What is the height of arrogance, the epitome of a lack of empathy for those less fortunate, the perfect product of someone who enjoys rubbing his own fortune in the face of someone less fortunate? It’s this:
An arrogant banker has done all in his power to enforce his position as the ‘one per cent,’ all the while reminding everyone else they’re not.
After dining on a meal at a boutique Newport Beach, California restaurant, the banker left only $1.33 on a $133.54 tab.
Adding insult to injury, he gave the server, Breanna, another tip: ‘Get a real job.’
Doesn’t this just make you wish this guy be outsted by his bank and that all of his stocks would lose their value?
The banker’s belligerent behaviour at True Food Kitchen was documented by his dining companion, who posted a photo of the receipt to Twitter, alerting Eater’s Receiprocity blog.
The post – and corresponding blog – was later deleted.
FutureExBanker, wrote in a now-deleted post: ‘I work in the corporate office of a major bank for a boss who represents everything wrong with the financial industry.’
The blogger said that his boss will tip exactly one per cent of the bill ‘every time he feels the server doesn’t sufficiently bow down to his Holiness.
The disgruntled employee continued: ‘(My boss) has blatant disregard and outright contempt for everyone and everything he deems beneath him.
‘On top of that,’ the banker wrote,’ he’s a complete and utter tool.’
The Daily Mail has (go to the link) has a photo of the bill with the truly contemptible note.
Make no mistake about it: there are times when a waiter or waitress may not deserve a tip. If a tip is indeed voluntary than voluntary means someone can decide not to leave one. And I do know of people who left one percent or a penny which, again, is going out your way to hurt someone.
But the note “Get a real job” is the killer here.
The banker should get a real soul and a heart.
But there is a happy ending…of sorts. Almost: an official of the restaurant reportedly said they’d try to make it up “somehow” to the waitress. Actually no: that’s something the banker should do given his aggressive and insulting note.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.