Comments on: Cheapskate Andre 3000 Stiffs Waiter

By: Bird

Bird — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:54:10 +0000

Black people are notoriously bad tippers. Take it from someone who used to waitress as a second job. I shook with dread when the 2am crowd came in and my biggest table was occupied by a large group of black people. At least 60% of the time they left no tip and when they did it wasn’t much. We really don’t care if the next man eats. Now if I get bad service, I don’t leave a tip, but I would never hold the server responsible for bad food. Then again I wouldn’t fault the cook/chef if I asked him/her to make something especially for me that is not on the menu and it didn’t turn out perfectly. If he wanted a vegan meal he should have gone to a vegitarian restaurants. They truly know how to hook up vegitarian and vegan dishes. A friend almost converted me after taking me to an excellent vegitarian restaurant.

By: jane

jane — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:51:19 +0000

I don’t know, I used to work with a girl who said that he came into the restaurant she worked at all the time and that he tipped very well and he came in with his son who had excellent manners (like repeatedly saying thank you and holding the doors open for the waitresses). I find it hard to believe that he just all of a sudden changed his tipping habits.

I used to work in an Atlanta restaurant and some servers HATE getting tables of black people and purposefully give them bad service.

Additionally, no one is going to buy that. It might get a few bids but they aren’t going to pay for it. I think A3K is cool and all but he’s not that important.

By: toosexy

toosexy — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:08:54 +0000

well i was a waitress before long time ago, and i understood then so now i always tip unless service is bad and then i deduct, but waitresses make good money and more than some salaried jobs. so hopefully theirs another side to the story.

By: ggouch

ggouch — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:04:36 +0000

I wld bet my eyebrow arch money, that Andre didn’t write “Thanks”..I have received receipts back where my server hand wrote in Thanks, typically at the top.

I agree with another poster…There is another side to this story, I’m sure. Like how do we know he didn’t leave his tip in cash and someone else grabbed it? How do we know he has not been to this spot before and had bad service so this time enough was enough? How do we know, to get all those accommodations what they put him through first?

In addition, TIPS, GRATUITY (yes even GRATUITY) are options…people don’t know in regards to Gratuity that you can challenge it and should if the service was not up to par. That waiter did something that warranted him not getting a tip.

By: candycane

candycane — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:45:23 +0000

I wonder if he would really get anything from Ebay. Although I believe it was Dre, Andre Benjamin is a common name and that could be any Andre Benjamins receipt.