Deadspin FOIAs Harbaugh's Expense Reports, Results Bland
http://deadspin.com/we-got-jim-harbaugh-s-itemized-expenses-and-they-re…
"Rick Pitino, he is not."
My initial thoughts are: annual expense reports would make a great addendum to WD's SuperGuide.
Deadspin wasted their freaking Money on this. Michigan has so much freaking support staff at this point that it would have been weird to find even a minor accounting error. Other than "Hoping," I can't see any reason why this made sense. This writer was a tool, to top it off.
...out there like Harbaugh does (bless him) every douche is going to come at him. For the smug satisfaction of taking someone down. Harbaugh knows he has to be cleaner than a microchip production facility but I know he is up to it. Just keep driving those douches crazy, Jim!
They ate at Old Spaghetti Factory in Indianapolis? For shame, Jim. For shame.
Do they have Spaghetti and Steak on the menu?
with whole milk?
Dude, not sure if you know it yet but the whole steak and whole milk thing has been posted on about ten thousand times.
it was during the Indy sat camp, wow, I follow this too closely, next I'll be putting out images of the latest rumored nikes coming out.
...should have gone to St. Elmos.
The sides did cure cancer, that's the problem. That's why they were expensive.
Rick Pitino has charges for E.J. Entertainment.
I think the worse thing uncovered by this investigation is that someone ordered tacos at a Steakhouse.
even worse, you ain't payin' it's lobster and filets.
If someone wants tacos then order tacos. Who the hell cares what someone else's tastes are ?
March 23rd, 2017 at 10:06 AM ^
I take it you don't understand sarcastic humor very much...
Deadspin trolling for turds on the ocean floor again. Dicks.
"writer"? It's pretty sweet that there's so much of nothing in there that the dumbass couldn't spin anything to any narrative.
Does any tax revenue actually go to the athletic department?
No, and neither do tuition dollars.
I doubt the author's "agenda" is anti-Michigan specifically, and is more general in a pro pay the athletes and anti NCAA, anti high coach salaries (because the money has to go somewhere if it's not the players) sort of way
I wonder if they FOIA'd a bunch of coaches but didn't find anything, so they just put up a post about Harbaugh since he's more likely to get a bunch of clicks?
I'd say "writer" is probably a bit generous. It's deadspin; they will literally print anything if it means they can complain about it for 500 words.
It was interesting because it showed how sorta-boring Harbaugh is. Like, he isn't one of those coaches who acts humble and simple and then switches into a suit and lives the high life. He seems like a pretty normal guy with a really good job.
you're stretching things.
For a second there, I got excited about the prospect of it only costing $293.28 to get James Earl Jones to do a voiceover.
The only way that hype video gets eclipsed is if Bo is reincarnated.
looking for some salacious material to generate clickbait from.
What were they expecting to find?
Schematics for an ARC Reactor, diamond-studded nipple clips, and a 55 gal drum of goat's blood?
Well, the did say he was no Pitino.
Well, it was actually a minor scandal out here in Minnesota when one of the newspapers reported that lil Ricky Pitino wasn't filling up his rental cars before returning them like Harbaugh: http://www.startribune.com/pitino-far-exceeded-budget-for-private-jet-travel-university-of-minnesota-audit-finds/378906491/
15% tip is not stiffing. 15-20 is average.
And given the size of the party (23), the tip was almost certainly added in by the restaurant.
That was my first thought as well, but like EGD below said it was a 16.6% tip. I've never seen an added gratuity that was a random number like that.
Maybe there are parameters set in place by the university that they must follow when expensing. Hopefully Harbaugh threw some cash on the table. Or maybe the service sucked. Who knows.
16.6% is not a low tip at all. Why would you think that means the service sucked ? I tip 15% for avergae service. Technically you can tip 0% and face no reprocussions in any way, so why do people always bitch about tips ? Also my SO is a waitress and she always appreciates any tip becuase she says no one owes it to her. And with this mentality she often gets tips of 30% +.
More and more I wonder if you're real or just trolling everyone half the time.
Worked my way through both my Michigan degrees serving in A2 restaurants. I agree that 15% is a fair baseline. Do a decent job, that's a decent tip. Do a great job, the tip goes higher. Do a shit job - no tip for you. All agreed. (Especially since people tend to tip on the post-tax amount of the bill.)
HOWEVA, in the U.S., a server's income depends on tips. When you go into a sit-down restaurant, there is a social contract that - absent crap service - you will tip fairly. Can somebody stiff their server with no tip despite getting good or better service? Sure.
Is that person a dickhead? Sure.
Ok I'll bite. Does your SO make the $2.65/hr like most waitresses? They absolutely are owed tips on that salary provided they do a good job.
My point is that a waitress who is serving 23 people deserves more than 15%. When you add into the equation that it's a football staff worth millions, I'd expect them to tip higher than the average Joe.
Like I said, I'm sure the University just has a cap for tips on expenses.
Not sure you want to go there, when 15% on a $2k tip is probably more than she deserved, if you're going to start comparing how much this or that SO makes in reality. I'll take $2.65/hr direct with a $300/hr tip any day
Why does she deserve more for handling a 23 person table as opposed to 5 tables of 4-5, one table is easier and 15% of one bill is the same as 15% of 5 bills, math is funny that way.