Mark Zuckerbergs stingy tipping practice

karma_ · 30-05-2012 05:08PM

A Billionaire stingy bastard! must be a libertarian then so.

kippy · 30-05-2012 05:09PM

cocoshovel wrote: »

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

How are things Mark?

Mee...****ing...ow!

Yakult · 30-05-2012 05:09PM

10 seconds of my life I aint ever getting back.

prinz · 30-05-2012 05:11PM

Yakult wrote: »

10 seconds of my life I aint ever getting back.

Is that your new status update on facebook?

Scioch · 30-05-2012 05:11PM

bluewolf wrote: »

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

This is about tipping not begging, your ignorance in regards to waiting staff is a bit disturbing. Do you beat your slaves to keep them in line too ? :rolleyes:

Sappa · 30-05-2012 05:13PM

syklops wrote: »

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.

I'm on my phone,it was in the telegraph yesterday,google it.

davet82 · 30-05-2012 05:14PM

Sappa wrote: »

I'm on my phone,it was in the telegraph yesterday,google it.

also heard it on the radio this morning

Crooked Jack · 30-05-2012 05:14PM

We dont tip in Ireland and I certainly never noticed anybody tipping when I was in europe. Tipping is bullshit anyway. I'd do it in America or Canada but only because I'd be afraid of one of them spitting on my food or going on some self righteous rant about how hard they work. Why should I have to pay extra just because they wont elect a government that believes in a fair minimum wage.

Scioch · 30-05-2012 05:15PM

Sappa wrote: »

I'm on my phone,it was in the telegraph yesterday,google it.

Link to Guardian.

Lunching out with his new wife, Priscilla Chan, on their honeymoon, the Facebook co-founder Zuckerberg ran up a not-so-massive bill of €32 (£25) at the restaurant Nonna Betta this week, neglecting to add any tip at all, according to reports.

The story was broken by Italian daily Corriere della Sera, which ran the headline "Zuckerberg in Rome – a €32 bill and no tip", adding that Chan had been nicknamed 'Chansaccodesoldi' on the internet, which roughly translates as "She's got a sack of cash".

The couple stuck to antipasti of deep-fried artichoke and just one dish of seabass, artichoke and tomato ravioli, washed down with water and a pot of tea.

The restaurant's owner, Umberto Pavoncello, defended Zuckerberg from the barbs, claiming the billionaire was "in a hurry".

flyswatter · 30-05-2012 05:16PM

He's not in America so he doesn't have to.

karma_ · 30-05-2012 05:16PM

Crooked Jack wrote: »

We dont tip in Ireland and I certainly never noticed anybody tipping when I was in europe. Tipping is bullshit anyway. I'd do it in America or Canada but only because I'd be afraid of one of them spitting on my food or going on some self righteous rant about how hard they work. Why should I have to pay extra just because they wont elect a government that believes in a fair minimum wage.

Of course we do. I have often tipped in restaurants, especially if I have received decent service.

kippy · 30-05-2012 05:16PM

Sappa wrote: »

I'm on my phone,it was in the telegraph yesterday,google it.

Looks like he was short of cash:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mark-zuckerberg/9300133/Facebook-founder-Mark-Zuckerberg-unable-to-withdraw-cash-on-Italy-honeymoon.html

The 28-year-old multi-billionaire was unable to access his vast personal fortune when he tried to withdraw money from a cash point on the island of Capri.

The young internet tycoon and his new wife, Priscilla Chan, went by boat from the picturesque Amalfi Coast to the island in the Bay of Naples earlier this week.

From the island's tiny port they took an open-topped taxi to have lunch at Da Giorgio, a local restaurant.

They then found a nearby ATM machine, owned by Banca della Campania, in a whitewashed alcove of Capri's main village, a haunt of Hollywood celebrities and the super-rich.

A video shot by a passer-by showed Mr Zuckerberg looking at the cash machine quizzically and asking advice from a fellow tourist, before abandoning the attempt to withdraw money and walking away.

prinz · 30-05-2012 05:18PM

kippy wrote: »

The guy is a fcuking geek, he wouldnt understand the social injustice.....

Just coming back to this bit, his speciality is people, not the techy/geek side... that's why he majored in Psychology at Harvard as well as computer science.

kippy · 30-05-2012 05:21PM

prinz wrote: »

Just coming back to this bit, his speciality is people, not the techy/geek side... that's why he majored in Psychology at Harvard as well as computer science.

Geeks aren't all into 'puters you know........
Some of the most intelligent people/geeks in the world have absolutely no social skills......

(I am getting too serious here, my remark was a throwaway on)
If I were him, I'd be pretty pissed off that my honeymoon was making front page news.

prinz · 30-05-2012 05:22PM

Crooked Jack wrote: »

We dont tip in Ireland and I certainly never noticed anybody tipping when I was in europe..

LOL, how hard are you looking? Tipping on the continent is a regular thing and expected many places.

ardmacha · 30-05-2012 05:26PM

Italian restaurants have a cover charge and tipping is not usual. You might leave a Euro, but not a New York style 15%-20%. Zuckerberg could have played the rich boorish American, ignored local custom and left an ostentatious tip.
He did not, fair play to him.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 30-05-2012 05:28PM

prinz wrote: »

LOL, how hard are you looking?

Who do you look hard? Do you have to furrow your brow or something?

Tin Foil Hat · 30-05-2012 05:28PM

Rules for managers for pricing meals in restaurants:-

1) pay your staff fairly
2) print a menu that tells me what my meal will actually cost me.

Rules for staff for serving meals in restaurants:-
1) take my order
2) bring my food
3) take my payment
4) bring my change
5) take any issue of low pay up with boss, not customer.

30-05-2012 05:35PM

The waitress, considering she sold the story was probably hovering over his table ruining his meal convinced she'd get a big tip.. Fuk her.

Jimoslimos · 30-05-2012 05:39PM

karma_ wrote: »

A Billionaire stingy bastard! must be a libertarian then so.

Actually works the other way around. If he doesn't believe that relying on private charity to supplement minimum wage is acceptable....that would make him a.....a.....socialist:eek:

Wompa1 · 30-05-2012 05:39PM

There's no tipping culture in Ireland and in my opinion the service in general in places is sht!t

30-05-2012 05:39PM

I'm surprised he carries cash tbh.

Jimoslimos · 30-05-2012 05:44PM

Wompa1 wrote: »

There's no tipping culture in Ireland and in my opinion the service in general in places is sht!t

That's not the reason service is sh1t. I've been to plenty of countries where tipping is not the norm and service is much better than either Ireland or the US.

smash · 30-05-2012 05:51PM

flutterflye wrote: »

So what?
Who cares what some guy we don't know does or doesn't do?

is he not your friend on Facebook?

Battered Mars Bar · 30-05-2012 05:52PM

Wompa1 wrote: »

There's no tipping culture in Ireland and in my opinion the service in general in places is sht!t

I know terrible isn't it. I love the big friendly Irish smile you get in traditional places. You would be pushed to name a country with a warmer hospitality than our own imo.

Sound of Silence · 30-05-2012 05:52PM

If nobody tipped, Waiters would do the absolute bare minimum required of them.

People often forget that it's a minimum-wage job that requires the kind of patience that only a masochist would enjoy. The only reason Waiters keep smiling and placating your gargantuan egos is for the pittance they get in tips.

In the Service Industry, people who tip bad get served last.

BailMeOut · 30-05-2012 05:53PM

cocoshovel wrote: »

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.

US wait staff pay is their tips. They even have to declare a % of their receipts for taxes so if you do not tip them they pay tax on the tip your friends mother did not give thus the chase down the street.

mikemac1 · 30-05-2012 05:55PM

Service charge is a cod anyway

You pay for the food and then you pay extra for the service
You need the service, you can't walk into the kitchen and take it off the hot plate

And management just use that money for general accounts, staff will get paid the same at the end of the week

If you want to tip, cash is king

Sound of Silence · 30-05-2012 05:55PM

Deleted User wrote: »

The waitress, considering she sold the story was probably hovering over his table ruining his meal convinced she'd get a big tip.. Fuk her.

You're getting pretty mad based on what's pretty much your own speculation...

Biggins · 30-05-2012 05:56PM

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.

Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

Service was included in the bill, non story.

It was The Mail that reported this world exclusive yesterday.
Fodder for the masses. Enough said!

Mark Zuckerbergs stingy tipping practice

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