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Posted on 2/16/15 at 12:17 am
Posted by KSGamecock
The Woodlands, TX
Member since May 2012
22982 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 12:17 am
What do you think? Do individuals of darker hues really not tip well or is it just a nasty stereotype?

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This post was edited on 2/16/15 at 12:27 am
Posted by Cockopotamus
Member since Jan 2013
15978 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 12:29 am to
Does the pretentious asshat that wrote that first one really use "thyself"?



As for the original question, its a fact that foreigners do not tip well because thats not what they're used to. Whether their skin is darker or not is up for debate.

My friends worked in a Lebanese restaurant though and they definitely do not tip well
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
56594 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 12:32 am to
As someone who has waited tables and bartended, it is absolutely true. Not 100% of the time, obviously, but probably 80-90% of the time the tips would be 10%, if that.
Posted by Kentucker
Rabbit Hash, KY
Member since Apr 2013
20055 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 4:42 am to
"Melanin enhanced individuals.' I love it. Biologically, it's far more accurate than the application of a "race." Kudos.
Posted by cokebottleag
I’m a Santos Republican
Member since Aug 2011
24080 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 6:06 am to
Never noticed this to be true when I waited tables. I think of all the people I was least happy about was college/high school kids coming in. They are the worst.
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 7:23 am to
Albert Haynesworth was the worst tipper ever.


When I was bartending at Chesapeakes, he once left me $5 on a $200 tab. That motherfricker was making millions of dollars, ate all his food and half the steak of the tiny little white girl he was dating at the time.


frick Albert
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134141 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 7:32 am to
More of a class thing than a race thing, but it's easier to say "race."

I almost always over-tip (regardless of whether the service was stellar or not). Partly because I'm just a nice bloke like that, and partly because I don't like doing the math to figure out precisely what 15% or 18% of my bill was I just say "frick it" and round up.
Posted by OBReb6
Memphissippi
Member since Jul 2010
41553 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 7:33 am to
Of all the melanin enhanced stereotypes out there, this is one of the few that is nearly 100% fact. When I worked at a restaurant even the melanin enhanced waiters hated serving the tables with high melanin content. I'd like to hear some theories of why this is the case.
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 7:38 am to
1 theory : their ancestors served your honky ancestors for free and this is just reparations.
Posted by Agforlife
Somewhere in the Brazos Valley
Member since Nov 2012
20102 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 7:40 am to
Dat thug life yo
Posted by Kentucker
Rabbit Hash, KY
Member since Apr 2013
20055 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 7:48 am to
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134141 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 8:09 am to
I wasn't gonna say anything, but it DID get put on the Black Community Listserv to refrain from ever tipping OBReb
Posted by Stonehog
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:56 am to
quote:

More of a class thing than a race thing


Wrong, upper class black people don't tip either.
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:57 am to
Why do you hate black people so much?
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134141 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:58 am to
quote:

Wrong, upper class black people don't tip either.


Incorrect
Posted by Stonehog
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:59 am to
Correct
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
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134141 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:00 am to
Incorrect
Posted by Stonehog
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:01 am to
How would you know? Have you ever waited tables?
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134141 posts
Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:01 am to
Yes.

Have you?
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:02 am to
quote:

How would you know? Have you ever waited tables?





Have you ever been black?
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