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."
"I know lots of people think we should tip, I don't, and I applaud this guy for leaving a DVD,"
You eat out a lot? I bet not at the same restaurants more than once or twice.
==Most restaurants CHARGE at least 15% gratuity on groups of 8 or more
Well that's what they should have done.
In a related story....
Bill Clinton has been asked not to return to the "Bunny Ranch" in Las Vegas after completing a private "mentoring" session with an employee. Sources say after his "session" was completed he threw some ice cubes at the employee and told her to "put some ice on it, baby".
Either way, he sure is great in Entourage.
Nobu Matsuhisa wouldn't be running your run of the mill hash house. I sure the people who serve his fare are very proper. The place just couldn't stay open otherwise.
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 "
I don't agree with a single thing you have stated here.
Many states allow a reduction of minimum wage in jobs where tips are a part of the scenario.
Many restaurants have taken the position that groups of 6 or more will AUTOMATICALLY have 15% adde to their bill.
I don't think you have ever worked in a restaurant and dealt with the abuse servers get when it most often is not their fault for the alledged unhappiness of the customer.
Customer is always right? Not where a restaurant is concerned. Things fall apart in the kitchen, and the server gets the heat. Order prepared wrong? Server gets the heat. Customer doesn't quite know what they are ordering and the server gets the heat when the plate comes.
We all have seen what I am saying.
I applaud both the server and the restaurant chain in this case.
This jerk would be banned from my place, also, even if it were a hot dog stand on wheels that serves construction sites.
Who cares? You dine, you tip.
I remember him, he was in PCU what, 15 years ago?
He's one of the funniest people in showbiz, imo. When he was walking out I can just hear him saying, "This is me leaving. This is me leaving." (Old School reference)
I don't think we're getting the whole story here, by a long shot.
LOL, how true. If not, this person has eaten their share of spit or worse. Years ago, when I was in college, I worked in restaurant. One of the waiters was nuts. I'm talking Joe Pesce/Goodfellas nuts. He had a party of four. Before they even ordered, someone in the party made a wisecrack to the waiter. The soda machine was off to the side. I saw him with my own eyes, spit in all four glasses. He caught my eye, and my blood ran cold. It's not a myth, waiters really do these things.
Thank you for clearing that up. Those of us in our LATE forties, never married, get tired of the assumption, when clearly, most of us simply cannot see ourselves tied to a single woman for life.
Manwhore is a bit strong, I prefer 'man-slut' instead. Whores get paid.
Mr. Pink??? That you??? ;o)
I'm worry for the word. I'm with you Bud. Some people just shouldn't marry. And that's not a bad thing at all.
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