Slog - Comments on Joe Lieberman: Average Tipper

Comment by Hernandez

Hernandez — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:47:19 -0800

I would've driven them off a bridge...for the good of the country.

Comment by lostboy

lostboy — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:06:00 -0800

Sounds like they were agreeable cab customers.

Comment by Gloria

Gloria — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:07:31 -0800

Is average tipping news?

Comment by I wish

I wish — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:08:42 -0800

I wish I could have been at pike place market when he was dropped off. I would have loved to have some words with him and spit on his shoes. Asshole.

Comment by cdc

cdc — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:17:28 -0800

Those two look so alike it's kind of spooky.

Comment by demo kid

demo kid — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:19:37 -0800

@1 and 4: As much as I might hate him politically, why get all up in his grille when he's out with his wife as a private citizen?

Comment by Hernandez

Hernandez — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:24:37 -0800

@6 Umm...that was sarcasm, buddy. It's not like any cabbie would actually sacrifice their own life just to drive the Liebermans off a bridge...or would they?

Comment by Reverse Polarity

Reverse Polarity — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:27:07 -0800

demo kid @6,

Lieberman, above all else, is an attention whore. He gets himself on any news/opinion show he can. He got HUGE publicity by snubbing his own (former) party and endorsing McCain at the republican convention. He is, by his own design, a huge public figure.

You cannot turn privacy on and off like a switch, whenever you want. If you build your entire life around being an attention whore, sometimes you'll get attention when you don't necessarily want it.

Tough shit.

Comment by Dori Monson

Dori Monson — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:27:35 -0800

He's a jew, of course he's cheap

Comment by Toe Tag

Toe Tag — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:44:54 -0800

$21 for a ride from the Silver Cloud to the market? Traffic? There must have been a four-car fatal right in front of the cab that kept it trapped on Fairview for an hour!

Comment by Julie in Chicago

Julie in Chicago — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:46:02 -0800

A better headline would have been "Joe Lieberman: Tips like a Normal Person".

An 18% tip is pretty standard... "15% and round up" is sort of my standard rule (unless I get help with bags, etc.)? I don't know, something about "average tipper" just has a negative connotation...

Comment by flamingbanjo

flamingbanjo — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:49:46 -0800

He's seated just right of center.

Comment by Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:13:52 -0800

and so ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

to us commie pinko fags there is nothing interesting about the current political clown Joe has become ..... however ..... however how doggy his politics have become, Joe has been gay friendly for a very long time. He was good looking as a much younger guy, find the pix of bare chested frolicking at the picnic circa. 1965 for the REAL story.

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:57:57 -0800

the cabbie DID'NT punch him in his droopy traitor face? how dare he enter our liberal bubble? even Bush is smart enough to stay the fuck out.

Comment by Drawmark

Drawmark — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:26:28 -0800

Q. How do you stop JOE-MENTUM?

A. A seatbelt.

Comment by lostboy

lostboy — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:33:55 -0800

What Julie @11 said.

Comment by Danisparanoidandhysterical

Danisparanoidandhysterical — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:45:03 -0800

His tip was 18.48% of the fare. What would have been more appropriate? Eli, how much would you or Erica have tipped?

Eli, doesn't real news interest you anymore? You've posted a lot of gossip and rumors of late. We're all going to refer to you now as Cindy or Liz.

Comment by Mr. E.

Mr. E. — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:44:32 -0800

I bet it was the University Village Silver Cloud Hotel they were staying at, and I bet the Montlake Bridge was "open" for about 10 minutes on a recent sunny sunday afternoon at about 12:15 pm. That way it would seem very plausible that it would have been a $21.10 fare. I bet they weren't bothered by the traffic standstill on 25th Avenue NE where there was little to no chance to do a U-turn back up to NE 45th street. I bet they took it in stride and used it as an excuse to hold hands for most of the 20 minute trip, and to whisper sweet war-mongering nothings into each others ears. I bet they even called this cab driver back for a return trip to the University Village, but that the driver was busy with another fare, whereby Joe left a message on his voicemail (saved for 30 days). I bet Steve Forbes once tipped this driver $1.80 on a $4.20 fare, and that Kirby Puckett once tipped him $5.80 on a $4.20 fare. Get yer calculators out. I bet his dentist (at the time) once tipped him $0 on a $12 fare, and that now she is no longer his dentist.

Comment by lostboy

lostboy — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:50:45 -0800

I'm not sure if Mr. E. @18 is Joel Severson or not, but either way, it's the best comment of the thread.

(Though Julie @11 runs a very close second.)