# Hey, BlackKnight, ya cheap fuck! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 7, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592 "2003-05-07T04:40:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/1 "2003-05-07T04:40:58Z")
I believe this may be my first pitting, but there’s nothing I can’t stant more than a cheap [fuck](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=182298) . > [@](#): > > I sometimes leave tips, but only if I remember (horrible memory sometimes), if I have a couple extra bucks, and if the service was at least average. Never if the service is poor. > > I hate the idea of tipping. Do the world a favor, and cook and serve your own motherfucking food, bitch. Thank yew. Yours truly, LCC :wally ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/2 "2003-05-07T04:42:01Z")
stand\* ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/3 "2003-05-07T04:53:30Z")
Allow me to expound - I presume you were born and raised in this country – is tipping something you really _need_ to remember??? It should be pretty much _ingrained_ in you by now, I’d imagine. I have good friends who are servers, and I had a short waitressing sting while I was in school, so I take this shit all personal-like. Kapish? ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/4 "2003-05-07T04:55:21Z")
\*stint Damn. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/5 "2003-05-07T05:08:27Z")
Oh, and **Amarone** … [quote] The one person I’ve never tipped, although I’ve often seen advice to do so, is the maid at an hotel. That is a job that really doesn’t seem to merit a tip - and it is so easy not to when you never see them. Is a maid’s pay expected to include tips? I’ve asked a few people and not found anyone else who leaves tips for the maid.\*\* Tip your maid, you cheap asshole! Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/6 "2003-05-07T05:10:55Z")
Please excuse my spelling and my tags - I get all discombobulated when I get pissed! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/7 "2003-05-07T05:24:18Z")
**LCC** Please remember that there are many countries where tipping is not any sort of tradition. Not knowing where **BlackKnight** is from, I’m loath to immediately condemn him. However, if he’s from the good old USA and _still_ doesn’t tip, then screw him anally with a barb wire wrapped baseball bat dipped in battery acid, ground glass and high sulfur 40 weight crude. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/8 "2003-05-07T05:27:40Z")
You guys ever seen _Reservoir Dogs_? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/9 "2003-05-07T05:36:11Z")
I’m sorry **Lola** , because you have the first six posts in this thread the judges have been forced to disqualify it. Please try again next year! ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/10 "2003-05-07T05:38:16Z")
Perhaps you should have petitioned your boss to pay you a living wage. (do I always tip? Yes. Do I generally dislike the whole system? Most definitely.) ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/11 "2003-05-07T05:38:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\ ***LCC** > > Please remember that there are many countries where tipping is not any sort of tradition. Not knowing where **BlackKnight** is from, I’m loath to immediately condemn him.\*\* Yeah, I kinda agree with you there, **Zenster**. His location being > [@](#): > > Behind the ketchup kinda gave me the impression that he was from (or living in) the US, however, I do believe every visitor to the US is given a customs booklet indicating the tipping practices here, so I usually equate “ignorance” to nothing short of “cheapness.” : shrug : ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/12 "2003-05-07T05:41:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cisco \* > \*\*You guys ever seen _Reservoir Dogs_? 🙂 \*\* Yeah, and… Isn’t Buscemi, the one who refuses to tip, the only one to live at the end? Hmmmm… maybe tipping ain’t such a good idea, after all! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/13 "2003-05-07T05:42:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Garfield226 \* > \*\*Perhaps you should have petitioned your boss to pay you a living wage. > > (do I always tip? Yes. Do I generally dislike the whole system? Most definitely.) \*\* Well, for starters, it’s not my boss, and since it is already customary to tip in the US, maybe you should start the petition. Be prepared, however, to pay a hell of a lot more for your meal/drink. I don’t disagree with you necessarily, but until service industry folk are given a living wage, I shall continue to tip them. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/14 "2003-05-07T05:44:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by neuroman \* > \*\*I’m sorry **Lola** , because you have the first six posts in this thread the judges have been forced to disqualify it. Please try again next year! \*\* ☹ ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/15 "2003-05-07T05:48:22Z")
Oh brother, another tipping rant. It’s not like he said he never tips, just when he remembers. And BTW, **BlackKnight** , I believe is a student at UM-Duluth. Start looking for ketchup bottles on the Iron Range, and you may find him. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/16 "2003-05-07T05:48:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LolaCocaCola \* > \*\*Well, for starters, it’s not my boss, and since it is already customary to tip in the US, maybe you should start the petition. Be prepared, however, to pay a hell of a lot more for your meal/drink. > > I don’t disagree with you necessarily, but until service industry folk are given a living wage, I shall continue to tip them. \*\* It’s not your boss? Who pays you? If you own your own business, then why don’t YOU start the trend? I’m not the one complaining about people not tipping. Sure, it bothers me that the waitresses and waiters won’t then make minimum wage, but I place at least as much of the blame on the restaurant and the system as I do on the customer. And, as to your last point, that’s why I still tip. I’ve been known to leave three bucks on a dollar cup of coffee when I sit there for a couple hours, if the waitress keeps the cup full. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/17 "2003-05-07T05:50:05Z")
Wow, it’s a one woman pile on! I’d add more, but it doesn’t look like **Lola** needs the help. **Anamorphic** : None of them survive. Buscemi is gunned down by the cops as soon as he runs out of the warehouse: you can hear the gunfire from outside. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/18 "2003-05-07T05:50:20Z")
**Anamorphic** , no. He was gunned down outside the warehouse. Mr Pink was just the _last_ one to die. Check-out is always slow when you don’t tip. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/19 "2003-05-07T05:51:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Beeblebrox \* > \*\ ***Anamorphic** , no. > > He was gunned down outside the warehouse. Mr Pink was just the _last_ one to die. \*\* D’oh! That’s right! Been too long since I’ve seen it. I guess I’ll keep on tipping, then. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592/20 "2003-05-07T05:55:37Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s not your boss? Who pays you? Well, I’m not in the service industry. > [@](#): > > Sure, it bothers me that the waitresses and waiters won’t then make minimum wage, but I place at least as much of the blame on the restaurant and the system as I do on the customer. We can blame Oscar the Grouch, but it doesn’t change the fact that the system’s not about to change any time soon. [/quote] > [@](#): > > And, as to your last point, that’s why I still tip. I’ve been known to leave three bucks on a dollar cup of coffee when I sit there for a couple hours, if the waitress keeps the cup full. Good. The servers shouldn’t be the ones to suffer simply because you disagree with the system. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-blackknight-ya-cheap-fuck/173592.md?page=2)