Defamer
In his tireless quest to be regarded as the Greatest And Most Generous Tipper In The World, billionaire reality TV host Donald Trump bestowed a $10,000 gratuity upon a lucky server at Santa Monica's Buffalo Club on Monday night (for a bill of a mere $82—a markup our quick mental calculations put at 4 million percent), shattering the waiter's personal record once established by Hollywood's best-remunerated producer of blowing-shit-up fare. Derober.com has the receipt (click the photo for the larger version) from the transaction and the server's appreciative blow-by-blow of how The Donald came to make his year:
"What's the biggest tip you ever got?" "Jerry Bruckheimer comes in a lot. He tipped me $500 on a $1000 check once." Trump nodded his head.
"You're very good at your job." "Thanks." Trump and the other guy got up to leave, said thanks again and left. I went back to the table to grab the check but didn't have time to look at it until later. When I did, I couldn't believe what I saw. Honestly, at first I thought he had tipped me $1000. But when I looked a second (and twentieth) time, it was actually $10,000. I was speechless.
Somewhat disappointingly, the rest of the waiter's story lacks the payoff we'd been hoping for, as Trump left the restaurant without fanfare. Still, we can hold out hope that his legendary self-promoting instincts will get the better of him, and he'll return to the Buffalo Club in the next few days with an Entertainment Tonight camera crew in tow to reenact the special moment and instigate the kind of public feud he relishes, this time ending the scene with a phone call to Bruckheimer, inviting the "cheap bastard" to come down and "share some of the millions of dollars that gay pirate made you."
UPDATE: Trump says he's the victim of a hoax to make him look improbably generous.
Comments
For a guy whose "billionaire" status is mostly in his imagination, he's pretty loose with his money.
He ought to be more generous with charities. His foundation has ridiculously little money.
Did you see the server was "Billy D."? Oh, Lando, how far we have fallen.
Also, isn't it weird that the Trump and his friend each ordered the exact same thing?
Wow! Billy got that tip without even scrawling "Thanks!!!" and a happy face on the check. Wonder how much flair he was wearing.
Why is he giving that big of a tip to a dude?
Dear Donald Trump,
Where were you when I was waitressing?
If Trump would just go out for a meal every time he has the urge to put his foot in his mouth on the record over some inane celebrity gossip, every server in America could retire within a year.
Anyone who eats on Olympic Boulevard should expect to pay
I wonder if they pool their tips.
The Donald and Billy D should both be proud, but what kind of "Iced Tea" costs $5? I really hope they were bottomless and in a fancy glass.
The tip is more like 12,000%.
It's pretty impressive nonetheless, unless he had to blow him in which case there is not enough money in the world.
Donald Trump tipped a waiter $10,000. Derober has a copy of the receipt from The Buffalo Club in Santa Monica, CA where the Trump left a hefty tip on a $82 bill. Here's Billy (the waiter's) story: I finally brought them out the check.
I never figured Trump to cross his sevens. Fascinating. His handwriting is sort of childlike, no? Also, the way he loops his 8's indicates that he's a big, fat, nasal sexist debt-juggler with a dead thing stapled onto his head.
ps Five dollar iced teas. That's what's wrong with this world.
Crossing 7's is very European and totally classy. That's why Donald does it. He is very very classy.
Fuck Santa. I want Trump coming down my chimney this Christmas.
Some of my writer friends are jealous... They'd gladly keep "pencils down" for the chance to be Mr. Trump's personal waiter.
@blackheartededitor: He is such as asshole, he was probably with some woman and ordered for her (you know, the manly thing to do).
Sorry - but his signature looks like it reads "DicklikeaStump"
God help me, but as a former waiter, I suddenly feel a faint fondness towards The Donald. After two decades of relentless exposure with nary a blip.
I bet he's going to be guilt tripped now into watching "Celebrity Apprentice".
Speaking of which, who classified Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth as a celebrity? Oh wait...
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