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Piven "Banned From Nobu"
Internet Movie Database ^ | March 27, 2007 | Hildy

Posted on 03/27/2007 9:26:39 AM PDT by Hildy

Actor Jeremy Piven has reportedly been banned from America's Nobu restaurants after paying a waiter's tip with a DVD. The Old School star was dining at celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa's restaurant in Aspen, Colorado during the recent Us Comedy Arts Festival. When the bill came, Piven paid up and left the waiter a copy of his Entourage series DVD as a tip. The outraged server threw the DVD at the celebrity diner. A fellow diner tells the New York Daily News, "He (Piven) came in with a large group of 12 or more without reservations and asked for a table. It was a very busy night, but a table, although cramped, was provided. On his way out, he made a nasty comment to the manager: 'Thanks for nothing.'" The actor was later advised to steer clear of all Nobu restaurants. But Piven is playing down the incident in Aspen: "I'm such a fan of Nobu and all of his restaurants. I had a great dinner at the Nobu in Aspen. As always, the meal was excellent and the service was great."


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I know this is silly, but this really tickled my funny bone. What happens to people when they become famous that turns them into jerks? If I worked a party of 12 Hollywood people for several hours and I got a freaking DVD as a gift (the actor is making an assumption the waiter even likes the show) is so funny. It's almost like he's playing the part of the ass he plays in the show. I've seen it once and that was more than enough for me.

I would pay big bucks to see a video of the server throwing the DVD at Piven.

1 posted on 03/27/2007 9:26:40 AM PDT by Hildy
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2 posted on 03/27/2007 9:29:37 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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Look I'm a fairly large tipper but no one is required to leave a tip and this waiter probably didn't deserve one. Who the heck is Jeremy Piven?


3 posted on 03/27/2007 9:30:05 AM PDT by bkepley
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What an arrogant putz. I swear he's gay anyway. Forty, never married. I read an article while in my doctor's office...some fashion rag, and Piven is obsessed with his wardrobe. I never see a lady on his arm.
4 posted on 03/27/2007 9:30:06 AM PDT by doesnt suffer fools gladly (Liberals lie.)
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" Piven paid up and left the waiter a copy of his Entourage series DVD as a tip."

That's funny, but it's inexcusable. Servers rely on tips because they don't make a lot of money to begin with, as you know. Also, servers share a part of their tips with the bus boys, thus if a server gets a bad tip, or no tip, he's basically in the hole.

5 posted on 03/27/2007 9:31:46 AM PDT by Enterprise (I can't talk about liberals anymore because some of the words will get me sent to rehab.)
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Look I'm a fairly large tipper but no one is required to leave a tip and this waiter probably didn't deserve one.

Where are you getting that?

6 posted on 03/27/2007 9:32:23 AM PDT by doesnt suffer fools gladly (Liberals lie.)
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What happens to people when they become famous that turns them into jerks?

I'm betting he always was a jerk.

7 posted on 03/27/2007 9:33:23 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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==The outraged server threw the DVD at the celebrity diner

Just a guess.


8 posted on 03/27/2007 9:34:11 AM PDT by bkepley
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Never heard of him. Never heard of his show. Never heard of the restaurant.


9 posted on 03/27/2007 9:35:00 AM PDT by LexBaird (98% satisfaction guaranteed. There's just no pleasing some people.)
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What happens to people when they become famous that turns them into jerks?

He's from the Chicago area, too. He was a jerk long before he was famous.

10 posted on 03/27/2007 9:35:26 AM PDT by retrokitten (has a Bedazzler)
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That would be funny, since one of his first roles was Ellen's friend on her sitcom. But I've read the opposite, that he's a manwhore.


11 posted on 03/27/2007 9:35:26 AM PDT by Hildy (Too err is human, to moo...bovine.)
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Either the service was bad, or he's a jerk. It's a coin flip.
12 posted on 03/27/2007 9:35:34 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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If I showed up @ a restaurant w/ 12 people and no reservation -- I'd not only tip well, but I'd most likely forgive the staff if the service was not quite up to par.


13 posted on 03/27/2007 9:36:23 AM PDT by Tx Angel
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bump for later read


14 posted on 03/27/2007 9:36:26 AM PDT by Ieatfrijoles (Incinerate Riyadh Now.(Request shot splash))
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Just a guess.

Let's see, a party of 12 at Nobu. Conservatively, the bill was at least $1,200, and the arrogant prick leaves a DVD for a tip. They want to ban Piven from Nobu. I'm not hearing that the waiter got fired.

15 posted on 03/27/2007 9:37:40 AM PDT by doesnt suffer fools gladly (Liberals lie.)
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Never heard of him. Never heard of his show. Never heard of the restaurant.

Well, I've never seen you before, but I have no burning desire to let everyone know about it.

16 posted on 03/27/2007 9:37:46 AM PDT by Hildy (Too err is human, to moo...bovine.)
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I want to know where waitresses and servers get their sense of entiltlement. They all think they are owed a tip, when in reality there wages are paid by the people they work for. If they don't want to do their job for the existing pay then they should quit and go elsewhere to work. Tipping is robbery as far as I am concerned. If a tip is part of the meal it should be displayed in the price and inculded when you pay the bill, otherwise forget it. No one ever tipped me on the jobs I did, even though they benefited and served other peoples needs.

I know lots of people think we should tip, I don't, and I applaud this guy for leaving a DVD, maybe the service was terrible, maybe he just didn't want to be robbed beyond the exorbitant price this restaurant charges for meals. Either way it is his right and for a server to get mad because he wasn't tipped is pure BS.

17 posted on 03/27/2007 9:38:43 AM PDT by calex59
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I'm with you. People who do fine dining will call a manager before going an entire meal with service which is unworthy of a tip on a $1000 check.


18 posted on 03/27/2007 9:40:36 AM PDT by bpjam (Never Give Up, Never Surrender (Unless Jack Murtha gives you permission))
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f I showed up @ a restaurant w/ 12 people and no reservation -- I'd not only tip well, but I'd most likely forgive the staff if the service was not quite up to par."

Thank you.

That is the first part of this whole story that requires common sense.

I am glad that he and his arrogance have been banned from the chain of restaurants.

He better learn to cook at home if he is going to continue down this path.

I have had occasions when large groups want to go eat in a rather spontaneous fashion, and I have made sure that we overtipped for the total inconvenience of the evening, regardless of the restaurant.


19 posted on 03/27/2007 9:41:47 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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I wonder how much the waiter can get for it on e-bay? 25 Cents?


20 posted on 03/27/2007 9:41:59 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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