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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorge W. Bush ripped on social media by waitress in tasteless 9/11 joke after he left generous tip
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/george-w-bush-ripped-twitter-waitress-gave-40-tip-article-1.2580057Former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura were satisfied with their service at a restaurant last week so much so the they took a photo with the waitress and left her a hearty $40 tip on the measly $21.47 bill.
But for some reason, their server, Leisa Smith, decided to pay them back by sharing the snap with a tasteless 9/11 caption directed at Bush on her Twitter page.
Bush did 911 but he did me a solid and left me a hella tip # Smith wrote in the now deleted tweet containing a photo of her, George W. and Laura at the restaurant, the location of which is unknown.
She was more tame on the Facebook post about the encounter, commenting as a liberal I enjoyed the experience itself more than the political aspect.
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George W. Bush ripped on social media by waitress in tasteless 9/11 joke after he left generous tip (Original Post)
steve2470
Apr 2016
OP
very difficult to make oneself the less sympathetic character in an interaction
geek tragedy
Apr 2016
#2
Yep... people have been fired for a lot less on both sides of the political spectrum.
Heeeeers Johnny
Apr 2016
#12
HubertHeaver
(2,522 posts)1. Just another way of saying
"Hey, he's not ALL bad."
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)2. very difficult to make oneself the less sympathetic character in an interaction
with W, but she managed it.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)3. Yeah.
Nt
Poor taste.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)6. Yup. nt
trumad
(41,692 posts)4. She was tame in her comments.
Fuck the war criminal.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)7. As much as I hate *, she needs to keep politics out of the work place...
She comes off as a clueless hack trying to take advantage of a situation. Hopefully her manager with give her a pass on this.
Heeeeers Johnny
(423 posts)12. Yep... people have been fired for a lot less on both sides of the political spectrum.
Facebook, Twitter, social media, etc have been the undoing of many whether they deserved or not.
Solly Mack
(90,778 posts)9. Fuck the war criminal.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)10. Posting that she donated the tip to wounded Iraq War veterans
would have made her point more effectively.
nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)11. Taste is, of course, subjective
Here's the truth- in 5 minutes
So now DU is concerned with "Taste" when it comes to the Bush's. The circle is complete. "He learned to love Big Brother"
lame54
(35,302 posts)13. Did Bush pose with her or are they holding him up?
Orrex
(63,219 posts)14. Meh. I've posted worse here.
Sez Rumsfeld, "We've lost three Brazilians.
"Not soldiers, alas, but civilians."
Sez the Pres, head in hands,
"I just don't understand.
"How many are in a brazillian?"
She'll probably be fired, but it's not as though she's wrong.