Lebron James doesn't tip well

[Edgar]

I’ve always heard tipping is paying for the service.

These days, tipping feels more like a conspiracy to evade taxes.  I prefer to tip in cash so servers can under-report their income, if they wish.

Would you rather we inflate prices by 15-20% and change the custom to no tipping?

Has this thread really gone on this long without anyone mentioning Reservoir Dogs?

No one would criticize LeBron James if he were an average tipper.  We would never hear any stories about his tipping.  If LeBron James habitually tipped 10%, we'd probably never hear stories about his tipping.

I went to Paris earlier this year, where tips are generally part of the bill, and waiters are essentially on salary.  It definitely did not do much for the service...

In El Salvador the food is cheap even in extra fancy restaurants, the tip is included, The % is 10% never higher, and the service is more than amazing compared to the one on States.

like this one

http://www.tripadvisor.es/Restaurant_Review-g294476-d1908934-Reviews-Citron-San_Salvador.html

[mgent]

Do people really tip pizza guys significantly less?  What's the difference between them and waiters?  Both bring you your food, both can spit in your food if they remember you're cheap.

That's messed up, you're essentially paying for the gas you would've spent to go pick it up.  If you don't, then that guy is paying out of his own pocket to drive your food to you, and that's not even taking into consideration the extra wear and tear on his car.

[Interceptor]

Tipping is a tradition that no longer makes any sense.  We are the laughingstock of the world for this, just so you know.

[Eja117]

Yea, Lebron probably should have tipped more, but man, I can't bring myself to care that much....

TP for telling it like it is

[Eja117]

Here are some tipping guide lines:
If service is good, give 15%.
If service is great, give 20%.
If service is poor, give 10%.
If you are not willing to allow a server to have an off day, stick with take-out.

Unfortunately, those numbers have become a bit outdated.

At this point, 18% has become pretty standard, with 15% being the bottom, and 20+% being reward for a job well done (or more accurately, a message to the waiter of "please like me")

I always find these stories funny though.  I don't think it means anything about them as a person, but it does show a lack of awareness of their celebrity (or a desire to just be seen as cheap).

As a celebrity, you need to know that this stuff always gets out, so, you really are required to overtip in order to avoid getting the cheap label. 

I'm curious.  What is the logic for these numbers changing? 

i asked a pizza guy what he  expected and thought was fair once and he said essentially a buck and change, but that was in maybe 1999, so maybe it's 2 and change now

I don't think there is logic behind cultural changes like that.  They just happen.

Now, maybe its different in different parts of the country, but in Boston, 18% is customary, as is evidenced by it being the number the automatically add to checks of groups of 6 or more.

I see what you mean, but I am going to be slightly resistant to letting the restaurants decide that for me. They seem a little biased to me

Absolutely.  I hate it.  I think the whole point of a tip has been lost, when it is actually worked into the bill, or assumed to be a certain amount.

I saw an interesting study about tipping though recently, and it makes a lot of sense.  They found that tipping really did not correlate with good or bad service very strongly.  Instead, it correlated with peoples desire to be liked.  Some people, who really care about what others think always tip a lot, no matter how bad the service is.  Some, who don't care, always tip very little, no matter how good the service is. 

Wow.....sooooo....Lebron doesn't care what people think of him. Things that make you go hmmmmm.

[Eja117]

Tipping is a tradition that no longer makes any sense.  We are the laughingstock of the world for this, just so you know.

Please clarify why it doesn't make sense, because till then I laugh at the rest of the world.


I told you that, right guys? There's two ways to do everything...the American way and the wrong way?  You know it!

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

this isn't the first i have heard of Lebron not tipping well, granted its the first published report of it since i had only heard from a freind at Ohio State that Lebron was known in the area as a bad tipper.

Me either, I have heard of many instances of it but that was when Shaq was a Cavalier. I don't care about LeBron so I won't go looking for the stuff. Turns out (before he dissed the CAVS) people had many stories to tell about how much of a jerk he was out of camera view. Not saying it's all true but they were saying these things when they worshiped the dude.

[Roy H.]

Tipping is a tradition that no longer makes any sense.  We are the laughingstock of the world for this, just so you know.

Really?  The rest of the world sits around thinking of reasons to laugh at the United States, and this is near the top of the list? ;

[Edgar]

Tipping is a tradition that no longer makes any sense.  We are the laughingstock of the world for this, just so you know.

Really?  The rest of the world sits around thinking of reasons to laugh at the United States, and this is near the top of the list? ;

jajajaja
I almost put that pic where they say how americans see america.
do you ever saw it?

[Celtics18]

I worked as a Pizza delivery man for a few years during college and I definitely expected to get a reasonable tip when I brought someone their Pizza. 

I forget what the rate was, but the hourly wage was lower than when you were in house cooking the pizza. It wasn't as low as what many waiters and bartenders get paid, but you were responsible for the wear and tear on your car and the gas. 

Tip your delivery person!

[rondohondo]

I got a tip for Lebron.......

Get a post game
Learn to move without the ball
Stop being an arrogant prick!

Thats your tip Lebron!

[Eja117]

Tipping is a tradition that no longer makes any sense.  We are the laughingstock of the world for this, just so you know.

Really?  The rest of the world sits around thinking of reasons to laugh at the United States, and this is near the top of the list? ;

That, and our insistence on not using the metric system. I'll say it till the day I die. Distances should be based on a king's foot and how far an ox can plow.  And don't you even think of trying to sell me a liter of gas. The whole rest of the world is wrong on this one


Also college football is the greatest sport on Earth and soccer is one of the worst.

[looseball]

I got a tip for Lebron.......

Get a post game
Learn to move without the ball
Stop being an arrogant prick!

Thats your tip Lebron!

That's worth more than 20%!

[Interceptor]

Please clarify why it doesn't make sense, because till then I laugh at the rest of the world.

Tipping comes after the service is already given, most of the time.

Really?  The rest of the world sits around thinking of reasons to laugh at the United States, and this is near the top of the list? ;

Not even in the top 50, it's just one of quaint ways in which we manage to Do It Wrong<tm>.

[Roy H.]

Tipping is a tradition that no longer makes any sense.  We are the laughingstock of the world for this, just so you know.

Really?  The rest of the world sits around thinking of reasons to laugh at the United States, and this is near the top of the list? ;

jajajaja
I almost put that pic where they say how americans see america.
do you ever saw it?

I don't think so, but I can only imagine.