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Keep the Tip!

Remember that punchline? C'mon, it's from that list of leper jokes that went around when we were kids.

I've talked about tipping in blogs before, but it's always a subject worth revisiting.

The Reader either had a screening, or is going to have a screening, of the new Johnny Depp/Christian Bale movie "Public Enemy."

At a screening in Chicago, Johnny Depp had dinner with 15 people and the bill came out to $4,400. Everyone in the group threw in money for the tip, and unlike the scene in Reservoir Dogs where Steve Buscemi didn't want to contribute to a tip, Depp went the opposite direction. He threw in $4,000.

I'm guessing there are only two people bummed out by that. The person that didn't get Depp sitting in his section. And, the waiter in Wisconsin last year, that only got a $1,500 tip from Depp (on a $2,600 dinner tap).

Geez, what do rich people eat that's so damn expensive?

My girlfriend continues to give me grief because I tip low when the service isn't up to snuff. But I contend, since I go the opposite direction when service is good or the wait staff has great personalities, I'm entitled.

At Seau's the other day with a friend, I gave the waitress a $25 tip. I liked the fact that she gave me an answer for an Off the Cuff, and also when I ordered a lemonade, she said "The lemonade here sucks."

(I wish she would've told me the Chinese chicken salad sucked)

At Pizza Nova in Hillcrest, my girlfriend and I went in late after a showing of Moon. Our waiter was busy taking care of a large crowd on a back patio, but it was taking a long time for him to get to us. I joked, "The tip is gettting smaller by the minute," and my girlfriend shot me a look.

Another couple sat down near us and we all macked out on their delicious, garlic bread ball things.

The waiter finally came over, gave us two waters, and asked the other couple, "Are you ready to order?"

At that moment, I just couldn't say "Hey, we were here first!" I'd sound like a baby.

The waiter left to put in their order and my girlfriend said, "Okay, you can give him a small tip."

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Remember that punchline? C'mon, it's from that list of leper jokes that went around when we were kids.

I've talked about tipping in blogs before, but it's always a subject worth revisiting.

The Reader either had a screening, or is going to have a screening, of the new Johnny Depp/Christian Bale movie "Public Enemy."

At a screening in Chicago, Johnny Depp had dinner with 15 people and the bill came out to $4,400. Everyone in the group threw in money for the tip, and unlike the scene in Reservoir Dogs where Steve Buscemi didn't want to contribute to a tip, Depp went the opposite direction. He threw in $4,000.

I'm guessing there are only two people bummed out by that. The person that didn't get Depp sitting in his section. And, the waiter in Wisconsin last year, that only got a $1,500 tip from Depp (on a $2,600 dinner tap).

Geez, what do rich people eat that's so damn expensive?

My girlfriend continues to give me grief because I tip low when the service isn't up to snuff. But I contend, since I go the opposite direction when service is good or the wait staff has great personalities, I'm entitled.

At Seau's the other day with a friend, I gave the waitress a $25 tip. I liked the fact that she gave me an answer for an Off the Cuff, and also when I ordered a lemonade, she said "The lemonade here sucks."

(I wish she would've told me the Chinese chicken salad sucked)

At Pizza Nova in Hillcrest, my girlfriend and I went in late after a showing of Moon. Our waiter was busy taking care of a large crowd on a back patio, but it was taking a long time for him to get to us. I joked, "The tip is gettting smaller by the minute," and my girlfriend shot me a look.

Another couple sat down near us and we all macked out on their delicious, garlic bread ball things.

The waiter finally came over, gave us two waters, and asked the other couple, "Are you ready to order?"

At that moment, I just couldn't say "Hey, we were here first!" I'd sound like a baby.

The waiter left to put in their order and my girlfriend said, "Okay, you can give him a small tip."

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