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Andrew Neil’s boast about getting a waiter fired for questioning the tip got exactly the reactions you’d expect – 19 brutal and occasionally NSFW verdicts

Poke Reporter. Updated April 28th, 2026

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For many people, we suspect, wild horses couldn’t have dragged out of them the anecdote Daily Mail columnist and Talk Radio anchor Andrew Neil shared with colleagues Stig Abell and Kate McCann about an incident in a New York restaurant.

I was taking some people out to dinner. I was the host. I was picking up the bill.

He said quite loudly “Was there something wrong with the meal or the service, Mr Neil?” and I said “No, no, it was fine.” “Oh, ’cause it’s just – it’s a bit light.” he said.

He was unlucky, because I happened to know the owner of that restaurant, and I called the owner later that night, and he was fired in the morning.

Even in response to that curiously boastful telling, Neil had some instant cheerleaders.

But a large number of responses condemned him in no uncertain terms.

Andrew Neil clearly felt he was being misrepresented, so he added a lot of detail to his story. It certainly put a different spin on it. It’s relatively long, but worth reading in full.

The update brought additional support.

However, if he expected a blanket apology and a pat on the back, it wasn’t exactly mission accomplished.

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