LeBron Not a Cheap Ass After All?

31. 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

32. Bottom line.... They don't tip... I've been waiting for 10 years.. It's not racist.. Just fact.. I have to deal with the s*** every night.. And they'll make every excuse in the book.. Bottom line.... Cheap and uneducated.

Posted at 5:24AM on May 10th 2008 by David Pacorek

33.
jut love the above comment that he
" was bred " to be a basketball player;

BRED ? please.

in this particular case, he never even had a father around, ( SURPRISE ! )

it almost 1 out of 20,000 chance that a child will grow
up to ever make the professional ranks in ANY sport.

just like acting, music or any level of the entertainment
industry, 10% of the professionals make 90% of the money.

most who pursue a dream rarely EVER
" make it " nor do they even make a living.....

Posted at 8:45AM on May 10th 2008 by rosaparks

34. I'm starting to lose respect for LeBron. I think it's all going to his head. I work at a restaurant in the Akron Oh area and servers that have waited on him have only received on average a 9% tip! I find it hard to believe that every server that waits on him misreads the receipt!!

Posted at 12:39PM on May 10th 2008 by 2jack4bauer

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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