Another athlete is in the spotlight for tip wars. Steelers RB DeAngelo Williams has been put on blast for leaving .75c on a $128.25 bill according to TMZ.
It all started when the bartender at the restaurant went to Facebook and wrote:
“Just now at work I had Deangelo Williams come in and I waited on while tending bar. His check was $128.25. He left me $129 with no tip but .75 cents. So there you go Steelers fans, your running back is cheap as s**t!!! Smh.”
Williams found out he was being Facebook shamed and decided to tell his side of the story.
“I tried to leave exact change but couldn’t,” Williams said … “I waited on my food for over 1.5 hours.”
(For the record, the waitress claims he was only there for 45 mins).
So, what was allegedly so bad?
For starters, “She never asked for refills,” Williams says.
But what really pissed him off — “I ordered chicken and shrimp in my pasta they put it on my salad.”
When he pointed out the mistake, “They took it back and removed it from salad and put It in my pasta leaving a shrimp tail in the salad.
Things took a turn for the worse for the bartender. Because this has been so public, the owner of the restaurant decided to terminate employment citing that the policy of the restaurant is that the customer is always right. The moral of the story here is that there’s no need to try to publicly shame someone for leaving a bad tip. While it’s not a nice feeling to do work and get no gratitude in return, it’s just a part of life.