Obama tips big and " he couldn't have been nicer"

[Laura PourMeADrink]

http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/10/president-barack-obama-burger-lunch-gargantuan-tip-bill-teds-bulletin-secret-service/


PRESIDENT OBAMA
GARGANTUAN Tip
After Burger Lunch


President Obama's personal credit rating seems to be doing just fine -- because the Commander-In-Chief slapped down some plastic to cover the bill at a burger lunch yesterday ... and tipped more than 35%. Obama hit up Ted's Bulletin restaurant in D.C. yesterday where he surprised a group of campaign volunteers who had won an essay contest. Sources connected to the restaurant tell TMZ ... the President ordered a plain cheeseburger, fries, and side salad ... and an ice cold glass of water to wash it down.

We're told Obama asked for the bill personally -- and picked up the tab for the entire group on his credit card. In total, with tip, Obama dropped over $200. One person who was inside the restaurant tells us, "He couldn't have been nicer."

The "surprise" wasn't as impromptu as it seemed ... we're told secret service swept through the restaurant with a K9 unit earlier that day -- and the restaurant was closed to the public.

photos at link

[Tiggeroshii]

1. I like tipping tht much when I can...

But I feel like this man is far more capable of it than I will ever be.

[bowens43]

2. who cares? nt

[babylonsister]

3. The people who waited on him/them? nt

[GSLevel9]

9. my feelings exactly... nt

[GoCubsGo]

12. You do, obviously.

After all, you did take the effort to click on the link and then comment on it.

[Stuckinthebush]

20. Come on! It's fluffy, happy crap!

We need fluffy, happy crap so we aren't always pissed off at politicians. Look...Obama is holding a kid. Look...Obama is nuzzling a dog. Look...Obama tipped over 20%.

So, if you can't grin at the fluffy, happy crap then you may just be too jaded to enjoy a hyper-partisan political forum! :)

[Enrique]

4. you know who else was a big tipper?

Hitler!!!

kidding ;-)

[Rainbowreflect]

6. LOL

Is that you Glen????

[Wait Wut]

5. I almost always tip 30%

Sometimes more. If I'm short on cash, I apologize and make it up later. I have a lot of respect for waitstaff. It's a crap job and they put up with a lot of assholes in this town.

[woolldog]

7. 9,1 percent unemployment....

Who cares how he tips.

[Skittles]

8. LIGHTEN UP WOOLLDOG

THE MAN TIPS BIG AND GIVES PURTY SPEECHES

[TwilightGardener]

10. When you first posted this thread, I wrote "Stand by for snide remarks"--

and then I deleted the post for some reason. I would have been right, though.

[EffieBlack]

11. I'm sure if he had tipped only 5% or nothing at all, his tipping would have been a BIG issue . . .

[TwilightGardener]

13. Absolutely. What's sad is that a thread about Obama being a nice guy

turns into PEOPLE ARE UNEMPLOYED HE'S A VERY BAD MAN WAUUGGHHHH!!! Saw it coming, though.

[blueclown]

14. Isn't there something more pressing to write about than these "human interest" stories..

These were the types of stories that used to prop up Georgie's absymal record.

[JoeyT]

15. George Bush took the time to pray with a sick kid!

How can you complain about him lying us into war! We're talking about praying with sick kids now!

[Cleita]

16. That's nice. Betcha *w didn't tip at all.

Rich Republicans are notoriously cheap.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

17. It hurts to hear some people call him "evil" or a "liar." I think the president

is more "Christ-like" than most Christians and is a genuinely good man.

[SidDithers]

19. Thankfully, one of the ones calling him evil ate granite this week...nt

Sid

[Number23]

21. Who was it, Sid?

Spill it!

[vroomvroom]

18. Campaign Season has Begun Reason #901..... nt