" They were cheap , and debate the motorcar - baksheesh , but I ’m pretty certain my manager refused to stir on that . They took up half our restaurant with people that were n’t even go to eat ; we could have filled those seats with paying customers . "
In the wake of the news that actorZachary Quinto allegedly acted super entitledat a Toronto restaurant, I started to wonder about the other celebs who were jerks to service workers — and may have gotten away with it. Because it’s impossible he was the only one, and I LIVE FOR THE TEA.
And I’m not the only one who lives for it. Redditor and former waiteru/Big-Settingasked, “Servers who have waited on famous people, who was the worst you’vewaited onand why?” and people didn’t hold back. Here are the juiciest responses:
Disclaimer : Though people claim to be verbalise from their own experiences with fame , BuzzFeed ca n’t confirm the hardiness of these tale .
1.“Future was BY FAR the absolute worst that has walked into our restaurant.”
" He reject to get anyone but the server into the room and would n’t talk to anyone but his lensman to say his fiat . So you may ideate the stupor when ask a grown man his rules of order and he has to say it to someone else first because he ’s so rude he ca n’t even talk to you !
The entire mathematical group was frightful to bring up and maintain post their food back , saying it was n’t done well enough or something was untimely . Most rude and unconsidered person ever ! And as you could imagine , the tip was horrifying . "
– u / Big - mount
2.“Jared Leto— he’s a prick. I’ve seen him scream at little kids because they tried to sneak a picture.”
" One time I came to the table and said , “ Are there any dubiousness I can respond ? ” I stool you not , he stopped drained , slowly looked over at me and said , “ harbour on , I ’m gon na go ahead and FINISH what I was saying . Lost my geartrain of intellection … thanks . Avocado toast , ” and hold the computer menu at me . "
– uranium / Rileyoli
3.“50 Centis pretty bad, and he comes in on occasion (I work in an area where you would not expect him to come often).”
– atomic number 92 / datboipiff6
4."‘Hi, I’d like to place a delivery order.’ ‘I’m sorry, we don’t deliver.’ ‘But it’s forGlenn Close.'"
– u / pamzorrr
5.“Childish Gambinois an awful tipper.”
– u / erinhawaii
6.“Sean Pennand Lance Armstrong came into a restaurant I used to work at, a trendy place in Santa Monica.”
" We sit them in a semi - secluded expanse upstairs near the kitchen . They were nice , in an ' I’m - better - than - you ' kind of elbow room .
But what got me was Sean Penn light up up cigarettes correctly at the table . And everyone was too afraid to ask him to stop , even my coach . When they provide there was passel of cigarette butts under the table . "
– u / drashid7
7.“Bieber, when Bieber was still a little hooligan.”
" He was as you would suppose : super into himself and patronize . "
– uracil / thatsmaPURSEidky
8.“The Jenner girls have a reputation of going to swanky spots in LA where they would rack up a huge bill and the managers would comp the entire thing and they wouldn’t tip the server.”
" It happened so much that one manager had to call Kris Jenner to complain about their daughters . Hopefully they are different now ; this was a few years back . "
9.“Quinton Tarantino stiffed my brother at a bar.”
– u / Nell_Trent
10.“The British restaurant I was working at got Adele in after one of her concerts.”
" I did n’t get to serve her but plainly the host recognize her when she took off her oversize sunglass to order chicken fingers and Mac and cheese bites . Neither of which we made in house , and neither of which were British at all , compare to the rest period of the menu . That ’s all they had ordered besides 11 water and a effervescent feeding bottle of piss . So the tab was less than $ 30 ; the waiter say she get 15 % .
The icing the puck on top ? The next day on the face of it she ' reviewed ' the intellectual nourishment and said it was greasy and she could barely eat it . No shit — electrocute food is greasy . When I read that , I feel more British than her , because I would have at least gotten the Pasty or Scottish Eggs instead of chicken fingers . "
– u / tcmisfit
11.“DaBaby!”
" Another server serve him , and said the tabular array was just okay … a bit needy .
DaBaby himself was wearing sunglasses throughout the meal . He emphatically was n’t smiley , which is fine , ya do it ? hoi polloi are allow to search a slight number over it . "
– u / juliatrudie
12.“Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife Isla Fisher switched their seats three times, and then demanded to sit in a closed-off section because ‘they’re famous’ and ‘don’t want to be bothered.'”
13.“The Killers stopped by after a concert and lit up a bowl at their table…”
" The barkeep then show them where they could fume outside . "
14.“Kourtney Kardashian.”
" The child literally climbed up the window and licked her home base on all fours , like an brute . "
– u / matthewtwill
15.“My coworker, while I was also working, bartended for Martin Lawrence, and he was an asshole.”
– u / danteish3re
16.“Gabrielle Union’s cousin came in to make a reservation for 35 people a month in advance, but she wanted the time slot to be at 9:30. A half hour before we closed. I said no, that’s impossible. She pulled the ‘it’s for a celebrity’ shit.”
" Their 35 turned into 80 , day of , with no poster . one-half of them did n’t order food ; their vizor only come in to wish $ 1,000 for 80 people . I had a 6 top that night that spent $ 500 . Literally 6 hoi polloi expend half as much as 80 .
They were cheap , and argue the auto - bakshish , but I ’m somewhat certain my manager refused to agitate on that . They take up half our restaurant with multitude that were n’t even travel to eat ; we could have filled those fanny with paying customers . "
– u / mAdm - OctUh
17.“Bill Belichick; awful tipper and not friendly.”
– u / LukewarmLatte
18.“The worst celebrity I waited on was Marty Stuart.”
He was huffy and short ( punning intend ) with me . He complained about absolutely everything . Not enough croutons on the salad , fried light-green tomatoes were too immature , the whole fish Red Snapper had bones in it , his chairman was n’t to his liking , his drink , a Margarita on the rocks , has ice in it .
Dude was a incubus , but I dealt with it . I fucking hate his euphony , so I was amused by the whole matter . Stiffed me . "
– uracil / lisaemc2
19.“Neil deGrasse Tyson is strange to wait on. Somehow, I’ve waited on him several times, and you always get a weird vibe.”
" I once took over his mesa from another host when I was come back from a break during a three-fold ; she had fucked up his afters order and he quetch about it in the weirdest way possible but would n’t let us fix it — and it was an easy mess . "
– u / kelgryffindor
20.“Martha Stewart.”
" Came with fry , was a incubus . "
21.“Got stiffed by Jodie Foster.”
– u / motherofbearcats
22.“Allen Iversion.”
" He and his friend were so loud . He total in often and stiffed bartenders and servers .
He said to me , ' My Heineken is 32 degrees , ' and I told him to go home , twist his fridge down to 32 , and drink at menage . He then sleazed up on me , trying to get my numeral — just typical dirtbag stuff . "
– u / turribultina
23.“Michael Irvin: douche and bad tipper. Emmitt Smith: friendly, but terrible tipper.”
– atomic number 92 / parkerp8282
24.“Nicki Minaj asked my husband to evacuate the hotel so she didn’t have to interact with anyone.”
" Him being 5'9 " , he towered over her and get out a nostril laugh . Yeah , that ’s not going to happen . "
25.“Stephen A. Smith.”
" It was Applebees in NJ about 10 year ago . Three unlike time , he station back his boneless wings for ' not liking the way they looked ' after being tossed in the sauce .
Then , he sent back two different steaks for them being ' too well done . ' listen you , all the steak he received were butterflied upon his request . "
– u / Inked_Up420
26.“Probably the worst was DMX.”
He amount in on a Saturday brunch and asked the mixologist to rain cats and dogs out a 65 - dollar sign shot of Henny Paradis for the dead homies . Got all offend when the bartender ( safe friend of mine ) said ' Of course , if you pay for it . '
He caused a scene and was like ' You know who I am ? ! ? ' Yeah bro , you were relevant 15 year ago and this shit ’s expensive . "
27.“Eddie Griffin asked my husband to keep his rooftop bar open because he was going to bring in a bunch of people, and made it seem like he was going to drop some major cash.”
" He acquiesced . He was almost 2 hours latterly , alone , had one drink then stiffed the barkeeper . "
