# Waiters & waitresses: are blacks cheap tippers?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiters-waitresses-are-blacks-cheap-tippers/249290>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 8, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiters-waitresses-are-blacks-cheap-tippers/249290 "2004-06-08T15:55:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rattlerbrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@rattlerbrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rattlerbrat)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiters-waitresses-are-blacks-cheap-tippers/249290/101 "2004-06-18T16:09:47Z")

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> Oh yeah!? If so many whiteys have African blood, then why are so many whiteys good tippers? And wouldn’t that also mean you negros have some whitey blood, bu y’all tip like shit…

You must’ve missed the discussion about The Chip. 😉

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**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiters-waitresses-are-blacks-cheap-tippers/249290/102 "2004-06-18T16:28:40Z")

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No, I ‘get it’. I don’t think you do.

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**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiters-waitresses-are-blacks-cheap-tippers/249290/103 "2004-06-18T21:16:02Z")

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I came across an [article](http://channels.netscape.com/ns/travel/content.jsp?file=fte/tipmore2/tipmore2.jsp) that made me think of this thread.

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**Author:** ![rattlerbrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@rattlerbrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rattlerbrat)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiters-waitresses-are-blacks-cheap-tippers/249290/104 "2004-06-19T03:53:17Z")

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> [@Philster](#):
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> No, I ‘get it’. I don’t think you do.

You take yourself way too seriously. Moving on… :wally

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