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Bad tippers and bitter waitresses
American Thinker ^ | 11-26-05 | Jack Kemp

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: beer; cheapjackasses; cheapskates; cheaptippers; hatepoorpeople; hateworkingclass; liberals; michaelmoore; mrpink; reservoirdogs; tipping; tips
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1 posted on 11/26/2005 9:50:04 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

What kind of moron, who is a billionaire and running for President, grossly undertips?

A good tip might be worth a half dozen votes.


2 posted on 11/26/2005 9:53:01 AM PST by furquhart (Gingrich '08)
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To: smoothsailing
Naturally Leftists are poor tippers. They think their mere presence is enough compense to all the "lowly workers."

If Leftists weren't invariably atheists, they'd think they were God's gift to God.

3 posted on 11/26/2005 9:53:27 AM PST by Prime Choice (Mechanical Engineers build weapons. Civil Engineers build targets.)
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To: furquhart
What kind of moron, who is a billionaire and running for President, grossly undertips?

The kind who thinks he's entitled to the Presidency because he's "so sophisticated" and "so progressive" and "so international", that's who.

4 posted on 11/26/2005 9:54:25 AM PST by Prime Choice (Mechanical Engineers build weapons. Civil Engineers build targets.)
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To: Prime Choice

There was another story about chartity giving with the same message earlier this week. The liberal states don't give...they expect another government program.


5 posted on 11/26/2005 9:56:40 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: smoothsailing
My boss treated us to dinner a couple weeks ago. So I tipped. When I gave 20% of the bill at least half the table chastized me telling me I'd never get rich that way & the rich never tip much at all. They tried to get me to take some off the table!

I told them I'm already rich. My life is blessed.

I think EVERYONE in life should work in a restaurant setting. It gives you an understanding of actually WORKING for your pay. When these liberal wealthy folk stiff them - shame on them!

6 posted on 11/26/2005 9:57:32 AM PST by mosquitobite (As the Iraqis stand up, we will stand down.)
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To: smoothsailing
I'm no fan of any of these guys but a tip should be what the customer sees the extra service is worth. We only have the servers viewpoint here. I have been to places where I left a minimal or no tip. If it is automatically deducted I ask to opt out. If I can't I don't add any more.
7 posted on 11/26/2005 9:57:40 AM PST by CindyDawg
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To: Prime Choice
There was an article about Limo Drivers in our local rag a year or so...the one they interviewed ragged on Barry Bonds* who not only didn't tip, but refused to pay.

Bonds* and other coddled type just always assume some worshipper is picking up the tab.

8 posted on 11/26/2005 9:58:05 AM PST by ErnBatavia (Frist would be a great Majority Leader if he had 65 seats..make that 75)
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To: Prime Choice
If Leftists weren't invariably atheists, they'd think they were God's gift to God.

LOL! That's a great line, PC, and how true!

9 posted on 11/26/2005 9:58:16 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

I think part of the problem is that none of these "special" people has ever been a waiter, or held any other real-life job. People who've been there are much more likely to be polite to a waiter (and tip an adequate one generously), and to be pleasant to a store clerk, security guard, etc.

(Note to self, make sure all offspring work at least one service job.)


10 posted on 11/26/2005 10:00:01 AM PST by Tax-chick (Advent starts November 27 ... have you dusted yet?)
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To: smoothsailing
Minimum tip, 20%. If the service was really good, it can go as high as 50%.

And if, as chef, I get tipped by a client, I split the tip with the kitchen, including the dish-washer. $600 was the largest tip I ever received. My kitchen was very happy that night.

/john

11 posted on 11/26/2005 10:00:08 AM PST by JRandomFreeper (D@mit! I'm just a cook. Don't make me come over there and prove it!)
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To: smoothsailing
Thanks for posting this! My son is a waiter and we are having a good laugh. He hasn't ever waited on a celebrity, none would dare dine where he works, but he has some interesting stories about people and their tipping habits.

Many don't realize that not only do they earn well below minimum wage, they also have to give a percentage of their food SALES to the busboy and bartender.

12 posted on 11/26/2005 10:00:17 AM PST by jan in Colorado (Cowards cut and run, Marines never do!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
I know the one of which you speak. There was another piece like that last year (which naturally got no prime-time or front-page coverage) that showed that all the "evil conservative red states" were far more generous to charities throughout the year than the "good and enlightened blue states."

Leftists, it seems, are only generous with other people's money.

13 posted on 11/26/2005 10:00:18 AM PST by Prime Choice (Mechanical Engineers build weapons. Civil Engineers build targets.)
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To: smoothsailing
Does this surprise anybody? The cheapest, most money hungry people in the world are liberals.

That is why they always want more of YOUR money.

14 posted on 11/26/2005 10:00:54 AM PST by Dr.Syn
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

That's what I thought about. Seems the poor are more willing to help the poor. Liberals have always been more talk than action, though.


16 posted on 11/26/2005 10:01:33 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: smoothsailing

Of all of those I can't believe the John Kerry one-after all it is not his money-it's Theeeeraaaaza'a he didn't lift a finger for it-you would think he, as is his fashion, would be a little more "liberal" with it.


17 posted on 11/26/2005 10:02:18 AM PST by mrmargaritaville
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I always ask the following question on tip threads: when calculating the 20%, does one use the pre- or post-tax total?


18 posted on 11/26/2005 10:02:24 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: smoothsailing

A blast from the past -- this gem was left out:



With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
For the story behind the story...

Saturday February 12, 2000; 3:01 PM EST

'It Takes A Village To Tip A Waitress,' Says Right-Wing Web Site

Who says members of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy don't have a heart?

As news percolated through the Internet Friday that Hillary Clinton had
accepted a hearty free breakfast at an upstate New York diner and then
stiffed the waitress out of her tip, charter VRWC members at the Web site
Free Republic were taking pledges to make up for the First Freeloader's
stinginess.

As of Saturday morning, the "It Takes A Village To Tip A Waitress Fund" had
collected over $250.00 in pledges.

Within 24 hours of its first report in the Washington Times, the story of the
Hillary's snub of "Trish" the waitress (her boss at the "Village House" diner
in Albion, N.Y., won't release her full name) had become a defining moment in
Clinton's bid to become that state's next U.S. senator.

The First Freeloader initially ordered oatmeal to go, so the story goes. But
then Her Stinginess ripped up her diet and ordered up scrambled eggs topped
with cheese, hash browns and rye toast. Next, when she thought nobody was
looking, she wolfed down a second helping of eggs.

The cholesterol-laden Senate candidate thanked her hosts and made a beeline
for the door - without leaving so much as a penny tip for poor Trish, who not
only had to schlep all that food to Her Hungriness, she's also a struggling
single mom who works for below minimum wage and has to pay her own health
insurance.

NewsMax.com is happy to endorse any worthy charity, especially this one:

Those who want to help "Trish" can visit Free Republic's "It Takes A Village
To Tip A Waitress" Web page. Or simply send your donation to:

Trish (Hillary's Waitress)
Village House Restaurant
16 East Ave.
Albion, NY 14411-1613


19 posted on 11/26/2005 10:03:21 AM PST by randita
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To: smoothsailing
*tipping hat* Thanks much!   :o)
20 posted on 11/26/2005 10:03:26 AM PST by Prime Choice (Mechanical Engineers build weapons. Civil Engineers build targets.)
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