New York Post - USA (2020-12-03)

New York Post, Thursday, December 3, 2020

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Israel took a major step

Wednesday toward plunging

into its fourth national elec-

tion in less than two years as

lawmakers, backed by Prime

Minister Benjamin Netan-

yahu’s main coalition partner,

passed a preliminary pro-

posal to dissolve parliament.

The 61-54 vote came just

seven months after the coali-

tion took office following

three inconclusive elections

in just over a year. Netan-

yahu’s Likud and rival De-

fense Minister Benny Gantz’s

Blue and White had said they

were seeking unity to deal

with the coronavirus. AP

Israel near its

4th election

Legendary filmmaker

Steven Spielberg has ob-

tained a restraining order

against a woman he

claimed has been threat-

ening to kill him.

The 73-year-old director

said in court documents

obtained by TMZ that law

enforcement told him the

woman, identified as

Sarah Char, tried to buy a

gun to murder him.

Spielberg claims that the

woman has been harassing

him for months and that

she has sent him death

threats.

He said in the docu-

ments that Char also

tweeted him: “If I have to

personally MURDER peo-

ple for stealing my IPs‚ I

WILL. Get me?”

The movie mogul be-

hind such classics as

“Jaws,” “Close Encounters

of the Third Kind” and

“E.T. The Extra-Terres-

trial” obtained the order,

which requires Char to

stay at least 100 yards

away from him and his

family. Yaron Steinbuch

Director’s

too-close

encounter

spielberg

Getting “death threats.’’

By jackie salo

A Texas waitress says she was

thrilled to receive a $2,000 tip on a

bill — only to find out from the res-

taurant that she won’t take home a

single cent.

Emily Bauer had been a server for

only about two weeks when she

was scheduled for a busy Sunday

shift at Red Hook Seafood and Bar

in San Antonio, local ABC affiliate

KVUE reported.

While working all the tables, she

kept apologizing to a man seated in

her section for “being slow.”

“He was just like, ‘I understand.’

He also mentioned he owned res-

taurants, so he knew how hard it

was to be a server,” Bauer said.

“He was like, ‘Just cancel every-

thing. Cancel everything and give

me the ticket.’ So I said OK. I gave

him the ticket.”

Bauer said she didn’t notice until

he left that he had given her a

$2,000 tip and wrote a note that

said, “Merry Christmas! Keep

working hard!”

“I was like, wait. I just opened it

and started crying. I was like, ‘Oh,

my God! My kids! I’m going to

spend it all on my kids,’” said Bauer,

who has two sons, a 2-year-old and

a 5-month-old.

“I was like, ‘Oh, my God. I’ve

never had a Christmas where I’ve

been able to like splurge on them.’ ”

But she said her excitement was

quickly dashed when the restaurant

told her it can’t process a tip larger

than $500.

Other servers suggested that the

restaurant give her four separate

tips of $500, but the seafood joint

refused, according to the report.

It was unclear why the restaurant

could only process a maximum tip

of $500.

“I don’t think it’s our responsibility

as a server to say, ‘Oh, you can’t tip

me that much, I’m sorry. Oh no,

there’s a limit, I’m sorry,’ ” Bauer said.

“If that’s the case, there should be

signs posted on the restaurants or

the receipt to say there’s a limit of

$500.”

Everybody I’ve talked to has been

like, ‘I’ve never heard of that be-

fore,’ ” she said.

Bauer added that the customer re-

ceived word that she wouldn’t get

the full tip and called the restaurant

to express his disappointment.

When she asked to call the gener-

ous patron to express her gratitude,

her manager said he hadn’t taken

down the man’s information.

Now, she’s taken to Facebook in

hopes of reaching the customer.

“Even though I can’t receive it,

thank you,” she wrote of her tip.

Thank you for having such a big

heart.”

The restaurant didn’t respond to a

KVUE request for comment.

Generosity denied

Eatery won’t process waitress’ 2G tip

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Leave it to the Rockettes to sport masks as

dazzling as their outfits as they pretape a

routine aired before Wednesday night’s

Rockefeller Center Christmas-tree lighting.

The face gear wasn’t the only notable dif-

ference in this year’s event.

The Ghosts of Christmas Present were

about the only ones present to watch the 75-

foot-tall Norway spruce light up — thanks

to COVID restrictions that all but emptied

the plaza of its people and its cheer.

The few dozen hopefuls who came to

Midtown anyway were pushed some 50

yards back by barricades, their view

blocked by NYPD buses.

“This year has been a downer,” said Abel

Fernandez of Jersey City. “We were hoping

for a celebration.” Elizabeth Rosner