Monday, April 28, 2014

The Value of Money: Phil Jackson Edition

Just because someone is earning millions of dollars, it doesn't mean they aren't concerend about that marginal dollar. It's something lefties always fail to understand. Here's NyPo on Jackson's visit to Mises territory:
[The new president of the New YorkKnicks,] Phil Jackson, hasn’t found a New York apartment yet, but he has a favorite restaurant — and it has a perfect name. The new president of the New York Knickerbockers goes to the Knickerbocker Bar & Grill. But if he plans to become a regular, he better start tipping better: Jackson, who is getting $12 million a year, left just $25 on the bill of about $140, sources said. This despite getting his appetizers and desserts comped, no less.

Jackson was at the NYU hangout on University Place on Friday night with Steve Kerr, his leading candidate to coach the Knicks next season, for a three-hour dinner. Lots of talk about the triangle offense, I am sure.

“He [Jackson] has been in quite a bit,” a manager told me yesterday.

5 comments:

  1. This is the sort of stupidity that makes NyPo the favorite of union men citywide. $25 on $140 is a decent tip, regardless of the patron's salary.

    If the Knickerbocker's management chose to fawn over this celebrity by comping him dishes he may not have even wanted (and I frequent the place often enough to have seen this before), why should he be faulted for not tipping on them? To make the Post's miserable (and dwindling) readership feel better about themselves.

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    1. Thanks - I was doing the math myself and was getting concerned that either I've been a bad tipper or that I can't do basic math anymore. Or both.

      It's not outstanding but it's not stingy, either.

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  2. A $25 tip on a bill of $140, which probably includes the tax - you don't tip on the tax - comes out to about 18%. That's above the standard 15%, unless it's changed recently. What's the problem?

    It seems that the folks at NyPo like to spend other peoples' money.

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    1. I don't see the problem either. It's almost 20%. I guess the socialists want him to pay double because he makes a lot of money. Geez, left fuckers sure love stealing other people's money don't they? And worse, they try to shame or blackmail them out of their money if they can't confiscate it.

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  3. And how was the service? He may have overtipped, we don't know? I've left 50% before, just because the waitress was pregnant, and left a nickel one time (set apart from the check to make it obvious) on a 120+ bill because the waiter exuded attitude from the beginning.

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