Delivery Man Publicly Shames Bad Tippers
By: Amy Holwerda
Published: May 5, 2011

Bad tippers, beware! If you live in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn, New York, and are a crummy tipper, you are in danger of public humiliation and shame for your stingy ways. Larry Fox, a 20-year-old delivery man in the area, started a blog 15% to chronicle the tight purse strings of certain customers, in an effort to publicly shame their stinginess. Fox told Gothamist that he, "just got tired of all these big companies, these TV shows and movie sets giving us two or three dollar tips on a $90 order." Here are some highlights of posts, compiled on Slashfood, from Fox and his fellow delivery men across the city:

 "Went out into a Level Two Snow Emergency (We are not even supposed to  be delivering, but dedication wins out over common sense) And got a  whopping 0.50 tip from the guy."
 "Lorimer St. tipped me one dollar to bring him a sandwich during a hail/rain/thunder storm....I hate you."
 "Manhattan Ave. greenpoint took you 8 minutes exactly to come  downstairs after two phonecalls (14 stairs in a standard american  stairwell) because you don't have a functional buzzer like everyone else  in brooklyn."
 "corner of meserole ave. end of delivery zone - about 23 blocks from  my restaurant for 4 slices of pie during prime dinnertime. two bucks for  well over a mile. thanks for the two bucks to bust my ass because you  didn't specify your cross-street as meserole ave from street bro. not on  deck. i dropped your food a few times. whoops."

So that's your fair warning, cheap tippers. As a foodie with ten years of service jobs under my belt, here's my personal belief: Tip 20%. Tip more than that, way more, if your server goes above and beyond the call of duty. But don't be afraid to tip less that 15% for truly atrocious service. There's no need to reward a rude waitress who rolls her eyes when you ask for your sandwich on whole wheat bread, hold the cheese, extra cucumbers. Bonus points if she says, "No problem!" with a smile, and your sandwich actually arrives as ordered.
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