tommy
10-09-2009, 04:53 PM
So here's a story I just read about the other day (not sure when it actually happened, but I think it was recently) about Jane Adams, female lead of the new HBO series "Hung" and former cast member of Frasier and a couple of other popular shows:
She goes into this swanky restaurant in Beverly Hills named Barney Greengrass, for lunch. Orders a bowl of soup and something to drink. She finishes, and the bill comes. It's for $13.44.
She tells the waiter, "Oh my God, I forgot my wallet in my car." Waiter tells her that of course she can go down and get her wallet. No problem. She proceeds to get in her car, start the engine, and drive away.
The restaurant gets hold of "her people" who come over and pay the bill. One problem: no tip. Waiter gets stiffed.
The waiter proceeds to start "tweeting" about both the initial incident and the subsequent lack of tip. This is not uncommon for him, as he tweets semi-regularly about other celebrities who come into the restaurant, without it being an issue.
About a month later, Adams shows up unannounced in the restaurant, takes 3bucks out, slaps them down on a table and walks out. The waiter says something like "you didn't have to do that." Adams says something back like, "well, now that you've been tweeting about it . . .!"
The restaurant subsequently fires the waiter. Fires him!
This story is ripe with ethical, legal, and perhaps most importantly, comic possibilities. Anyone wish to take a shot?
She goes into this swanky restaurant in Beverly Hills named Barney Greengrass, for lunch. Orders a bowl of soup and something to drink. She finishes, and the bill comes. It's for $13.44.
She tells the waiter, "Oh my God, I forgot my wallet in my car." Waiter tells her that of course she can go down and get her wallet. No problem. She proceeds to get in her car, start the engine, and drive away.
The restaurant gets hold of "her people" who come over and pay the bill. One problem: no tip. Waiter gets stiffed.
The waiter proceeds to start "tweeting" about both the initial incident and the subsequent lack of tip. This is not uncommon for him, as he tweets semi-regularly about other celebrities who come into the restaurant, without it being an issue.
About a month later, Adams shows up unannounced in the restaurant, takes 3bucks out, slaps them down on a table and walks out. The waiter says something like "you didn't have to do that." Adams says something back like, "well, now that you've been tweeting about it . . .!"
The restaurant subsequently fires the waiter. Fires him!
This story is ripe with ethical, legal, and perhaps most importantly, comic possibilities. Anyone wish to take a shot?