This is interesting.
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Celebrity tippers..........
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I always tip way over twenty percent (unless I'm treated VERY badly by the server - and still, I tip them more than I probably should). I tip more than I can afford to, because if I can't do that, I shouldn't be dining out in the first place. I worked in the restaurant/bar business for many years and it is extremely difficult work.
Applause for the celebrities who pay it forward. The cheapskates should be called out.
Applause for the celebrities who pay it forward. The cheapskates should be called out.
When I was a peach fuzzed kiddo one of my brothers gave his old shoe shine box, said go forth and make some dough ya brat, and so I did.
'Course I needed rides and had to beg for 'em, as we lived at the time aways from the city, where the shoes,they needed the shinin' , but another brother loved going to Cincinnati Red's games at Cincy's old Crosley Field, and occasionaly I could bribe him (eh, more like blackmail, but that's just sibling sematics I figure), to pack me with him and his pals.
I worked the plaza, concourse, whatever they called it, and it didn't take long to find out where the players came out, cool beans indeed!
Shined quite a few, and let me tells ya, mosta them fellas tipped muchos swell, Lee May and Bernie Carbo were the best, they'd give two whole beans for a two bit shine, a young guy named Pete Rose gave me a buck...worked a carwash a few years later and he didn't cough up a nickle for the Turkish towel hand dry on the Porche, but his first wife, Caroline, she ponied up some quarters on the Rolls.
But my most favoritr guy was Larry Flynt, use to see him in downtown Cincy.
Catch him walking to or from his club on Walnut St. he had back then, couldn't miss that guy.
He wore a lot of wild plaid, like lime green with burnt orange, hot pink and torquoise, type stuff, and white loafers, lotta white loafers, and I carried white touch up.
He'd give me a paper buck and whatever spare change he had in his pockets, and always a compliment about bein' a go getter, yep, a real swell guy to this kiddo with his old banged up shoe shine box ;-)
'Course I needed rides and had to beg for 'em, as we lived at the time aways from the city, where the shoes,they needed the shinin' , but another brother loved going to Cincinnati Red's games at Cincy's old Crosley Field, and occasionaly I could bribe him (eh, more like blackmail, but that's just sibling sematics I figure), to pack me with him and his pals.
I worked the plaza, concourse, whatever they called it, and it didn't take long to find out where the players came out, cool beans indeed!
Shined quite a few, and let me tells ya, mosta them fellas tipped muchos swell, Lee May and Bernie Carbo were the best, they'd give two whole beans for a two bit shine, a young guy named Pete Rose gave me a buck...worked a carwash a few years later and he didn't cough up a nickle for the Turkish towel hand dry on the Porche, but his first wife, Caroline, she ponied up some quarters on the Rolls.
But my most favoritr guy was Larry Flynt, use to see him in downtown Cincy.
Catch him walking to or from his club on Walnut St. he had back then, couldn't miss that guy.
He wore a lot of wild plaid, like lime green with burnt orange, hot pink and torquoise, type stuff, and white loafers, lotta white loafers, and I carried white touch up.
He'd give me a paper buck and whatever spare change he had in his pockets, and always a compliment about bein' a go getter, yep, a real swell guy to this kiddo with his old banged up shoe shine box ;-)
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Oh man. Why would you not tip? I've never had service bad enough that I didn't tip, because it would have to involve some sort of intentional malevolence on the server's part and I've never seen that happen.
I've worked in a kitchen, and I've worked in food service, and there are just too many things that can mess up the flow of the dinner rush.
And who goes out of their way to be a jerk, and then doesn't tip on top.of making the server's life a living hell through the whole meal? Jerks, I guess...
A little kindness can go a long way, even when tipping isn't an issue. Recently I was at the grocery store and the checker lost his grip on my "astronaut chicken" sending it tumbling a couple of times down the belt. The poor kid actually froze up and looked down in fear, like I was really going to let him have it.
I looked at him and said, "Hey, it's okay. We're just going to chew it up and poop it into the toilet. You didn't hurt anything."
I'm not kidding, he almost started to cry. He kept thanking me for not being mad. Good grief, I wonder what is up with the people in this community?
We all have the power to make a difference in someone else's day. It would be nice to be able to throw $50,000 around, but it's not necessary. Just being decent goes a long way!
I've worked in a kitchen, and I've worked in food service, and there are just too many things that can mess up the flow of the dinner rush.
And who goes out of their way to be a jerk, and then doesn't tip on top.of making the server's life a living hell through the whole meal? Jerks, I guess...
A little kindness can go a long way, even when tipping isn't an issue. Recently I was at the grocery store and the checker lost his grip on my "astronaut chicken" sending it tumbling a couple of times down the belt. The poor kid actually froze up and looked down in fear, like I was really going to let him have it.
I looked at him and said, "Hey, it's okay. We're just going to chew it up and poop it into the toilet. You didn't hurt anything."
I'm not kidding, he almost started to cry. He kept thanking me for not being mad. Good grief, I wonder what is up with the people in this community?
We all have the power to make a difference in someone else's day. It would be nice to be able to throw $50,000 around, but it's not necessary. Just being decent goes a long way!
...the asshats who have and don't tip appropriately deserve a spit sandwich at their next meal...
Nobody deserves that sweety. Any chef or server who would do something like that should not be working. Just saying.
...that's just a gut reaction luv, I know a true professional wouldn't lower themselves to that level...but I bet more than a few have been sorely tempted...
Lol, oh yes I have heard some way they would love to. Thankfully, it does not happen very often. I have never seen it.
Michael Moore a poor tipper? That's kind of surprising since he likes to claim he's fighting for the working people. Just not the ones that work in restaurants I guess.
There's a series of posts at the blog "Jezebel" called "Behind Closed Ovens", where people share their stories of crazy customers, servers, great managers, etc. Alternately horrifying and hilarious, and sometimes both.
Behind closed ovens - kitchenette
Behind closed ovens - kitchenette
I read recently there is a trend toward no tipping and that the service industry is paying better wages. Although I haven't seen it yet. My one pet peeve is tips that are included in the cost, takes the free will out of it.
Some, hmm, many of the most nutty, crazy, and just plain whacked-witha- noodle insane mental fruit salads I've met, I've met in kitchens...lotta meds in kitchens is what I'm sayin', many even perscribed, thinka that the next time your wait staff looks maybe a wee stressed;-)
Honestly, doesn't surprise me. One's meanness endures past their rhetoric.
Some of the worst, exploitative bosses I've seen are those who have cloaked themselves in the "common man" guise. (Now, to be fair, some of the best too.) Hypocrisy abounds across the spectrum.
This is overly simplistic and doesn't apply to everyone but I think that people who grow up without much money and become successful are more generous than people who grew up in wealthy families. You can see that trend in the tipping article.
I could make a doozy parody thread from this title....
I could make a doozy parody thread from this title....
Hi.
I agree. I think many of us who have been in the trenches know how hard work can be and what's it's like to make a living. We appreciate others working hard and give others their due.
Others hard work is waking up at the crack of noon and swiping their black card all evening long.
I could make a doozy parody thread from this title....
I know what it'd be, I know what it'd beeee~~
Great link! Love the fellow that says 'I didn't know you get steak with steak and eggs'.
