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Jane Adams Twitter Posts Cost Waiter Job

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October 6th, 2009 by Castina

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A Hollywood waiter claims venting about an encounter with “Hung” star Jane Adams on Twitter cost him his job at a popular eatery in Tinseltown.

Jon-Barrett Ingels, a 31-year-old struggling actor, claims Adams, who plays Tanya on the HBO series, visited celebrity haunt Barney Greengrass — the cafe on the fifth floor of Barneys New York in Beverly Hills — in July and “skipped out on a $13.44 check.”
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In an interview with The Los Angeles Times’ Brand X Column, Ingels claims he recounted the episode in a series of postings on his Twitter page earlier this summer — ultimately resulting in his firing.

Jon-Barrett says when he dropped off the check, Jane claimed she had forgotten her wallet in her car and asked if she could go out and grab it. He obliged, but the actress pulled a “dine and dash” and never returned.

“Tues: Jane Adams, star of HBO series ‘Hung’ skipped out on a $13.44 check. Her agent called and payed [sic.] the following day. NO TIP!!!”

“Her agent called and payed (sic) the following day. NO TIP!!!” he wrote on July 17. “Not a big deal to me financially but the principle of the thing was ridiculous. I put my neck on the line by letting her leave without paying and end up getting screwed,” he later blogged.

Ingels said Adams returned to the restaurant approximately a month later and “slapped three dollar bills on the table in front of him.”

Barney’s made the corporate decision to terminate Jon-Barrett after five years of employment after reading his Tweets about “Dine & Dash” Jane.

“I understand they want to keep a safe environment for the celebrities and I think that I broke that safety,” he told AOL’s Slashfood. “Had they come to me and said you need to take this down or change it to private, had I been told if you don’t do this, you’re going to lose your job — I would’ve done that.”



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