It seems that another rich celebrity has done his part to make sure that he stays rich by not giving a tip to his server. According to the well-respected news organization TMZ, fighter Floyd Mayweather earned $32 million dollars in Las Vegas on Saturday when he got into a boxing ring and repeatedly hit a man named Marcos Maidana. The fight lasted 36 minutes which means that Floyd made $14,814.82 per second. The day after his big win, he did what most of want to do after we beat the shit out of somebody: he went to the Hard Rock Cafe to celebrate with 150 of his closest friends. He ordered lots of overpriced shit and lived it up, because he’s rich as fuck:
5 bottles of Patron – $2,375
3 Grey Goose – $1,425
6 bottles of Ciroc – $2,850
20 bottles of Luc Belaire Rose champagne – $11,500
1 6-liter bottle of Luc Belaire Rose – $6,500
200 chicken wings – $600
1 fruit platter – $55
TOTAL BILL: $25,305
Let’s talk about this. First off, those prices are freaking ridiculous. $475 for each bottle? I just went to my local Liquor Barn last night and got a 1.75 liter bottle of Svedka for $19.99. I am tempted to drag my ass to Vegas and set up a little vodka stand in front of the Hard Rock and sell my Svedka at the rock bottom price of $199. And that really doesn’t seem like enough food and drink for 150 people, am I right? One fucking fruit plate and 200 wings? “Okay everybody, you each get one chicken wing. I repeat, ONE CHICKEN WING. The other fifty are for me. Do not let me catch you eating two wings or I will beat your ass for thirty seconds and you will owe me $444,444 dollars, alright?” said Floyd Mayweather. (On a side note, those wings seem like the best bargain of the night at only $3 each.) And don’t get me started on the fruit plate. One damn fruit plate for 150 people? What is the point? And if it’s like every other fucking fruit plate at a party, it had way too much cantaloupe on it and not enough pineapple.
Anyhoo, Hard Rock Cafe decided to comp his bill since rich people always get free shit even though they are the ones who can actually afford to pay for crap. So Floyd was all, “Cool beans, man, I don’t have a bill! Let’s roll on outta here and head over to the Flamingo to see Donny and Marie, what do you say, homies?” And off he went, leaving his waitress a big fat tip of absolutely nothing. C’mon, Floyd! You just pocketed $32 million freaking dollars and then got $25,305 worth of liquor and food (okay, we’ll say $25,250 because you know that fruit plate was not worth $55) and you can’t bother to leave a tip for your waitress? 20% would have only been $5000 or less than 1/3 of a second of your time when you were boxing. Is this how rich people stay rich, by being stingy mother fuckers?
I suppose it is possible that Floyd assumed that the tip was taken care of too, but when you have millions of dollars flowing out of your asshole, how hard is it to leave a little extra just in case the restaurant decided to not tip the waitress for you? Some of us have nickels and dimes under the cushions of our couch, but Floyd Mayweather probably has bricks of gold under his. The waitress is named Nik Nguyen and she is the one who alerted TMZ to this stiff of all stiffs. I’m pretty sure that Hard Rock would have a social media contract regarding sharing details about your famous customers, but Nik seems to not mind risking her job. There are pictures of her at TMZ in a bikini, so she’s probably an aspiring model or actress and thought that the free publicity from the story would be worth risking her job over. Who knows, maybe she can parlay a deal to be on The Bachelor or Big Brother.
Floyd, if you hear about this, do the right thing and get your ass back to Hard Rock and tip your server. I choose to believe that it was an honest mistake and you didn’t mean to leave without giving a tip. Of course I only say that because I know that if I say you intentionally were a cheap fuck, you will have your people track me down so you can beat the crap out of me. If you do that, just know, I’m ten years older than you and you should respect your elders. You should also respect your servers.
Meg
I used to wait tables at a chain Italian restaurant and waited on a St. Louis Rams player…I got a $10 tip on a $300 bill. I was surprised I even got that much from him.
Gib
Ok, fyi, 200 chicken wings are not 200 individual wings, it’s 200 orders of the chicken wing platter, which probably comes with 10 or 12 individual wings.
It’s not less than one wing per person.
SlumSlut
What about the 1 Fruit Platter? Is that more or less than one wing per person? My math is broken.
mesohungry
I call bs. I know damn well they (Hard Rock) took care of their server as well. Our manager’s in Orlando always make sure we’re good when they comp VIP checks so I can’t imagine Vegas being much different.
monica
whoever decided to comp his bill should fucking tip her. god, if i were that rich, people would beg me not to pay the bill because i’d be so sickening about it. i would say “oh what? $25,000? guys, i’m sorry, i’m gonna need some help with payi–what’s this?? oh SPOKE TOO SOON” and reach into my gigantic-ass wallet stuffed with thousand dollar bills and count it out all slowly using one of those vulgar-looking rubber fingers people use in place of quiksort for filing, then reach in and grab $25,000 more and hand it to the waitress just to be a magnanimous piece of shit, and my manager would put a crown on my head and i’d walk out blessing everyone with large wads of cash while laughing hysterically.
sorry got a little carried away
Jamie
I would be the never even saw a bill for him to tip on, and after he gets word he will do the right thing.
That’s my guess.
In spite of what all us servers wish, making sure the staff is tipped correctly is not always of utmost importance to the guest.
I’ve received nill on much smaller comped bills because the management failed to present the situation properly and ask him to make sure the staff is taken care of. Tradition is, the one who pays the bill pays the tip.
Therefore, the house should have comped the tip to the server.
And on a $25k tab, in case Floyd is wondering, the appropriate tip would be $5000.
For the inconvenience and saving face, please leave her at least $6000.
Denise
I am always horrified to read about the unseemly behavior of the rich but ignorant, low brow and low class. Money does not buy you class, it just means you can pay for stuff, thats it. He has advertised his ignorance and lack of social graces to the whole world. If you get comped and don’t know if the tip is included, here’s a rad idea, ASK.
Nicole
At least you don’t have to worry about him beating you up if he sees this–he won-t be able to read it anyway.
Marissa
omg… hahahahahahahaha…. hahahahahahahaha.
brian
we all know he can’t read, but is it possible he also can’t do basic arithmetic? that would explain why he ordered 200 chicken wings for 150 people. he probably couldn’t figure out what 20% is if his life depended on it.
really i blame the hard rock in vegas for this debacle. how in the hell do they not add gratuity for a 150 person party? furthermore, if management is going to comp his $25k bill then they should personally take him an amended bill with just the gratuity on it.
when you’re dealing someone as simple as floyd mayweather perhaps it’s a good idea to kind of walk him through the process. apparently the guy can’t even read a dr. suess book so how can we really expect him to be on top of his tipping etiquette?
management fail i say!