Celebrities (mostly liberal) who are terrible tippers

Bitter Waitress ^ | 8/23/03 | ILMH

[I_Love_My_Husband]

*Natalie Portman - (loc.)Boston (#in party)2 (amt/tip)$27.00/$3.00 (tip %)11%

*Tom green (loc.)Los Angeles (#in party)5 (amt/tip)$175.00 /$15.00 (tip %)8%

*Serena and Venus Williams (loc.)Boston (#in party)12 (amt/tip)$280.00 /$20.00 (tip %)7% *********

*Madonna (loc.)New York (#in party)4 (amt/tip)$120.00 /$10.00 (tip %)8%

*Natalie Merchant (loc.)New York (#in party)2 (amt/tip)$108.00 / $8.00 (tip %)7% ******

*Allen Iverson (loc.)Detroit (#in party)5 (amt/tip)$495.00 / $50.00 (tip %)10%

*********Tipper's Name: Serena and Venus Williams Restaurant: Italian Where it happened: Boston Total bill / Tip amount / Percentage: $280.00 / $20.00 / 7% What happened: They came in with coaches managers and groupies....ordered things that were not on the menu only drank a strict 40% water 60% cranberry juice mixture and very rudely snapped their fingers for water refills (they had played that afternoon). The manager payed one bill and tipped well the groupies payed the other and left only 20 bucks. They were awful, and when they got the bill had us split it 12 ways and denied ever ordering half the things their fat asses just ate! Never again if these two walk in will i jump to serve them and their group of 12- 14 aunts uncles cousins neighbors and any or all other groupies that walk around kissing their asses!

******Tipper's Name: Natalie Merchant Restaurant: Campagna Where it happened: New York Total bill / Tip amount / Percentage: $108.00 / $8.00 / 7% What happened: Not to mention all the shit she got for free that night from the evil owner of this now defunct B-list celeb shit hole

[Newbomb Turk]

I repair your refrigerator so your Beer/Wine stays chilled, A/C so you rear stays cool.

I remove the stale water from broken dishwashers and washers and repair them so people can have clean dishes and clothes.

I work in laundry rooms and basements next to peoples uncleaned cat litter boxes.

I bust butt to meet peoples demands for AM /PM lunch hour, coffee break and evening service, weekends and holiday emergency service.

Doctors, Nurses and Lawyers bitch about what we charge.

Only 3 people have tried to tip me in 28 years.

I guess all this training and continuing education is a waste.

Should have learned to serve food.

[Porterville]

I DON'T GET TIPS FOR WORKING, So I don't give a damn. Also, Since the government started taxing tips, they aren't really free... so I'll just keep tipping at 15%

[Fraulein]

I always tip very well. Smokers (like myself) generally tend to tip very well. I waitressed for a short while a long time ago, and I found that in general elderly people and blacks tip the very worst.

That Madonna left only a $10.00 tip is nothing short of shameful, btw...

[Coeur de Lion]

What you've said about blacks is true. It appears to be a cultural thing. Like all generalities it's not true across the board, but it actually explains why so many servers would prefer not servicing blacks--not racial bias--which is often used by the race pimps to sue places like Denny's (that and forcing them to pay for the meal upfront). The overall cultural practice in the United States is to tip and pay your bill at the end of the meal. Some folks just choose not to adapt. Perhaps it will be necessary to adapt to the practice of including the tip in the bill as a percentage of the price of the meal such as is done in Germany. Of course, there's danger in that unless it's posted and done uniformly. Here in California a Chinese restaurant owner got sued for discrimination, because he only did it with respect to blacks, and he lost the case.

[mrustow]

No mention, of course, about the type of service provided. If you're a celebrity apparently a very large tip is expected ... regardless.

Have you ever heard of a celebrity getting bad service? Many New York waitresses are notorious for giving ordinary Joes who pay their own way terrible service and expecting big tips, and then slobbering all over celebrities, who often get a free ride.

[mrustow]

I hate to bring race into this, but the many waitresses I have known have let it be known to me that basically, blacks don't tip.

It's true, and it's an open secret that just about everybody hates to bring into this.

[Fraulein]

Here's another one:

I was fortunate enough to receive a whopping $12.00 tip from Julia,Danny Moder, and the film crew when they dined in my place of employment last year sometime, they were in Glen Ellyn filming "OLD FRIENDS" There had to be 12 of them in all. My boss picked up the check, why, God only knows, the bitch makes millions a flick! Whatever, anyways, the check was around $125.00. I would have thrown more down on the table, thats alright, next time I'll let someone else wait on her, she was a pain in the ass

[Keyes2000mt]

I'm sorry, but complaining that Allen Iverson "only" left a $50 tip is a tad ridiculous. If everyone's spending $100 a meal there and the average customer is tipping $10 per meal, the waiter is probably clearing $300-$400 a day which isn't bad.

I don't always tip 15%. Then again, when I get a $22 meal, I'll leave a $3 tip to save everybody on change. The difference between whatever I tip and 15% is always change.

[Fraulein]

According to the site at least Snoop Dog is 'an unbelievably good tipper."

[Fraulein]

Wesley Snipes is a cheap shit unless you're black.

[SkyPilot]

Look....15% is the CUSTOM in this country

Just asking, but where did this seemingly arbitrary percentage come in as a guideline? Not picking a fight here, just curious.

I tip here in Germnay, although you are supposed to do it (by CUSTOM) here only when the service is considered exceptional. But, that trend is dying, and the people who work at the restarants and gasthauses appreciate a good tip.

[CaptSkip]

TIPS = To Insure Prompt Service.

A servers income is dependent on TIPS.

Servers that give good service survive...those that don't...don't.

But there is no scum lower on this earth, liberal/conservative, rich/poor, young/old, black/white/etc., than a person that is well served, and under tips. 20% minimum. If you can't handle it, don't eat out.

[Incorrigible]

Pimpin' pays!

[Fraulein]

Julia [Roberts] was in town to research a film role. She was treated to lunch at the local diner. When the bill came, it was paid for by her fellow dining companions. Julia said that she would give the tip. The bill was $75. Ms. Roberts left a whopping $2 tip...

[Fraulein]

My shift was over at 1am, but my bossed asked me to stay late because Sean Penn was coming in....I agreed. I waited on him for 3 hours, mind you everything was on the house because it was 'Sean Penn'. At the end of the night he did not even tip me...NOTHING...I stayed for nothing!

[wardaddy]

I'm a good tipper unless they have an attitude or do a crappy job.

I remember being fairly poor...not that it makes me a liberal.

[strela]

I don't know what the deal is, but the website in the link (bitterwaitress.com) keeps crashing my browser. Its happened twice now.

[Rate_Determining_Step]

I don't get the tipping thing, anyway, never have. In any other job, you either do the work well or you don't get a raise, or you eventually get fired, and you get paid a solid check.

That's the problem. They get nearly nothing. Something like $2.50 and hour. The IRS taxes them on the basis of like 12%, so if you tip less, your stay there costs them money!

It's a hard life from what I've read.

The #1 cause of this is a mis-communication from the restaurant industry. Blacks don't tip because for generations they weren't allowed into restaurants and after that only went out on special occations. Same for Europeans. They don't know any better because no one ever told them.

I have read a LOT on tipping (wierd subject that fascinates me) and I don't know how much to tip my barista. A few years ago $1 sounded generous, but now I don't know. How much do you tip the dudes who wipe your car down after a carwash? Did you know that it's now considered 10/15/20% for tips? 10 for substandard, 15 for normal and 20 for good?

You can make a decent amount if you're savvy, but you can also get eaten alive. All the restaurant needs to do is put "Servers get paid $2.50 per hour by this restaurant. A tip of 15% is customary for good service". End of problem.

Either that or they can build it into the price of the meal. I could care less either way, but there are answers why many don't tip well enough. Most of the time, it's ignorance. Sometimes it's just malice.

[SkyPilot]

When Hildabeast, BJ Clinton, and their hangers-on crowd came to near my hometown of Skaneatles a few years back, they ate, and ate, and ate the town out of house and home and never even paid their bills!

They went to the Old Stone Mill and ordered the left side of the menu, 5 bottles of the best wine, plus dessert. When Hillary! saw them at the cash register totaling the bill-----she quickly began barking orders that it was time to leave.

But, what do you expect from someone who claims her husbands used underwear as an IRS deduction.

[GaConfed]

I used to work as a waiter in a restaurant in a small city that is a state capital, home to one of the service academies, and is about 300 years old, thus a big tourist destination. Therefore, I served a lot of politicians, lobbyists, etc. who were mainly vain, with big ole egos. Most were experienced restaurant goers, and therefore, very demanding, but very appreciative of good service also. They tipped well, but you earned every penny of it. Military brass was a mixed bag. Tourists were very friendly and tipped lousy.

It was my experience that blacks are indeed very bad tippers, however, the best tip I ever got was from a young black minister who brought in about 15 of his elderly church members for Sunday brunch.

Waiting tables is like any other business. You have to concentrate on doing your job well ALL the time. If you get bad customers who don't tip you just have to forget about it and go on.