] The world's richest man and one of the country's top news
] anchors sat down at a cafe for cappuccino but both
] walked away without paying the bill.
]
] NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw also was in town and
] interviewed Gates at the Past Times Cafe, where they both
] ordered a cappuccino. But when the interview was over,
] they left and no one paid the bill.
]
] "They just got right out the door, the security people
] ushered them right out," said Jackie Harrington, the
] waitress who prepared and served the coffee.
]
] No one thought much more about it until the cafe's owner,
] Corinne Arnold, got a call from Gates' office asking
] whether he owed some money. The cafe insisted the
] cappuccinos, which cost $3 each, were on the house.
]
] But Brokaw, a South Dakota native, thought otherwise and
] took care of the debt Wednesday with a note that included
] two $20 bills.
]
] "When we walked out without paying we got nailed," Brokaw
] wrote. "One 20 is for the coffee. The other is for the
] wall. Thanks, Tom."
]
] Cafe workers say the payment was unnecessary
] having the opportunity to serve Brokaw and Gates was
] reward enough, Harrin

Yea right. Fuck that shit - when you wipe your ASS with $100 bills, when you make more money in 60 seconds then most people make in a year, you don't get so fucking arrogant to think "oh they will comp us". Something tells me they were "reminded" they stiffed this coffee shop. And I'm not just talking about Gates. Brokaw isn't exactly hurting for cash himself.

Arrogant bastards.

Laughing Boy

] The world's richest man and one of the country's top news
] anchors sat down at a cafe for cappuccino but both
] walked away without paying the bill.
]
] NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw also was in town and
] interviewed Gates at the Past Times Cafe, where they both
] ordered a cappuccino. But when the interview was over,
] they left and no one paid the bill.
]
] "They just got right out the door, the security people
] ushered them right out," said Jackie Harrington, the
] waitress who prepared and served the coffee.
]
] No one thought much more about it until the cafe's owner,
] Corinne Arnold, got a call from Gates' office asking
] whether he owed some money. The cafe insisted the
] cappuccinos, which cost $3 each, were on the house.
]
] But Brokaw, a South Dakota native, thought otherwise and
] took care of the debt Wednesday with a note that included
] two $20 bills.
]
] "When we walked out without paying we got nailed," Brokaw
] wrote. "One 20 is for the coffee. The other is for the
] wall. Thanks, Tom."
]
] Cafe workers say the payment was unnecessary
] having the opportunity to serve Brokaw and Gates was
] reward enough, Harrin

Yea right. Fuck that shit - when you wipe your ASS with $100 bills, when you make more money in 60 seconds then most people make in a year, you don't get so fucking arrogant to think "oh they will comp us". And I'm not just talking about Gates. Brokaw isn't exactly hurting for cash himself.

Arrogant bastards.

Laughing Boy