Get a real job! The note with 1 per cent tip left by wealthy banker after $133 lunch as an insult to the 99 per cent

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.’

Big banker: A banker left a one per cent tip in defiance of 'the 99 per cent' at a Newport Beach restaurant the other week, according to his dining companion and underling

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.’

One more thing: He wrote in another 'tip' and told server Breanna to 'get a real job'

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.’

WE ARE THE 99 PER CENT

'We are the 99 per cent' was runner up to 'occupy' for 2011's word of the year. The phrase is closely tied to the Occupy Wall Street movement, and states that one per cent of Americans have a disproportionate amount of wealth.

The Wall Street Journal states that someone must be making at least $506,000 before joining the elite one per cent of top American earners.

While servers often receive the brunt of a diner’s anger in form of a low or non-existent tip, it is customary to tip a minimum of 15 per cent for good service.



A hostess for True Food Kitchen told LAist.com that she had heard about the receipt but could neither confirm nor deny if it was real, nor if she remembered the customer.

‘We have no statement on the issue,’ she said.

Vice President of operations for True Food Kitchen told the Huffington Post that the receipt in question is real, but they’re in the process of tracking him down.