Sorry, The Restaurant Receipt Left By That Nasty, Rich Banker Is A Photoshop Hoax

The Smoking Gun ^ | February 27, 2012 | Buster

[Tex-Con-Man]

The restaurant receipt that a California banker purportedly used to denigrate a waitress--while also leaving her a one percent tip--was wildly “altered and exaggerated,” according to a spokesperson for the Newport Beach restaurant where the businessman supposedly dined earlier this month.

A photo of the receipt has gone viral in the past few days, fueled by a back story claiming that the measly tip was the imperious financier’s way of provoking a member of the lowly “99%” who was not sufficiently solicitous. The claim about the tip--and a photo of the receipt--first appeared last week on a blog that is now offline (along with a related Twitter account).

In fact, a spokesperson for True Food Kitchen in Newport Beach told TSG that the eatery was able to locate the actual “merchant copy” of the February 16 credit card receipt and it reveals that the online version has been Photoshopped.

In response to e-mailed questions, spokesperson Jami Reagan reported that the original receipt does not contain the notation “Get A Real Job.” Nor does it have an arrow pointing to those words from the “Tip” line.

The amount on the actual receipt is $33.54, Reagan said, not $133.54 as seen on the altered receipt. And while the tip on the online receipt claims that the server was left $1.33 (or one percent of the bill), the actual tip was $7 on the $33.54 tab.

The “Future Ex Banker” blog, now AWOL, claimed to be authored by someone who worked in “the corporate office of a major bank for a boss who represents everything wrong with the financial industry: blatant disregard and outright contempt for everyone and everything he deems beneath him. On top of that, he’s a complete and utter tool.”

Gilding the lily, the anonymous blogger also noted, “Mention the ‘99%’ in my boss’ presence and feel his wrath. So proudly does he wear his 1% badge of honor that he tips exactly 1% every time he feels the server doesn’t sufficiently bow down to his Holiness. Oh, and he always makes sure to include a ‘tip’ of his own.”

[Tex-Con-Man]

The real receipt...

[Tex-Con-Man]

[madison10]

So...is the photoshopper going to be punished for defamation of character?

[max americana]

This was one of the top stories by Yahoo and it was obviously written by an OWS lib author who injected class warfare in the original story. When you start off with “rich wealthy banker..” you know it’s going to be biased..

[justlurking]

But, I was so outraged!

I'm a 99%'er, and he was obviously a 1%'er. So, it had to be true!

Actually, that's a pretty good tip -- about what I usually leave for good service. I don't bother to calculate 15% -- I just double the amount and move the decimal point to the left by one digit.

I also round to an even dollar -- it makes it much to compute the total.....

[Outlaw Woman]

Not only that have you all heard the ‘news’ about the findings by “scientists” that are saying that “Rich” people are meaner, nastier etc. It ran on ABC radio news today and was printed in the UK DM and another site I forget.

Sounds like a concerted effort to stir the pot.

[martin_fierro]

[Verginius Rufus]

I had just figured that the “banker” part was a hoax, and the actual customer who ate there was John Kerry.

[TigerClaws]

Another ABC story said oil companies (greedy ones) were to blame for gas prices.

Zero responsibility for Zero.

Remember the Bush nightly economic disaster reports four years ago?

[submarinerswife]

But the turd who posted it has a blog “exposing” his a-hole big banker boss on the net. Is that too a hoax or can this be traced back to him (the blogger)?

[2ndDivisionVet]

[sarasmom]

Proof yet again that the Occupy movement was started by a Canadian “progressive”...

The inability to grasp the concept of a nominal tip, versus the reciprocal insulting tip proffered by unhappy customers.

God forbid they catch on to the usual practice of leaving cash tips, and slashing through the tip line on CC receipts for truly exceptional service.

[Outlaw Woman]

It’s criminal. The journalists in the country, with the exception of a very few, should be charged with treason imho.

Yes...I remember

[justlurking]

You do realize this was a hoax, too?

http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/item_AXXCKlN1Ae6R2ogohVFKRN

http://blog.pumapac.org/2008/10/21/i-regret-the-error/

http://www.factcheck.org/2008/10/michelle-obamas-room-service/

[Tex-Con-Man]

Discussed in the article.

[2ndDivisionVet]

If the Post and PUMAPac say so. But factcheck is run and funded by the same people who funded Bill Ayers and Barack Obama, so they have no credibility, at all.

[kcvl]

futureexbanker.wordpress.com is no longer available.

The authors have deleted this blog.

[Erasmus]

Hmm. He starts the waitress' cheezy ballpoint with a squiggle at the top of the check, and writes his '7s' with a hashmark.

Just like me.

Although he tips more.

≤}B^)

[count-your-change]

Other than that the story is true?

[justlurking]

If the Post and PUMAPac say so. But factcheck is run and funded by the same people who funded Bill Ayers and Barack Obama, so they have no credibility, at all.

Ironic, since it was FactCheck that provided the links to the Post articles (both the original and the retraction), as well as the apology from PUMAPac.