Posted on 07/04/2014 7:21:27 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Edited on 07/04/2014 7:59:54 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Did you watch the World Cup at a bar on Tuesday? Did you tip your waitress afterward?
Hall of Famer Warren Sapp did one of those things but not the other after watching the United States play Belgium at a bar in Florida. Sapp racked up a $69.39 bill during the match and left a zero dollar tip.
Sapp took a lot of heat for the no-tip after a picture of the bill made its way onto Twitter.
Blacks not tipping and/or not tipping at all goes back decades. From when I served while in school (was averaging 17-19%, when 10% was norm) and receiving little appreciation from black patrons. And family members in the past two decades have told of the demands/complaints of black patrons, the mess left, unruly children, extremely loud conversations disturbing entire rooms and the resultant poor/no tip left.Of course the race card is sometimes played. Far too many generations from the 70s, 80s, 90s have been handed the urban legends that continues to result in the never ceasing proverbial 'chip on the shoulder'.
Been told that many of the black staff also tell the various seating hostesses not to seat black patrons at their stations. As their experiences conditions one to avoid pain, insults, hassle, extra work for little appreciation.
But the problem is they come to the USA and refuse to tip. I had this problem with an English friend of mine who thought it was amusing to stiff the waiter. It’s in all the guide books about tipping (every culture is different, of course) and people need to educate themselves when they travel abroad - in either direction.
But the problem is US, not men. You tip well, I tend to overtip to compensate for our bad reputation. Until the majority of women change their manners, we are stuck with lousy tables, I’m afraid. Personally, I fight as soon as they try to put me near the men’s room. Bad seating happens a lot when you’re a woman.
One other story. A woman I almost got married to (before I met my current wife of course) had English parents. They insisted that 10% was quite enough of a tip no matter how good the service. I remember one time after they treated us to a dinner, me wanting to leave a 15% tip. I put the money on the table, and my fiancee's father actually picked up part of the tip and gave it back to me. He sternly told me it was too much money to leave. I said, well okay. Then as we were leaving the restaurant, I said I had to go back, I think I left something at our table. I went back to the table and put a few more bucks on top of the tip. Some people are just really tight.
On a side note, like many elderly people, my fiancee's mother would take the entire contents of the bread basket and dump it in her purse. Their reasoning: the restaurant puts it on your table and might assume you'll eat the entire contents anyway.
There’s a fun blog called “Waiter Rant” that dishes all the various ethnic and religious groups that are bad tippers. It seems most Europeans are lousy at it, blacks, and surprisingly to me anyway, religious people/fundamentalists who come in droves after church. Waiters hate to see them coming.
Sapp has always been and will always be without CLASS.
I’m Black and work in food service, its true that black people don’t tip as much but its usually something. I cringe whenever I hear a European accent knowing I’m not getting a tip at all. Arabs are the same but on occasion they tip big
What about Bikers (motorcyclists)?
Personally I’ve always left at least 20% if the service wasn’t exceptionally terrible.
I have seen Mom & Pop restaurants in one stoplight towns get real quiet when several of us walk in wearing typical Biker gear. I guess I try to kill the negative stereotypes by leaving a respectable tip. Those I ride with usually do the same.
Before too long, they'll be demanding a tip on top of the add-on system.
Good for her - if it's not eaten, it gets thrown away.
I think the items in cellophane probably get reused.
Grand Central Bar, Strand Road. This was back in ‘94. I know things have changed.
Taking claim of someone else’s words is a cheap thing to do.
A nice old-fashioned bar, unfortunately now closed.
What’s in it’s place?
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