Obama declined the standing offer that only he and Bill Cosby eat for free, and paid for his meal, as well as DC Mayor Adrian Fenty's, eating a half-smoke... something that I am much too scared to try myself ("a pork and beef sausage on a steamed hot dog bun, topped with mustard, onions and chili sauce"). Arugula much?
GIVE THE MAN SOME CHEESE!
(Though depressingly neutral when it comes to Maryland-Georgetown basketball rivalry... wait, what rivalry? 75-48, in the Old Spice classic...)
Anyway, the best part comes in the comments from the above nytimes blog post:
So much for elementary school math. The tip was 85 cents, "robin #13"“The bill came to $19.15 with taxes, according to prices from Ben’s menu.”
“he paid for his and the mayor’s food with a $20 bill and told the cashier to keep the change.”
$0.75 tip???? If I were “the server, Jermaine Jefferson”, i would refuse to serve this patron should he return. This is what’s known in the trade as a cheap tipper.
A bog-standard 20% tip should have been $3.83.
So much for your personal commitment to helping working Americans Mr. President-Elect.
A number of commenters pointed to this issue... failing to note that this was the tip for the cashier at Ben's. There are no servers. Ben's is not a sit-down dinner. It's a take-away diner with seating.
Relax, DC-Haters. We've got bigger things to worry about.
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