Posted on 11/26/2005 9:50:03 AM PST by smoothsailing
Bad tippers and bitter waitresses
By Jack Kemp (not the politician) Nov. 26, 2005
Once, years ago, I heard a heard a lecture by a rabbi on dating. He advised that if your date treats a waiter/waitress or a busboy in a condescending and mean manner, that is the way they will treat you after a while – if you were to marry them. Today's New York Post had an article about cheap celebrity tippers listed on the website www.bitterwaitress.com.
I went there to see how many well known political "champions of the little guy and gal" rated. I cross referenced the website with liberals from Bernard Goldberg's One Hundred People Screwing Up America.
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Let's see. First up, Michael Moore, 3% tip.
Tipper's Name: Michael Moore (yes THAT Michael Moore)
Where it happened: Los Angeles
Total bill / Tip amount / Percentage: $452.25 / $17.74 / 3%
What happened:
OK I ran my ass off for this guy and his friends. Funny I didnt know this guy had friends, maybe they were kissups. 2.5 hours they spent shoveling food down their fat faces. Numerous refills. By the way MM is a pompous ass judging from his treatment of the staff.
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Let's see again. Barbra Streisand, 2% tip.
Tipper's Name: Barbra Streisand
Where it happened: New York
Total bill / Tip amount / Percentage: $457.00 / $10.00 / 2%
What happened:
She demanded the best table, acting rude to everyone and then barely tipped.
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Next "champion of the people," Jessie Jackson 9% tip.
Tipper's Name: Jesse Jackson
Restaurant: Sam's
Where it happened: Kansas City
Total bill / Tip amount / Percentage: $228.00 / $22.00 / 9%
What happened: rude,arrogant,demanding and cheap
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Next up, Sen. John Kerry, 2% tip.
Tipper's Name: John F. Kerry
Where it happened: St. Louis
Total bill / Tip amount / Percentage: $773.24 / $20.00 / 2%
What happened:
Added $20.00 on the signature line and then scribbled a little note to vote for him. What a load of crap.
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Kerry's former running mate, Sen. John Edwards, 2% tip.
Tipper's Name: John Edwards
Where it happened: Washington, D.C.
Total bill / Tip amount / Percentage: $746.25 / $13.75 / 1%
What happened:
This is the guy running for Vice President… Sat in our private section for 3 1/2 hours and left less than 2%. Jackass.
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Former VP Al Gore. 8% tip.
Tipper's Name: Former VP Al Gore
Where it happened: Alexandria, VA
Total bill / Tip amount / Percentage: $40.00 / $3.50 / 8%
What happened:
Al and Tipper Gore were regulars at the restaurant I used to work at. You'd think this would be cool, waiting on a former Vice President. And it would be, if not for the fact that Al Gore is cheap.
Last time they came in, Tipper actually spilled her beer on me (it's not smart to gesture wildly with a bottle of Corona on your table). She didn't apologize—he apologized for her. Still. Less than 10%. You'd think they'd know that the 'underclass' the Democrats claim to represent are people like waitresses in VA making $2.13 an hour. Guess not.
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Lastly, Sean Penn, 0% tip. Nada. Zip. Zero.
Tipper's Name: Sean Penn
Where it happened: New Orleans
Total bill / Tip amount / Percentage: $450.00 / $0.00 / 0%
What happened:
Sean Penn is in New Orleans filming & came into my restaurant with 3 other people. Waited on them hand and foot. The bill $450.00 – the tip: none. Cheapskate.
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There you have it. The champions of "fairness" and "the little guy." Yes, President Bush and VP Cheney made the website as well. But who is claiming them as champions of the poor and oppressed victims, advocating extra government payments to make up for past suffering, etc.?
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Thomas Lifson adds:
I have followed Bitter Waitress for years. It is well-known in the food and beverage industry, and at least at the upscale restaurants, it has a big following among the wait staff. When one of these bozos comes in, they usually will not treat them overtly rudely. But vengeance of another sort may sometimes occur. Let the diner beware.
Most people realize that watitrons (that's the non-sex-specific term favored theses days, believe it or not) are usually paid less than minimum wage, and that tips provide the margin of survival (to use leftist terminology) for them. To stiff a tip is to relegate someone to below minimum wage. This makes the behavior of these compassionate liberals all the more phony. Judge them by their deeds not their words.
I absolutely agree with Jack's rabbi that the best way to judge someone's character is to observe behavior with those who have no power or standing, and to do so in private in the case of celebrities and politicians. I have used this as a guide to friendships for almost my entire life, and it has proven highly reliable.
You think they keep a shi**y diners database somewhere ?
Not to mention it was very likely fabricated by some loony leftist Bush hater(s).
Well, it's entertaining to be sure, but remember anybody could enter anything. W has about 9 entries. Karl Rove is in there and they have a very unflattering description of him.
You don't know how true what you just is...you wanna know what the kid said to his Father at the Seder table? He said...to his Father..."WHY ARE YOU SO GAY? WHY ARE YOU SUCH A WIMP?" The kid was just being honest...he picked the wrong forum...and the wrong night to tell his Father the truth.
I mailed 20 dollars to Trish.
If you're eating at a busy restaurant, then yes, leaving something off a line-prepared item is a few steps more complex.
Your waiter doesn't make the salad - a salad line does, and your waiter has to specify that you want no croutons and the dressing on the side, instead of letting the salad line prepare the salad the way it appears on the menu (which is, I might add, the way the chef thinks it'll be best).
Then the salad line has to take those extra steps, and THEN your waiter has to remember that you had special orders and verify them.
An excellent history summation!
...word gets around.
Why should he have? One doesn't tip at fast-food restaurants. At least, not here in Houston.
Don't waste the tract. It is going straight in the trash with the used napkins.
One of the hazards of the trade I guess. Was the norm at the places I worked. Kind of like male decorators.
I do and I'm from Houston:') I often tell them to keep the change or driving off without it at the window. I leave a tip on the table for whoever comes behind me to wipe the table and sweep up the stuff the kids drop on the floor. They work just as hard as the kids at nice restaurants. Maybe harder. I worked at McDonalds one shift and quit when I was in my 20's. I'm a hard worker but ....
I'm not well off.
I have been in positions that without government help I would not have made it, I have been blessed the last 10 years, but am starting to struggle greatly again. When I'm struggling, I eat at home. If I go out to eat it's with the expectation that I will be able to tip appropriately, if I can't, I don't go out, period.
I understand "lavishly" is a relative term, but I still believe if you can't afford to tip what the service is worth (maybe not tip 50% for exceptional service, but at least 25%) then you shouldn't have gone out.....
Wow. So sad. The problem is, the kid will often try to either over-compensate, or give up completely.
And then the kid's future children will overcompensate in reaction, creating a cycle....and what is in some circles known as a 'generational curse.'
There is a bestselling book entitled Wild At Heart that deals with Biblical masculinity and manhood, there are also other books including one by James Dobson but I don't know the titles.
Sigh. Not getting through.
Not only that the IRS operates on an "assumed" tip and deduct from there paycheck on that assumption
I would be mortified to leave no tip or a crummy tip. But once, I went to a bar with a friend to have a couple of drinks. The waitress was extremely slow, and her attitude was very poor. The bar wasn't packed and neither my friend or I did anything to deserve being ignored. When we left I tipped exactly 2 cents. The waitress got snippy and walked after me and tried to belittle me. I told her to keep it because she had earned it.
So....where did Tipper get her name?
Yes, I have had to pay extra to my employer to cover the assumed taxes when things were slow. A paycheck for 0 or less than a dollar was the norm.
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