Posted on 08/17/2011 4:35:43 PM PDT by GQuagmire
Tiger Woods might never return to the top of the World Golf Rankings, but at least the disgraced former star has earned a No. 1 ranking in something.
Woods, despite a net worth of $500 million, is the worst celebrity tipper in America. Eldrick's excuse: He never carries cash. Woods is said to have made a woman in Las Vegas tip for him when they went out. While playing $10,000-a-hand blackjack, Tiger re-pocketed a $5 tip after realizing he tipped her early in the night.
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Top Ten Cheapest Celebrity Tippers 1.) Tiger Woods: Claims he never carries cash. 2.) Madonna: Once left an $18 tip on a $400 bill. 3.) Barbra Streisand: Famous for leaving $10 tip for $457 tab. 4.) LeBron James: Didn't ever get tipping talents, left $10 on an $800 bill. 5.) Jeremy Piven: Left signed Entourage DVD as tip. 6.) Usher: Once left his autograph as a tip. 7.) Mariah Carey: Famous for diva demands and no tips! 8.) Sean Penn: Left $0 on a $450 tab in New Orleans. 9.) Bill Cosby: Once left a $3 tip on a $350 bill 10.) Rachael Ray: Promotes less than 20 percent tip on her show.
“10.) Rachael Ray: Promotes less than 20 percent tip on her show.”
Maybe I’m getting old, but I was raised to tip 15% and that’s what I still do. How much do these people want these days?
15%. Aye.
Quite a few notorious libs on that list. Imagine that - they’re only generous with other people’s money.
Once you have an ex-wife, you have no disposable income. grrrrr
I used to wait tables and now never tip less than 20% and usually more like 25 or 30 percent. The only time I tip less is if the server is willfully evil or negligent. If the server is just super busy or gets screwed by the kitchen but still has a good attitude, I’ll still tip well. I know what hard work it is.
I think 17% is normal tip for good service now; 20% for excellent service.
A lot of the diners, where I live, generally have checks less than $10. My normal tip is always $3 for these small meals, no matter how the percentage adds up. And when I dine at a more expensive place, I’ll give the 15 percent for good service.
If you are celebrity you get extra attention which would normally deserve a bigger tip. The rest of us rift-raft
can get by on 15% in most places we can afford to go to.
Never check the time on your wrist watch when you're holding a cup of coffee.
I wonder if the tip percentage is different for different parts of the country. Her in the midwest I don’t know anyone who doesn’t tip 20%, although I’ve hear “Canadians” don’t tip well if at all.
I agreed, 15%.
I have to laugh at stupid people who put dollar bills in tipping jars at dumps like Starbucks. These are the same people who have less than $200.00 in their savings account, and no emgergency fund.
These are some of the lib ahole celebrities that think the rich don't pay their fair share in taxes!
These are some of the lib ahole celebrities that think the rich don't pay their fair share in taxes!
Usually the best tipper are: waiters/waitress, cab drivers, and bar tenders...cause they know what the job consist of—
I do 15 percent then round up to the next dollar. Makes for faster credit card signing.
I'd say 20% became the "new 15%" in metropolitan areas more than a decade ago; I'm not being rude, I'm just dating the change.
I live in a major metropolitan area. I don't have a set percentage. I look at a couple of things. 20-25% is my norm, leaning to 25%. If the service is worse - service, not the food - I leave less. If I get particularly good service, I'll leave 30% or more - but only if I've asked whether tips are pooled. Being a server is not an easy job.
The second thing is I have a base. I rarely tip less than $3 or $4 is the service is good, even if it's on an $8 sandwich tab.
Mrs. Scoutmaster probably tips half of what I tip (on a good day). She's a perfect example of what the server's stereotype regarding female diners (I can't say if the stereotype is true, and I'll keep silent about my experience when the tab is picked up by female business colleagues). She'll try to calculate 15% and then she'll round it down to the nearest dollar.
I’m still put off by tip jars at Starbucks. I don’t care for their coffee either so they loose me on two counts.
I’m even older and 10% was a very healthy tip in the 60s and 70s
Funny how the “accepted” percentage went up as the cost of meals and services ALSO went up, giving the tippee a nice little double-dip increase WITHOUT any perceptible improvement of service.
What really frosts my bumpkus, though, are these freakin’ “tip jars” for counter service.
Nowadays, I thought tips were “included” in the bill? I see it all the time on my final bill....
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