re: Trump ate with the house staff in the kitchen at Epstein's

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there's is a story out there I read a while back that one time Trump went back into the kitchen area of a restaurant, shot the shite with the help, and before he left, he handed out hundred-dollar bills to everyone.

This was back in the day, way before he got into politics.

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the one story where i remember thinking maybe he's not a giant a-hole that i think he is was where he and Ivana or Margaret Maples went into an NYC restaurant pretty late and the owner let them eat free because of who he was. he was friendly and left and then came back to the waiter after closing and said something along the lines of "totally forgot that just because i got my meal free doesn't mean you worked for free." and handed a $100.

not giant or just big spending or anything, but most people that worked with him or under him haven't really outed him as an a-hole, and that says something. most people that attack him are in pretty periphery positions.


Just as an aside... when i was 25 i got hired in a position as mid level management. i had a degree, certifications, and a bit of experience but was still pretty green. when i got to the job, most of my subordinates were pretty cold to me. i learned they were in their 40s, no degree, and all applied for my job.

i was a network coordinator and sometimes we had to do ugly things like run cable and patch cables into a patch panel. I would always tell my guys to let me know and i'd come help. they'd always go do it without me over the course of a couple of years. wasn't an every week or month thing, but it happened a few times in my first few years.

finally, i scheduled them to show up at a site and got there before them and helped them do it. mid way through one said "i thought you were above this sort of thing, college boy."

i said "no, i've always asked to come do this and you guys always dodge me. kinda pissed me off, but i'm not above this."

he replied "well the director told us that you weren't supposed to be involved in this and that we shouldn't trouble you with it."

i told them to ignore that and any time that more hands would help, i'm always available.

completely changed the dynamic of our relationship.

not being an a-hole when you can be means something to me.