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34 Notoriously Bad Celebrity Tippers
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Posted on 11/30/2009 10:29:46 AM PST by big black dog

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To: y6162

why do celebrities feel comfortable for selling themselves? I mean normal people don’t walk around naked but it’s ok for movies and tv or photo shoots for the world to see. No wonder our cultural is collapsing.


141 posted on 11/30/2009 1:47:18 PM PST by red irish (Gods Children in the womb are to be loved too!)
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First of all let me set the record straight. The federal minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr. (vs. $7.25/hr. non-tipped). The IRS requires you to claim at least 8% of your total sales as income to calculate your income taxes. Servers on average have to give at least 20% to other employees (busboys, food runners, bartenders, etc.)

So if you don’t tip or tip poorly you are literally taking money out of the server’s pocket. Because the IRS and other employees don’t care if you got tipped or not they are only looking at your sales report.

Servers are sales people...period. How many times do they try to upsell your drink from the house rotgut to a premium brand, try to get to buy an appetizer or desert? It’s all about selling. They are trying to raise your check average in hopes that you will tip accordingly.

Most servers I have met genuinely do care about giving their customers the best service possible. I have seen many a kitchen fights between servers and cooks because food came out wrong or slow...because the server cared.

A recent survey was done on why people tip...10% for food/ atmosphere, 20% for service and 70% for how people perceive themselves.

Just remember TIP is an acronym for To Insure Promptness. As a former waiter I believe 15% is the standard, anything less you should talk to the manager. And quit camparing the US to the rest of the world we don’t compare ourselves to the rest of the world when it comes to other things (gas prices, health care, etc.)because we still live in the greatest country on the face of the earth!


142 posted on 11/30/2009 2:26:25 PM PST by bjorn14 (Waterboard Obama. See if he knows anything.)
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To: big black dog

I could pretend and make up a similar list if I wanted to.


143 posted on 11/30/2009 2:29:06 PM PST by steveo (2010 never again)
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34 Notoriously Bad Celebrity Tippers
Monday, November 30, 2009 1:31:21 PM · 2 of 142
nmh to big black dog
Liberals are CHEAP!

All they want to do is SPEND YOUR MONEY

- ideally on themselves.

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I don’t know about Dog the bounty Hunter.

They seem to be a trashy liberal family ... . who knows!


144 posted on 11/30/2009 2:29:22 PM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: big black dog
Haven't read thru all the responses ... most higher end restaurants, for parties of six or more, add the gratuity
to the bill ... usually 18%. If the customer wants to add to the already billed gratuity, for excellent service over and above expectations, they are welcome to do so.
145 posted on 11/30/2009 2:36:14 PM PST by BluH2o
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To: red irish

“why do celebrities feel comfortable for selling themselves? I mean normal people don’t walk around naked “

Celebrities, like Kirsten, are hot and we’re not.

Good looking people make a lot of money.

Any questions?


146 posted on 11/30/2009 3:03:18 PM PST by y6162 (uish..)
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To: DieHard the Hunter

You know...like the large majority of your posts here...I can’t imagine what possible difference it makes to you whether or not Americans tip...what is your angle? Do you think Americans care about NZ cultural practices? We don’t, I can assure you. You’re free to behave as you wish...please extend us the same courtesy.

Is NZ really so boring that you have to get on the internet and discuss American restaurant procedure?


147 posted on 11/30/2009 4:42:10 PM PST by Spike Knotts
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To: Spike Knotts

> Do you think Americans care about NZ cultural practices? We don’t, I can assure you. You’re free to behave as you wish...please extend us the same courtesy.

When you say “us” and “we”, n0oB, exactly who do you mean?

You may/may not have noticed that the FRee Republic includes postings on Conservative matters from around the globe — including far away places like New Zealand (which you may/may not be able to find on the map.)

You are most welcome to maintain your America-centric viewpoint if you wish, and you are FRee to ignore my posts if you do not like them.

Welcome to the FRee Republic. Now take a running jump.


148 posted on 11/30/2009 4:53:10 PM PST by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: nmh

I don’t know either, I just figured if they were bounty hunters, they were not liberals. I do know that they really aren’t spending my money.


149 posted on 12/01/2009 5:00:13 AM PST by stuartcr (If we are truly made in the image of God, why do we have faults?)
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