Comments on: Recession Tipping with Louis C.K.

By: cmcm

cmcm — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:50:50 +0000

@stuffisthings I hear ya… having worked in restaurants myself it’s so obvious to me when it’s the fault of a bad server or a bad kitchen. If it’s a bad kitchen (and even if it’s a bad server, if they apologise enough and try to make things better) they deserve a good tip because their day has probably been rough.

By: Silantro

Silantro — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:55:52 +0000

Recession tipping! What a concept. I spent one summer in college waitressing at a not-so-fun restaurant with a not-so-fun boss, and tips were all we got. The less a customer tipped us, the less we got paid. One night, an incredibly chatty and very generous woman tipped me 40% (“to give you a head start on student loans,” she told me). Three years later, I can still remember her face. Needless to say, I always tip at least 20% when I go out for drinks or food, and insist (often to the point of annoyance) that others tip a fair amount. Even when I feel strapped for cash, it’s a sobering thought to remember what it’s like to be completely dependent on the tips of others.

By: nutmeg

nutmeg — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:50:41 +0000

I make $8 an hour so whenever I go somewhere I tip and often a lot because dude, I know what it’s like. Rather than go out more often and not tip I’d rather tip a lot and go out less; if only I could learn moderation in any other aspect of my life.

By: stuffisthings

stuffisthings — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:39:59 +0000

I often tip more when the service is really bad, because I figure the server must be having a bad day or their kitchen staff are idiots or something. So I guess “recession tipping” is like the macro version of that?

By: Reginal T. Squirge

Reginal T. Squirge — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:56:00 +0000

Linus was always such a little asshole. And don’t get me started on Louie and his Infiniti addiction. To be fair, though, he admits to how dumb it is that he must drive an Infiniti.

By: melis

melis — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:50:03 +0000

“When I get big I’m going to be a humble little country doctor. I’ll live in the city, see, and every morning I’ll get up, climb into my sports car and zoom into the country! Then I’ll start healing people. I’ll heal everybody for miles around! I’ll be a world-famous humble little country doctor.”

By: Reginal T. Squirge

Reginal T. Squirge — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:28:03 +0000

I love Louie more than most humans I actually know in real life and totally agree with his principle here… but… it’s not exactly a “quiet thing” that you do if you talk about it in interviews (or at all, really).