10 worst celebrity tippers

[ASUADPi]

10. Rachael Ray shows up on quite a few lists of measly tippers. "Tipped $1 on a $10 tab" according to List of the Day, which also accuses her of "promoting less than a 20% tip on a show that millions of people watch!" Rachael might have to rename her series of $40 a Day books $40 a Day -- Not Including Gratuities.

9. Bill Cosby is ranked #6 on Glamorati's list of 34 notoriously bad tippers, and the Cos makes it onto just about every other list too. He is said to have once left a $3 tip on a $350 order. This from a man who preaches about the importance of setting a good example.

8. Sean Penn and three others had "New Orleans waiters waiting on them hand and foot. The tip left on a $450 tab? Absolutely nothing. There are lots of instances of Sean Penn stiffing waitstaff," Glamorati reports. He takes the number three spot on the Frisky's compilation of measly stars as well. Of course Penn was in N.O. helping out poor people, so let's at least acknowledge he's generous with his time, if not his money

7. Mariah Carey is said to have kept a restaurant open late with a very large party. Glamorati, getting its info from the New York Post, wrote that "Mariah and crew were very diva-ish with their demands. Despite keeping staffers jumping and a high tab, no one left a tip."

6. Usher is consistently cited as one of the worst tippers, including the Stained Apron's 44 tipping "sinners," and the number five spot on the Frisky. "Always tries to get someone else to pick up the bill," reports glamorati.com. More damning is the oft-repeated tale of Usher having once left his autograph as a tip.

5. Jeremy Piven, according to Zimbio, showed up at Nobu in Aspen with a party of 12 -- without a reservation. After being seated and served, Piven reportedly told the manager: "Thanks for nothing," and left a signed Entourage DVD as the tip -- which is at least a bit more generous than an autograph. According to the story, a Nobu employee hurled the box at Piven as he was leaving, and Piven was banned from ever returning to Nobu. Sounds like something Ari Gold, his Entourage character, might do. The act earned Piven the number one "worst tipper" on Zimbio's list of ten worst tippers, number two on thefrisky.com, and at or near the top on most others. We would have placed him higher, but he doesn't make as much money as most folks on this list, and it's just one incident.

4. LeBron James comes in at number four on thefrisky.com's list, and perhaps for good reason. Seems he once made a Cleveland steak house stay open until 4 in the morning so he could finish his feast. The bill: $800. The tip: $10. Obviously LeBron is waiting to win a championship and use the windfall for tipping.

3. Barbra Streisand is mentioned again and again for being a cheap tipper as well as a rude and demanding customer. Glamorati says, "Doesn't always tip." Thefrisky.com notes that at a New York restaurant, Babs once "left a $10 tip for a $457 tab." That's not so funny, girl.

2. Madonna: It's just like the old days: Madonna comes in number one on chart after chart. Glamorati in 2008 named Madonna numero uno in its list of the 34 stingiest celebs. "Doesn't always leave a tip, and when she does it's a cheap one." A year later, List of the Day put her atop its cheapster listing and reported that Madonna and then-husband Guy Ritchie left an $18 tip on a $400 tab (Madonna's worth, incidentally, is estimated to be in the hundreds of millions). Madge is also the cover girl for bad tippers at thefrisky.com, nabbed the number five spot on zimbio.com's list of worst tippers, and also appears LoveToKnow's survey as well.

1. Tiger Woods came in number four on Zimbio's scrooge compilation and was cited on every single list. The reason he doesn't tip: The man worth more than $500 million says it's because he never carries cash. The Frisky reports Tiger dated "a gal in Las Vegas who had to tip for him whenever they went out." And according to List of the Day ,Tiger once "pulled a mulligan on a $5 tip, repocketing the money meant for a waitress after realizing he had tipped her earlier in the evening. He was possibly distracted by the $10,000 hand of blackjack he was playing." Hey, Tiger, we have a tip for you: When it comes to leaving money for those who are serving you, just do it.

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/short...ean_penn_t.php

I'm sorry, there is absolutely NO EXCUSE for these stars to pull this crap. If a "poor" person (i.e. someone who doesn't make millions) can afford to tip a waiter, so can they.

I hope these celebrities get bombarded with negative press, but chances are that won't happen.

[twinkle555]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

10. Rachael Ray shows up on quite a few lists of measly tippers. "Tipped $1 on a $10 tab" according to List of the Day, which also accuses her of "promoting less than a 20% tip on a show that millions of people watch!" Rachael might have to rename her series of $40 a Day books $40 a Day -- Not Including Gratuities.

9. Bill Cosby is ranked #6 on Glamorati's list of 34 notoriously bad tippers, and the Cos makes it onto just about every other list too. He is said to have once left a $3 tip on a $350 order. This from a man who preaches about the importance of setting a good example.

8. Sean Penn and three others had "New Orleans waiters waiting on them hand and foot. The tip left on a $450 tab? Absolutely nothing. There are lots of instances of Sean Penn stiffing waitstaff," Glamorati reports. He takes the number three spot on the Frisky's compilation of measly stars as well. Of course Penn was in N.O. helping out poor people, so let's at least acknowledge he's generous with his time, if not his money

7. Mariah Carey is said to have kept a restaurant open late with a very large party. Glamorati, getting its info from the New York Post, wrote that "Mariah and crew were very diva-ish with their demands. Despite keeping staffers jumping and a high tab, no one left a tip."

6. Usher is consistently cited as one of the worst tippers, including the Stained Apron's 44 tipping "sinners," and the number five spot on the Frisky. "Always tries to get someone else to pick up the bill," reports glamorati.com. More damning is the oft-repeated tale of Usher having once left his autograph as a tip.

5. Jeremy Piven, according to Zimbio, showed up at Nobu in Aspen with a party of 12 -- without a reservation. After being seated and served, Piven reportedly told the manager: "Thanks for nothing," and left a signed Entourage DVD as the tip -- which is at least a bit more generous than an autograph. According to the story, a Nobu employee hurled the box at Piven as he was leaving, and Piven was banned from ever returning to Nobu. Sounds like something Ari Gold, his Entourage character, might do. The act earned Piven the number one "worst tipper" on Zimbio's list of ten worst tippers, number two on thefrisky.com, and at or near the top on most others. We would have placed him higher, but he doesn't make as much money as most folks on this list, and it's just one incident.

4. LeBron James comes in at number four on thefrisky.com's list, and perhaps for good reason. Seems he once made a Cleveland steak house stay open until 4 in the morning so he could finish his feast. The bill: $800. The tip: $10. Obviously LeBron is waiting to win a championship and use the windfall for tipping.

3. Barbra Streisand is mentioned again and again for being a cheap tipper as well as a rude and demanding customer. Glamorati says, "Doesn't always tip." Thefrisky.com notes that at a New York restaurant, Babs once "left a $10 tip for a $457 tab." That's not so funny, girl.

2. Madonna: It's just like the old days: Madonna comes in number one on chart after chart. Glamorati in 2008 named Madonna numero uno in its list of the 34 stingiest celebs. "Doesn't always leave a tip, and when she does it's a cheap one." A year later, List of the Day put her atop its cheapster listing and reported that Madonna and then-husband Guy Ritchie left an $18 tip on a $400 tab (Madonna's worth, incidentally, is estimated to be in the hundreds of millions). Madge is also the cover girl for bad tippers at thefrisky.com, nabbed the number five spot on zimbio.com's list of worst tippers, and also appears LoveToKnow's survey as well.

1. Tiger Woods came in number four on Zimbio's scrooge compilation and was cited on every single list. The reason he doesn't tip: The man worth more than $500 million says it's because he never carries cash. The Frisky reports Tiger dated "a gal in Las Vegas who had to tip for him whenever they went out." And according to List of the Day ,Tiger once "pulled a mulligan on a $5 tip, repocketing the money meant for a waitress after realizing he had tipped her earlier in the evening. He was possibly distracted by the $10,000 hand of blackjack he was playing." Hey, Tiger, we have a tip for you: When it comes to leaving money for those who are serving you, just do it.

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/short...ean_penn_t.php

I'm sorry, there is absolutely NO EXCUSE for these stars to pull this crap. If a "poor" person (i.e. someone who doesn't make millions) can afford to tip a waiter, so can they.

I hope these celebrities get bombarded with negative press, but chances are that won't happen.

This makes me SICK. I tip 20-30% and I clearly dont make anything near what these cheap a-holes make...they should be ashamed honestly...such BS.

[ellebud]

We shared a pool man with Cary Grant. (Cary Grant was a client way before us). Cary Grant not only refused to pay his bill, he (Cary) thought that it was a marketing strategy for the pool man. "Just tell everyone you are Cary Grant's pool guy.:

Our pool man fired Cary Grant.

[DubaiSis]

The part of this that isn't discussed is how was the service? But if you keep a restaurant open late for the customer than it goes without saying that there was good service. If it had been bad enough to not pay, you wouldn't have stayed so late.

And although it may be BETTER to pay tips in cash, if you literally have none I think you can go ahead and add it to your credit card. This falls into the pathetic excuse category.

Here in Dubai people don't tip because the bill says "service charge" so they think they don't have to. Dubai is "tax free" so the city charges a "service charge" (hypocracy you say?). When people I know learn this they are horrified to know they have been scrooges for a year or more. And in some cases, even if you do tip, the money goes to the owner, so it's not doing what you want it to anyway. So it's a crap shoot, but I always tip unless I am super annoyed with the service.

I had a waiter follow me out of a bar in KC once because our entire group didn't tip. First, some did. He apparently wasn't even aware of this because people had to go to the bar to pay. Second, I intentionally didn't tip because this group who went to this bar every month got horrendously bad service and I was sick of it. If I have to beg to get the bill, you're not getting a tip. Sucks to be you.

It hurts me to hear Cary Grant was a douche canoe. I loved him.

[Jill1228]

I'm a firm believer in the following:
People who don't tip or have the CBS (cheap bastard syndrome) should be sentenced to be a server for a week! It'll give them a whole new appreciation

[Tulip86]

Really hate lousy tippers. Served two groups yesterday. One group of students who spent about $20 each and one group of very wealty store owners who had $60 meals AND a lot of expensive bottles of wine. The students tipped about 20 %, the others not a penny. I asked them is there was anything wrong with the service and they just told me they don't tip waiting staff as they don't think the job is very demanding. Asshats.

[DubaiSis]

That is the most douchey thing I think I've ever heard. And yes, those people should be made to spend a week as a waiter. And good to know the students were trained right by someone.

[DrPhil]

I take all of these stories with a grain of salt. Maybe they are accurate. Maybe they are not.

[ASUADPi]

Even if the stories aren't entirely accurate, the reality is that there are some douchey people in the world who don't tip, stars or no stars.
Even if I have incredibly lousy service I tip something, it might only be a buck, but I've never stiffed a waiter. I've never been a server but my brother and SIL were and I know from them about people stiffing them. I try to give the servers a little bit of the benefit of the doubt.
I have also tipped a completely different server, if he/she actually helped me and my original one didn't.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

Even if the stories aren't entirely accurate, the reality is that there are some douchey people in the world who don't tip, stars or no stars.

And this should be the point rather than yet another rumor-mill about celebrities.

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

Even if I have incredibly lousy service I tip something....

I don't and I never will. They should consider themselves lucky that I chose not to tip rather than speaking to a manager.

[agzg]

Well my question is why aren't the restaurants adding a gratuity to the bill? A lot of these stars roll with 7 or 8 (or more) people on a tab - in many restaurants they add a gratuity for parties over 6. Add the gratuity and be done with it!

[KSig RC]

Another reason why this list is a tardparty? The Tiger Woods 'incident' apparently happened at a blackjack table ... where tipping $5 (total) to a server is normal, and tipping generally should NOT be expected to scale with the table max.

Why should he tip a server bringing free drinks more than $1/per (which would be what you would do at a $25 table) simply because he's playing $10k/hand?

Anybody who gambles on an even recreational basis knows that tipping is part of the rake - which also doesn't scale.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by agzg

Well my question is why aren't the restaurants adding a gratuity to the bill? A lot of these stars roll with 7 or 8 (or more) people on a tab - in many restaurants they add a gratuity for parties over 6. Add the gratuity and be done with it!

I believe high-end restaurants consider this practice gauche.

[Splash]

Shakira doesn't.
BronBron does.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

I believe high-end restaurants consider this practice gauche.

Perhaps. It's more common in Europe, but really, it's way more work to take care of a table of 12 than it is to take care of 3 tables of 4.