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| White House makes CEOs pay for lunch |
| 2009-07-31 |
| Four of the most powerful business leaders in America arrived at the White House one day last month for lunch with President Barack Obama, sitting down in his private dining room just steps from the Oval Office. But even for powerful CEOs, there's no such thing as a free lunch: White House staffers collected credit card numbers for each executive and carefully billed them for the cost of the meal with the president. Are you sure you wanted to give out your credit card numbers? Around the table with Barack Obama that afternoon were Ursula Burns, CEO of Xerox Corporation; Muhtar Kent, CEO of The Coca-Cola Company; AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson; and Honeywell International CEO Dave Cote. They also helped to clear the table and fold chairs before they left. |
| Posted by:whitecollar redneck |
| #7 Wrongway Obama is beyond embarrassing. Maybe he should stick to serving beer at picnics. |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2009-07-31 22:16 |
| #6 Did Obama have Waygu beef again? Did he pay for it? |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-07-31 20:09 |
| #5 Let them |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-07-31 18:27 |
| #4 I would've paid cash. And asked for change. And a receipt. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-07-31 18:15 |
| #3 Was a cash tip ok, or could they put that on the plastic, too? |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-07-31 17:58 |
| #2 I'd have been outta there. Cheap prick can't even buy lunch? He's not serious. Bye-bye. |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-07-31 15:08 |
| #1 I've had working lunches with government attorneys where the gov't people have insisted on paying for their own lunch in order to avoid the appearance of impropriety. That I understand. This is just plain forgot-my-Haldol-and-I'm-decompensating goofy. |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-07-31 14:30 |