highest TIP you have received
youngEINSTEIN
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i worked at long beach convention center for a few years back in my youth. the long beach gran prix race took place in and around the c.c. alot of the corporate sponsers would hire us through our union to work at their hospitality private parties. me and a friend were hired by team toshiba to open beer bottles for the guests. they paid us $30 an hour for 8 hrs. and then gave us each a $300 tip. good times for an 18 year old dude. peace, stein. . . 
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i was bagging groceries when i was 16, in full blown pubescent awkwardness. i helped a beautiful woman in her young 30's to her car with a bunch of bags filled with tortilla chips, tequila, and other party supplies. she gave me a $100 bill and said "too bad you can't come to barbecue cutey." i'll never forget that generous angel lady.
You should have quit your job and gone to the party.
I worked at a yacht club in Martha's Vineyard but the members were a bunch of cheap waspy old farts. Walter Cronkite was cool as shit though he kept hitting one of the red head waitresses.
Thats why old money folks still have money though, its not like they do anything useful or they have ever worked a day in their life.
They were in our offices every day for like a month. Some other good stories:
a. J**n Jr. had a monogramed velour track suit.
b. The day his brother in law P***r thought that the giant poster of Marilyn Manson in time square right outside our office windows was a girl and was teasing J**n that "she" was his girlfriend.
c. The day the whole family had to come in and sign over their houses so the boys could make bail, and our lobby looked like a casting call from The Sopranos, with the daughter in white leather like Nancy Sinatra and the mothers with the teased up hair and foul mouths.
d. When the demolition for the Hardrock cafe across the street set of an explosive charge, and The Nose almost jumped under the desk.
e. That all they do is sit around and read about themselves on http://www.ganglandnews.com/
One was $200
The other was $80.
The $200 one was to play Jay-Z & Linkin Park - Encore. I caved in and did it....
On the DJ tip a friend of mine was DJing a happy hour party at a DC bar a few years back. She was playing a bunch of brit pop and 80's stuff and this guy came up to her and asked if she had "Is She Really Going Out With Him" by Joe Jackson and threw down a $20 bill. She had it and said "sure" and played it next. As the song was ending the guy said "play it again" and threw down another $20 (mind you I think she was getting paid about $50 for this gig). She played it again. And again. Three times in a row for $60. She finally refused on the fourth attempt.
I have a tip related question..how much do you tip a barber in the US??
I used to tip 5 or ten pounds in England but am unsure of what goes on with that in this country..
That shit is so baller, but only an actual *ahem* "concrete business executive" can pull it off. Anybody else would just look like a schmuck who can't dress himself.
Biggest tip I ever got was $10 and a handful of weed when I was pumping gas. Not much, but it sure made me happy.
Damn, Walter got his pimp game on lock!
Im still trying to figure out the exact moment the mafia went LL Cool J.
dude, I can't believe you would play that kinda crap! They could have at least requested Bon Jovi or something good
His wife told the waitress, "Walter likes red heads."
Cronkite followed up with, "Yes I do, very much."
my biggest tip was from Bjorn Borg. he came into a restaurant i was bartending (In Sweden) and sat at the bar with the hottest chick you have ever seen. was cool as shit, we chatted and he asked me my name, i told him and then asked his... the bar went silent and then everyone cracked up. He's a big deal in Sweden.
at the end of his meal he came back to the bar and asked me how many people were working and tipped all 5 of is US$100 dollars each.
why he had US dollars in the middle of Sweden i dont know, but it was cool as hell.
"see...a pimp's love is different from a square's love"
I cant recall ever getting more than that, but one of my regulars once tipped me with a sandwhich bag full of vicodin...weed is a pretty normal tip around my work too as almost all of us are smokers.
People give us weird stuff all the time too. Perfume, Sex Toys, CD's, Rocks, Donuts...you name it!
Come on you meant to type hairdresser didn't you? If there's processes involved, $30-$40 is good.