Leaving a small tip says "You suck, and your mother does too."
I think the and your mother does too is a bit too much don't you think? I think the, "I wasn't pleased with your service", would have been a far better way to sum it up.
Unless you are a greedy asshole like the guy in this story. But that's beside the point.
UPDATE: According to The Smoking Gun, the restaurant says they found the original merchant copy, and the receipt going around the Web is Photoshopped. We are waiting to hear back from the restaurant for confirmation.
aha! So his dining companions is the low life sleazily scum bag prick here. Not the banker. What an interesting twist. That's just really fucking low.
How desperate do you have to be to try and ruin someone's reputation through such underhanded means?
Sounds like TA had it right.