Multimillionaire leaves 20 cent tip on $61.56 check (0.3%)

[Nye Bevan]

You may have already heard that Eagles RB LeSean McCoy stiffed a server at Philly eatery PYT — home of stunt foods like the Fried Chicken & Beer Burger, the Deep-Fried Twinkie Burger, and the Lasagna-Bun Burger — by leaving only $.20 on a $61.56 bill.

(The owner) then recounts his side of the story, in which McCoy and three friends visited PYT on Monday and ended up sitting in a booth next to the owner and other managers. “They were given excellent service. Impeccable service,” writes the owner. “If anything, our server was a little nervous as was our food runner, because they are big, big fans.”

However, he claims that McCoy and his friends quickly became “verbally abusive” to the staff, including derogatory comments about females.

The owner also says that after the group had left, he noticed the waiter was staring at the receipt left behind. “I took the receipt out of his hand and I couldn’t believe that anyone could be so callous,” he writes. “Mr. McCoy had left a .03% tip for our staff… Twenty cents that our server has to split with the food runner and the bartender. Two dimes from an insulting multimillionaire.”

http://consumerist.com/2014/09/09/restaurant-owner-wont-apologize-for-shaming-lesean-mccoy-over-20-tip/

This guy signed a $45 million contract extension in 2012.

[Enrique]

1. NFL fever

catch it!

[Capt. Obvious]

2. Sounds Shady

[lpbk2713]

3. Scumbag

Dine out at your own risk after other servers get wind of this ... asshole.

[TheOther95Percent]

44. I had the exact same thought.

Well, almost the same thought. I wouldn't share a table with him. Wouldn't trust what was in or done to the food.

[dorkzilla]

4. A former NBA coach for the Knicks came into my place a lot before he went West

and the man would leave $50 on a $22 tip habitually, and he was in nearly every day. Several times he left $100. My servers loved him. He would also bring in other coaches and they were all nice as all get-out. His wife and daughter were really sweet too.

Thankfully, they don't all suck.

[NYC_SKP]

5. Minor correction: it's a .3% tip, not a .03% tip

A .03% tip would have been two cents.

[lame54]

31. you're both wrong...

it's .003%

[NYC_SKP]

33. Nope. Explanation. It is .003 or .3%. Sorry.

It's like this: A typical tip is 15%, aka .15 x the bill. To call that .15% would be wrong by two decimal places.

In this event, if you divide the $.20 tip by the check you get about .003 on your calculator.

Move the decimal over two places or multiply by 100 to get the percent figure.

.20/61.56 = .0032488; converted to percent = 0.32488%

[lame54]

34. ok - i see the error - thanks

[Ms. Toad]

55. I was going to suggest an arithmetic lesson was in order. n/t

[Fred Sanders]

6. If I were to say, Boycott the NFL, how long do I have until folks demand a public burning?

Of me and similar folk?

[Ilsa]

7. Someone might forget to wash coming out of the bathroom

next time he eats there.
Cheap-ass fucker.

[PeoViejo]

9. Special Sauce on his Burger

[Ilsa]

19. There are some nasty germs with long term consequences

that can be delivered enterally. Like Hepatitis A. Just sayin'.
Be nicer to your servers.

[grahamhgreen]

8. Tax 'em. Now.

[gratuitous]

40. Damn straight!

That server better not "forget" to declare that tip, by golly. Those takers are ruining our nation for the makers! Not to mention the very valuable autograph he got for nothing from that star NFL player.

[CanonRay]

10. He's an entitled jerk

and probably has been all through high school and college, where his football skills got him privileges. Now he learned to think he's above everyone else.

[madinmaryland]

11. I always hated the Eagles, their players, and even some of their fucking obnoxious fans.

FUCK THE EAGLES.

I do like DU's LynneSin, even though she is an Eagles fan.

[Barack_America]

15. What number do you think Ray Rice will wear...

...when the Eagles sign him?

I too hate that entire organization and "nation" with a passion.

[Dawson Leery]

12. The NFL is filled with scum.

[City Lights]

23. Ditto!

Can't stand it.

[former9thward]

13. The restaurant has a terrible Yelp page.

Most people give one or two stars at the most based on service and food.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/pyt-philadelphia?osq=pyt+burger

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

16. They are getting bombed by McCoy fans

Look at all the negs today.

[lpbk2713]

17. Most of today's reviews allude to service and tipping.

I'd be surprised if most of these "reviewers" even know where this restaurant is.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

18. I think people who do that are idiots

And yes, I know there are people here who the first thing when they find out some place they've never been to has a political view they don't like is go and bomb them on Yelp, but be honest about it.

[n2doc]

32. Yelp is shady

http://www.freep.com/article/20140905/NEWS07/309050047/Buying-good-reviews-on-Yelp

[former9thward]

35. Yes, the same response to polls we don't like.

The polls are flawed -- except when we like the results.

[n2doc]

36. The truth hurts, doesn't it? n/t

[former9thward]

39. Sometimes.

It depends on what the "truth" is.

[bullwinkle428]

14. Should be on his knees thanking Ray Rice for edging him out for

the title of "NFL Shit-Bag of the Week".

[Ilsa]

20. There ya go. Email Olbermann! :) nt

[dsc]

21. In fairness he claims he got very bad service

and we have only the owner saying he didn't. I have no idea which side is telling the truth.

[Laelth]

25. How bad could it have been?

When one is making millions of dollars a year, there's no excuse for tipping less than 15%. None.

-Laelth

[bullwinkle428]

26. Word - I'm a nobody, and never leave less than 15%. Normally a minimum

of 20%, and often closer to 25%. On cheap tabs (like $10 or less), I'll always leave $3 or $4, as I know how hard they have to work, and certainly don't generate lots of tip income with those tiny tabs.

[dsc]

27. If the server is rude

then I think it is quite legitimate to tip low. I once went to a place where the waiter implied I couldn't afford the food, I left the corner of a 100 dollar bill as my tip.

[dsc]

48. the waiter turned a meal I had saved up for and looked forward to for months

on my college spring break with a close friend from an enjoyable experience into one of having been poor shamed. Yes, I was poorer than his usual clientele and yes, I was not as sophisticated either, but I was a paying customer and should have been treated like all the rest of the paying customers. Instead I was treated as a poor, country bumpkin.

[Laelth]

50. I have no right to judge.

I deleted my post above. Cheers!



-Laelth

[SomethingFishy]

54. +1 15% is if I get bad service..

20% standard and 25% if the service is exceptional... No matter how poor I am. If I can afford to eat in the restaurant I can afford to tip the server.

[kcr]

37. How likely is it that a high profile millionaire got service worthy of a 20 cent tip?

I think it's more likely I'll hit the power ball.

[MelissainKC]

22. Maybe he isn't very smart

Maybe he thinks putting 20 there means 20 percent. Maybe he is too embarrassed to ask for help or tell the truth that he is illiterate.

[csziggy]

52. No - look at the receipt

He wrote out the amount as $00.20 and added it to the $61.56 for the food for a total of $61.76.

I want to know why the manager didn't call the guy out when he started making derogatory comments about females. He obviously noted the comments and could have asked the man to not make those kind of statements in the restaurant.

[Laelth]

24. Greed and sociopathy. Too bad our society values both. n/t

-Laelth

[The2ndWheel]

28. Until there's a law

you're free to tip however much you want.

[delta17]

29. Some athletes are notoriously bad tippers.

According to Charles Barkley, Jordan and Pippen are two of the worst.

http://www.si.com/nba/point-forward/2014/04/04/michael-jordan-cheap-tip-charles-barkley-conan-obrien

[hobbit709]

38. Most people with money are lousy tippers.

The best tippers are those in the business and poor people.

[delta17]

43. You can tell a lot about someone by how they treat customer service workers.

I have gotten out of a lot of frustrating situations just by treating the person at the counter like a human being. At restaurants, my general rule is to be low maintenance, not talk too much, and tip well.

[MohRokTah]

41. The richer they are, the scummier they are capable of being. eom.

[dilby]

42. Owner should pay his employees a living wage.

And then he would not care what type of tip was left by a d-bag.

[joeglow3]

45. Have we not gotten burned enough by these stories?

I am not saying it didn't happen, but I will hold out until I see more evidence. Seems like these stories pop up once a month and more than half the time, we find out a week later it was bullshit.

[otohara]

46. Over At Syracuse.com - They Say This Has Backfired

the people have spoken on the Facebook page and they side with the multimillionaire.


http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/09/lesean_mccoy_20_cent_tip_pyt_philadelphia_eagles.html

[Egnever]

47. So?

Tipping is not mandatory, and pretending it is only allows restaurants to continue to pay their wait staff below minimum wage.. 02¢ is a statement by the way telling you your service sucked. Next time do better.

[99Forever]

49. I've been over the NFL for years.

Nothing but a bunch of steroid stuffed, pampered, violent divas fleecing taxpayers to build them billion dollar playpens.

[Teamster Jeff]

51. Punk

[SomethingFishy]

53. I think I read something about Charlie Sheen giving the server $1000

to make up for it... Lemme look...

Yup:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/charlie-sheen-offers-1k-philly-waiter-20-cent-tip-article-1.1935532

[DiverDave]

56. I'm surprised

My son has a membership at the Rocky Run YMCA and McCoy has played basketball with
Him and his friends multiple times. He (according to my 16 yr old) was nice and gracious to all of them.
"Dad! Lesean McCoy called me 'big man' ( Kyle is 6'6&quot "
If this story is true, I'm really disappointed.