Courtesy of “The Mighty” Dan Gross comes this unsettling news of the Phillies first baseman and masher of home runs being, shall we say, less than generous with the gratuity on his bar bill:
Zagat, which has just published its 2009 guide to Philadelphia restaurants, declared that Philadelphians are the most generous tippers in the nation.
Would that include Ryan Howard?
Sources say that on a recent visit to Paddy Whack’s (2nd & South), the Phillies slugger, who’s earning $10 million this year, showed up wearing a $15,000 watch, drank $24 worth of beers and left no tip.
Howard said last night through team spokesman John Brazer that he had gone to the bar with a buddy and believed that his friend had settled the bill.
Ouch!
I make roughly 1/200ths of what Ryan Howard makes annually, and even *I* tip around 50% on my bar bill. Apparently, this isn’t the first time this happened either. A commenter on the Ryan Howard/Snoop Dogg post from last month accused Ryan of skipping out on his tab and tip at Chickie & Petes before — and commenters never lie or exaggerate.
I guess the lesson here is: Go to Benny The Bum’s! Proud sponsor of The Fightins with two convenient locations in South Philly and NE Philly. Where the bartenders are sooo good, you can’t forget to tip!
A tip about Ryan Howard | Dan Gross: Daily News
Picture taken from those shit-starters over at Don Chavez
UPDATE: Via Gross’ Philly Gossip blog:
Paddy Whacks General Manager Ryan Kilkenny wrote in to say that Howard was “at our establishment as a guest of another patron that was having a scheduled Happy Hour Party. The bill of this party was not the responsibility of Mr. Howard. The bill was settled in full and a tip was left.”
So there.
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August 28th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
You tip 50% on a bar bill? Your mom must have been a big drinker when she was pregnant with you.
August 28th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
I tip 50% on my bar bill when my beers are $2
August 28th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
The Chickies story is 100% true. He was almost out the door and had to be reminded by staff that a tip would be appreciated after he ran up a big tab.
August 28th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
@mofo & madonna: In my defense, for the past 10 years I’ve done most of my drinking at the fine establishment that sponsors this site and I get a shit-ton of my drinks on the house. To make up for the nice gesture, I over-tip. But even if I’m somewhere else — unless the bill is ridiculously high — I normally tip close to that.
August 28th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
My mental math isn’t so good. For a minute I thought you made five grand. Easy street!
August 28th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
50%!?! How much does this blogging pay?
The higher my bar bill, the less tip i leave up to 20%. Never below that.
August 28th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
The concept of tipping is pretty ridiculous.
August 28th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Those two fine dames know all about RyHo putting the tip in.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
A black guy who doesn’t tip? Never heard of such a thing.
August 29th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
ha! I went to PSU with the one asian looking girl – she was on the dance team there. I was wondering what she was doing all these years…I guess the Fightin’s is better than facebook.
August 29th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
@Gigi: She was a Wizards Dancer last year.
Although I just looked and she isn’t on the roster for this year.
What do you mean you guess this site is better than Facebook? No questions asked.
August 29th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
@ Meech: she used to date John Bronson – D-lineman for PSU. I know this because of their pre-game embraces I would see on the sidelines…the guy was bigger than RyHo which always made us wonder exactly how they…you know…15-inch square peg in 4′11” round hole….I think you’re picking up what I’m putting down.