Les Moonves Stiffs Parking Valet Because He Only Carried Huge Wad of 100s

NewsBusters ^ | June 1, 2015 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

Moonves probably used that hundred dollar wad ploy many times before to get out of tipping valets and/or waiters.

[Billthedrill]

Oh, come now - who among us has never been stymied by an immense wad of $100 bills when attempting social intercourse with one’s inferiors? Happens to me ten, twelve times a day.

[dennisw]

Cheap bastard and undoubtedly a liberal too. He could have always asked for change. The valet would be happy with $20 tip.

[Tennessee Nana]

Valet: Oh that’s OK sir, I can make change. I carry a huge wad of 50s just for people like you...

[PJ-Comix]

A CEO somehow can’t figure out to hand a valet $100 and ask for $80 back? I’m sure Moonves has been down this road many times before and uses the hundred dollar bill excuse regularly to stiff the “peons.”

[ObozoMustGo2012]

It’s most likely a bunch of one’s with a 100 on the top....

[ClearCase_guy]

Years ago, on of the Kennedy's was campaigning in MA. He went into a bakery to shake hands and pretend to be a normal person. As part of that schtick, he (I think it was Joseph P. Kennedy) ordered a bag of pastries and bagels. When it came time to pay up, the guy did an exaggerated "reach for the wallet" -- only to discover (shock!) that he had left it at home. He still intended to walk out with the bag of baked goods. Not so fast! The shop owner re-took possession and invited Kennedy to come back and pick it up when he could pay.

Rich people often think everything should be free for them.

[Ken H]

Ah, the old ‘carry a huge wad of $100 bills so you can stiff the valet’ ploy.

[WellyP]

http://defamer.gawker.com/ultra-millionaire-les-moonves-wont-tip-valet-because-he-1708161874

[Billthedrill]

Or just say "it's yer lucky day, bud," and give the guy a C-note? This dude makes $54 million a year.

Personally I've solved the issue by carrying around little leather pouches filled with gold florins. But I'm gonna want the F-250 sparkling when I get back.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Yep I hate when that happens and all I have is a wad of C-notes.

[glorgau]

The problem is that the largest bill extant is $100. If there were a $1000 bill or better yet a $10,000 bill available, then it wouldn’t be such an encumbering wad, but a slim packet that could easily fit in a gold money clip.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I’ve often marveled at how many of the very rich seem to be immense cheapskates. If I had earned 54 million bones last year, I’d be handing Benjamins out to valets left and right, 3 or 4 at a time. Not liked I’d miss it.

[BatGuano]

Yup, me too. Bummer when that happens but I can't see giving a guy a $100 tip for parking my Leaf. OK, OK, I don't have a Leaf, it's a Lexus but the principle is the same. Lexus and Leaf both begin with “L.”

OK, OK, I don't carry a wad of $100s around either!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Cause and effect. They are rich partly because they were tightwads in their businesses. Lifelong habits die hard.

[dfwgator]

Hopefully the valets had some fun with the car...

[RedMDer]

About $240 to YELLOW! (90%)
Any takers?

[nickcarraway]

If the jerk- is really that flush, he can just give a $100 tip. It’s not significant to him.

[Freestate316]

I read about a parking valet who parked Frank Sinatra’ s car. When he brought the car up, Frank asked “Hey kid, what’s the biggest tip you ever got?” “$100,” the young man replied. Sinatra handed him $1000, got in his car and drove off. I would bet that was probably one of the coolest things that ever happened to him, and he probably told that story a million times.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Kennedy never carried any money or a wallet at all. He was notorious for never having money and one of friends or aides picking up the tab.