Hillary and capaign are cheap, leaving no tip despite excellent service!

November 8, 2007 - ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: Rule number one when campaigning at a diner: always leave a good tip - and, apparently, make sure it gets properly 'disbursed'.

In early October, Sen. Hillary Clinton's ‘Middle Class Express’ made a pit stop at the Maid Rite Diner in Marshalltown, Iowa.

The New York senator, joined by local political luminaries Christie Vilsack and Ruth Harkin, enjoyed a famous loose meat sandwich and attempted to hand caucus cards to the Iowans inside.

Clinton also spoke to one of the diner's waitresses, Anita Esterday. It was her first day on the job and she and Clinton shared a short exchange. Esterday, who has three jobs and works 12 hour shifts, said to Clinton "both of my sons have worked since they were 14 years old"; Clinton told her, "I'm proud of you."

But, according to Esterday, that's where Clinton's gratitude ended as the campaign crew left with nary a gratuity for any of the hard working Maid-Riters.

"I mean, nobody got left a tip that day," Esterday said in an interview with NPR after a visit by Senator Clinton.