Chintzy tippers beware: Waiters and delivery drivers are naming names on a website. LousyTippers.com is a list of customers who have left small or no tips. Stiffed workers in the restaurant biz just fill in an online form and presto! Instant infamy for the "bad" tipper.
Wow. I mean, I get it -- delivery drivers and waiters are pissed and they want to fight back somehow. People should understand how hard they work and how little they get paid. Once a customer leaves there's no way to retroactively spit in their food. (Not that anyone should do that.) It's not fair! Fight the power and all that. But this website just seems to bring out the worst in people -- and some of them really go too far.
YES, I looked up my name and NO, I'm not on it. Are you? You can actually search for your name to find out if you've been outed as a Scrooge. If, god forbid, you happen to find your own name wrongfully on the list (because why would you ever not tip a deserving server?) you can dispute the claim and maybe they'll consider removing it.
It's bad enough that the site lists people's full names. But the truly creepy bit is that fill-in-the-blank area that says "restaurant or address." Apparently people sometimes list a customer's home address or phone number!
Isn't that illegal? If not, it definitely crosses a line. Especially when the angry contributor invites people to "call or text" the tipper's "ass."
Eater has gone through the trouble of combing through the database and uncovering the really nasty comments. Bless their hearts. Here's a sample: "Stay in what ever foreign country you live in PLEASE." Yeesh. And that's one of the milder ones! Apparently the database is a haven for racists and homophobes. I don't know -- I think it's just inevitable that a site like this would attract jerks.
Do you think LousyTippers.com goes too far?
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Comments 43
The problem, in my opinion, is you cheap ass COUPON MOMS. The only times men haven't tipped me, is when a woman was with them, I'm assuming wife or girlfiend. Quit being cheap. Just because servers don't give in to every ridiculous demand, doesn't mean the service was horrible.
I don't think that addresses or phone numbers should be available but other than that I think that more than likely a lot of these servers have a right to complain. I have seen people who are demanding and rude, than not tip or leave a very small tip. I always tip even when the server isn't steller. Most of the time I figure the waiter/ress was having a bad day. I, of course, tip more for good waiters/ress though. From working in retail and customer services when I was younger I know people can be rude, obnoxious, and just plain out assholes at times and think that it is perfectly acceptable to act that way. Kind of funny to see them noted for this behavior.
I don't have a problem with a database that outs cheapskates. The address should be the restaurant's addy though. If you're too cheap to tip, EAT IN!
Just because servers don't give in to every ridiculous demand, doesn't mean the service was horrible.
How do you have any clue as to what sort of service any of us commenting here deems horrible? You don't. I see no sense of entitlement here. I know people like that exist out there but you have no idea about any of us here. My husband and I start with a 20% tip and adjust it accordingly. You don't deserve 20% no matter what. We're easy customers. We don't make "ridiculous demands" and we are kind to our servers. I feel if you're going to be extremely demanding, make the food yourself at home. All we want is to be served and have drinks refilled in a reasonably timely manner with a generally polite disposition. Can't manage to do even that? You will get a low tip. If I'm tipping that means I'm not just paying for food, I'm also paying for service.
I agree with another comment here though. Servers need to be paid legit wages and then tips can be what they are meant to be...tips. Not a paycheck. Then they will actually have to work for it, not expect one regardless.
Is there a site where I can report horrible wait staff and service people?
However read some of the previous comments on this blog.. someone said they don't like tipping because they're paying enough for food already! As someone else said if you're too cheap for that, stay in.