Bill O’Reilly offered his 2.7 million Twitter followers some advice Tuesday about how to handle the delicate art of choosing the correct amount to tip your waiter.
“Here’s the Tip of the Day: overtip for good service, undertip for mediocre performance. Accountability is important,” he said.
Here’s the Tip of the Day: overtip for good service, undertip for mediocre performance. Accountability is important.
— Bill O'Reilly (@BillOReilly) March 7, 2018
Since leaving Fox News after multiple sexual misconduct revelations and several multi-million dollar settlements, O’Reilly’s largest public presence has become his sermonizing, analysis-offering and occasionally bizarre Twitter account.
This isn’t the only dining and tipping advice O’Reilly has offered on the platform.
In a tweet from December, O’Reilly told readers that they didn’t receive good service, they should tell the manager and leave, “even if the food has been ordered.” In another tweet, he advocated undertipping for poor performance, but overtipping for quality. The pennywise approach is important as one can never know when they will end up having to spend $32 million to settle a meritless lawsuit.
“Going out to eat with Bill O’Reilly must be intense,” CNN’s Tom Kludt pointed out.
going out to eat with Bill O'Reilly must be intense pic.twitter.com/nWxTVVTbUd
— Tom Kludt (@TomKludt) March 7, 2018
O’Reilly’s tipping tips of the day had its share of critics.
Why wouldn’t you just tip regular or mediocre? Here is a scenario…server is trying hard but the food isn’t coming out as quick. The server tried but your food took 45 minutes instead of 20…
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) March 7, 2018
How is this the servers fault? Plus th server makes 2-4 dollars an hour in general. And everyone has a bad day as well. Im not saying 20-30 percent but the bare minimum of 15 percent shouldn’t be too hard…
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) March 7, 2018
I'm such a fan of Bill O'Reilly's Tip of the Day, they're always a joy. However he's taken it to a new level today with a tip about tipping. What a treasure. https://t.co/C9Bs3RLjUT
— Ben (@thebenbaruch) March 7, 2018
someone needs to ask Bill O’Reilly to show us on the doll where the restaurant touched him pic.twitter.com/2kvtBeH6GV
— kilgore trout, death to putiner (@KT_So_It_Goes) March 7, 2018
Here’s a tip – when you see Bill O’Reilly come into the restaurant where you work, go on a break….
— Wayne Harrison (@waynomac39) March 7, 2018
Here’s the Tip of the Day: when running a restaurant or store always be polite but know that you don’t have to serve Bill O’Reilly. If he tries, quietly tell him to leave.
— Fake Moose (@insultmoose) March 7, 2018