Mark Zuckerbergs stingy tipping practice

Sappa · 30-05-2012 04:49PM #1

Can't link to the article but I read that Zuckerberg is on his honeymoon in Rome,they went out for dinner had a meal for 32 euro and left no tip,the same the day before they had a meal and left no gratuity.
I know there is going to be folk here saying why should you tip etc and I can understand it if the meal is overpriced,not good or your skint but he is a multi billionaire and I think just a bit too stingy,even a fiver.
I tip whenever I can if the factors are favourable,good food,good service,a win at the casino but what's your opinion is he being stingy or just making a point.

30-05-2012 04:49PM

maybe the service was crap

Battered Mars Bar · 30-05-2012 04:50PM

Service was included in the bill, non story.

flutterflye · 30-05-2012 04:50PM

So what?
Who cares what some guy we don't know does or doesn't do?
It hardly impacts on any of us.
It's not anyone's business!

alan4cult · 30-05-2012 04:50PM

Sappa wrote: »

Can't link to the article but I read that Zuckerberg is on his honeymoon in Rome,they went out for dinner had a meal for 32 euro and left no tip,the same the day before they had a meal and left no gratuity.
I know there is going to be folk here saying why should you tip etc and I can understand it if the meal is overpriced,not good or your skint but he is a multi billionaire and I think just a bit too stingy,even a fiver.
I tip whenever I can if the factors are favourable,good food,good service,a win at the casino but what's your opinion is he being stingy or just making a point.

I tip if the service is good but I never saw the point of it tbh, why tip someone for what they are paid to do?

Scioch · 30-05-2012 04:51PM

If anyone of us had his money we'd be arseholes too.

snubbleste · 30-05-2012 04:51PM

Not another tipping thread

prinz · 30-05-2012 04:52PM

Sappa wrote: »

what's your opinion is he being stingy or just making a point.

Don't know I wasn't with him at the time, it could be either.

I tip occassionally for some particular reason. I don't tip automatically... plus it's not like he's walking around with a billion quid in his pocket.

bamboozle · 30-05-2012 04:52PM

the guy has lost about 3 billion in the last week....

cocoshovel · 30-05-2012 04:52PM

I dislike when people at restaurants expect a tip, its irritating. While in New York we had our waiter hover over the table waiting for a tip, and a friend of mines mother got chased down the street and yelled at because she didnt tip.

I dont care how low your wage is. If you genuinly work hard and provide a good service then Ill give you a small tip. I like how tipping here isnt proacticed that much, and a on a recent trip of mine I did not tip once, as its rude to do so in that country.

frozenfrozen · 30-05-2012 04:52PM

i tip my hat as i leave

JJJJNR · 30-05-2012 04:53PM

Typical TBH.

davet82 · 30-05-2012 04:53PM

i bet the waiter got a good 'tip' for the story

kippy · 30-05-2012 04:53PM

The guy is a fcuking geek, he wouldnt understand the social injustice that some would see in him being a multi billionaire and not tipping.

Anyway, more importantly, where is your source for this information?

jester77 · 30-05-2012 04:55PM

I heard he paid with a facebook share, only looks stingy now that the share is worth less than the meal!

seamus · 30-05-2012 04:55PM

So because he's loaded he should be required to tip lots of money?

If there's a rule that your tip is proportional to your income does this mean I can ask the waiter to pay me for eating in his restaurant?

Crucifix · 30-05-2012 04:56PM

To quote Bill Gates: "I didn't get rich by writing a lot of cheques"

prinz · 30-05-2012 04:56PM

kippy wrote: »

The guy is a fcuking geek, he wouldnt understand the social injustice that some would see in him being a multi billionaire and not tipping.

It's a lose-lose to some extent. No tip - he must be a tight feck. Tips €5 booooo he's a billionaire, why not more?..... Tips €500 he's a flash bollix throwing the cash around.

What is the accepted rate for a billionaire to tip at these days?

Scioch · 30-05-2012 04:56PM

prinz wrote: »

It's a lose-lose to some extent. No tip - he must be a tight feck. Tips €5 booooo he's a billionaire, why not more?..... Tips €500 he's a flash bollix throwing the cash around.

What is the accepted rate for a billionaire to tip at these days?

Tenner.

Fizman · 30-05-2012 04:58PM

prinz wrote: »

It's a lose-lose to some extent. No tip - he must be a tight feck. Tips €5 booooo he's a billionaire, why not more?..... Tips €500 he's a flash bollix throwing the cash around.

What is the accepted rate for a billionaire to tip at these days?

Bout €350.

syklops · 30-05-2012 04:58PM

Sappa wrote: »

Can't link to the article but I read that Zuckerberg is on his honeymoon in Rome,they went out for dinner had a meal for 32 euro and left no tip,the same the day before they had a meal and left no gratuity.

And the same journalist happened to be in the same restaurant both nights?

Also why can't you link to the article?

I call bullsh1t myself.

30-05-2012 05:00PM

seamus wrote: »

So because he's loaded he should be required to tip lots of money?

other people have money! that's not fair! wah! i want it for nothing! make him give it to me!

DonalK1981 · 30-05-2012 05:00PM

Fizman wrote: »

Bout €350.

It's tree fiddy

mikemac1 · 30-05-2012 05:01PM

The OP is a communist :eek:

Just because others have money it doesn't mean you are entitled to a share

suicide_circus · 30-05-2012 05:02PM

I tip like a Rockefeller

flutterflye · 30-05-2012 05:03PM

syklops wrote: »

And the same journalist happened to be in the same restaurant both nights?

Also why can't you link to the article?

I call bullsh1t myself.

I heard this on the radio news earlier.
I think it did happen.
What the f it was doing on the radio news though is beyond me.
Must be a slow news day.

cocoshovel · 30-05-2012 05:03PM

kippy wrote: »

The guy is a fcuking geek, he wouldnt understand the social injustice that some would see in him being a multi billionaire and not tipping.

No Im sure he does. Probably a lot better than you to be honest.

30-05-2012 05:04PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

Just because others have money it doesn't mean you are entitled to a share

Try telling that to Fianna Fail when they were in government.

joshrogan · 30-05-2012 05:06PM

He has never seemed very flashy to me so leaving a massive tip wouldn't be out of the normal.

Riddle101 · 30-05-2012 05:06PM

He pulled a Mr Pink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-qV9wVGb38

prinz · 30-05-2012 05:06PM

flutterflye wrote: »

What the f it was doing on the radio news though is beyond me. Must be a slow news day.

..and some muppet is getting paid a salary somewhere to get that information and another few muppets getting paid to relay it to us. Frankly that's a much worse use of resources when you think about it. If I was Zuckerberg I'd keep doing it just to make a point.

Mark Zuckerbergs stingy tipping practice

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