRUE!!!!

Absolutely!

People on the internet NEVER lie to you. Why would they? Nobody has an agenda.

[DragonStryk72]

MANY in the blogosphere ran yesterday with a story of a guy who left a 1% tip on a meal of $133, and also leaving a note on the receipt telling the waitress to "get a real job". Here is one of those stories:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending...164624882.html

And do a search on "1% tip", read some of the stories, and then read the comments. Then read this:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/...op-hoax-869032

I actually read this one already, so I knew it was fishy. Having worked in restaurants, I know about tipping, and here's the thing: Rich people tip more. Yeah, seriously, they do, that's why waitresses want tables with better dressed people, because that points to more ample wallets.

I'm actually on there commenting about it, and I'm honestly amazed at how many people are like "Well it doesn't matter if it was a lie, it happens ALL THE TIME". It doesn't, it just doesn't. Yes, on the internet, which is Anonymous, you get people who act like douchebags to that degree, but generally not in actual public.

The bigger problem is that every story like this diminishes the legitimate arguments on that side of the fence, because if you've lied once, you'll lie again. It's like when Al Gore inflated the findings for his Inconvenient Truth, people just stopped listening, and not only, but they start doubting even the original unbiased data.