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HILLARY EATS CROW, APOLOGIZES TO WAITRESS

A red-faced Hillary Rodham Clinton called to apologize to the waitress she stiffed at an upstate diner — but not to fork over any cash to the single mom, who earns just $6,000 a year, before tips.

The Senate candidate had egg on her face after she left the Village House Restaurant in Albion on Feb. 8 without tipping– after scarfing down two orders of scrambled eggs with cheese, home fries and rye toast, on the house.

“She said she was sorry for not giving me a tip,” waitress Tricia Trupo, 31, told The Post yesterday.

And while she didn’t offer to make up for her Gratuitygate gaffe, Clinton promised to return to the diner soon.

“I wasn’t mad at her, but she should have tipped me because that’s the normal thing to do. I work real hard for my money and I count on the tips to get by.

“It would have been really appreciated. She said it was just an oversight and that it wasn’t intentional, but she didn’t offer me any money to make up for it,” said Trupo, an uninsured mother of an 11-year-old son, who earns $2.90 an hour before tips.

The first lady’s bill, which was picked up by owner Alex Mitrousis, was $6. However, Trupo, said the first lady, told her “that she would come back soon and that she would give me a nice tip.”

Trupo said Clinton called her Friday.

Feeding on his Democratic rival’s non-tip flap, Republican Mayor Giuliani on Sunday left a whopping 70 percent tip at a Long Island restaurant.

Giuliani paid the $35 tab at the Golden Dolphin Diner in Huntington with three $20 bills and told the server to keep the change.

Trupo is bringing home a bit more bacon in the wake of the first lady’s faux pas — supporters from all across the country have sent her letters with money enclosed — mainly $1 bills.

Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson did not return calls for comment.

While Trupo was honored to serve Clinton, she said is still awaiting her dream customer.

“It was an honor to meet Hillary Clinton, but the one person who I’d really love to wait on is Derek Jeter because he is so hot,” she said of the Yankee star.