31. 24. i laughed all night at you.

FIRST. GETTING A GOOD JOB DOES NOT ENTAIL A HUSTLE. I WENT TO SCHOOL. I WORK FOR THE STATE. I TIP ACCORDINGLY AS STATED IN EQUITETE GUIDLINES. i STILL SAY THAT TIPPING IS NOT MANDATORY. IT'S A CONSIDERATION NOT A GIVEN.

YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO A TIP. I DON'T CARE IF YOU WORK AT SONIC BURGER AS ONE OF THOSE GOOFY PEOPLE ON SKATES. YOU CHOOSE TO FILL OUT THAT APPLICATION AND GO TO THE INTERVIEW AND EVEN PARTICIPATE IN THE ORIENTATION. SO DON'T COMPLAIN NOW THAT YOU ARE NOT MAKING WHAT YOU WANT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT ALL MAYBE CANNOT AFFORD TO GO TO COLLEGE. BUT THERE ARE TOO MANY PROGRAMS AND AIDES AND VOCATIONAL WHATEVER FOR SOMEONE TO COMPLAIN - AGAIN- ABOUT A TIP THAT YOU DIDN'T GET FROM A CELEBRITY.

A CELEBRITY IS NOT HERE TO TIP YOU OUTRAGEOUSLY BECAUSE THEY ARE A STAR. I WISH I WAS AND SOMEONE COMPLAINED TO ME. YOU'D SEE A WHOLE NEW WORLD.

Posted at 4:29PM on May 10th 2008 by cmyman

32. I go to college and I am a server. I don't think that anyone is saying he should have left an above normal tip but $10.00 on $800.00? Come on. 15% would have been $120.00. Also since you are so educated you should know how poor the economy is. People don't really have the option to look for another job If you don't feel that servers should be tipped don't go out to eat where their are servers. It's not a hustle. It's called etiquette. Its called having some class. It is pretty pathetic to pull up in a $400,000 car and than leave a little over 1% for a tip. By the way I get a lot of financial aid for school and I still have to work. When I finish my degree and I am working in my field I will still tip well and be polite to servers because my mother taught me how to be classy and have some manners. Obviously a lesson Lebron's mother never taught him.

Posted at 5:15PM on May 10th 2008 by LVserver

33. If LeBron arranged for a cash tip, he did the server a favor. Anyone that has worked in the industry know exactly what I mean!

Posted at 7:00PM on May 10th 2008 by Granny in Georgia

34. i agree w/ no. 12
hey if i get a bitch waiter, that just ruins my 150.00 tab , and my meal,, ill tip very low , tell manager ,,
if its a great waiter i tip very well...

Posted at 12:54PM on May 12th 2008 by TIP THIS

35. Story sounds a little shady, surely the server read the slip correctly, he would have been expecting an above average tip on a bill that large so he would have read it carefully.

Posted at 3:03AM on May 13th 2008 by J

36. Well, being a server for many years, I can come to an understanding with this type of situation.

LeBron James, obviously, didn't know how to tip properly or just made a very rash mistake in judgment. He's part of a majority of people who will go to great dining restaurants who don't understand how the industry works. It's not unheard of for a server to ask a guest why the tip was so poor, especially, when he/she believes good service was given.

In this case, even if the service was bad, it was LeBron James' mistake to tip poorly because it ultimately results in bad PR with media and the corporations. XO exploited this fact for media coverage and to retain some lost capital.

Posted at 3:27AM on May 14th 2008 by Vyrsace

37. Yes, the waiter "misread' the receipt. So, why idoes LeBron need to arrange an appropriate tip? If the waiter "misread" the receipt then what's the problem? What a great P.R. cover-your-ass situation. And yes, #1 is ABSOLUTELY correct. It's NOT a racist comment either. It's true. Ask any bartender in the U.S.

Posted at 4:54PM on May 15th 2008 by Robert

38. Didnt realize there was such a sense of entitlement from the serving community. Last I checked, you give good tips for good service. I didnt realize bringing someone a martini entitled the martini delivery person to get large tips. IT is your job. If you don't like your job get a new one.

Posted at 4:26PM on May 16th 2008 by Appaloosa