Here’s a tip, O: Pay up!
Dear President Obama: Fork out!
That’s the message an irate hotel honcho sent the president last week — along with a bill for $5,000 — after Obama’s midtown visit on Wednesday closed West 40th Street for more than four hours and left his servers without tips for the night.
“To me, that was ridiculous,” said Bryant Park Hotel executive Phil Columbo, who said the shutdown prevented patrons from getting to the hotel’s normally busy bar and restaurant.
“Our staff is mostly young — actors. They can’t afford to take a hit like that.”
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