Thanks to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, anyone who doesn't know how to leave a proper tip can expect to get called outโand that goes double for celebrities. Still, after getting his name dragged through the mud on social media earlier this week, Pittsburgh Steeler DeAngelo Williams is clapping back at one server who tried to shame him for the miniscule tip he left her.
After dining with a group of friends at Ledo Restaurant in College Park, Maryland over the weekend, Williams left his server a whopping 75-cent tip even though his bill came to $128.26. The server immediately went on Facebook and shared a picture of the receipt, slamming Williams in the process.
"Just now at work I had Deangelo Williams come in and I waited on while tending bar," she wrote. โHis check was $128.25. He left me $129 with no tip but .75 cents. So there you go Stealers (sic) fans, your running back is cheap as sh**!!! Smh.โ
The post went viral and many criticized Williams for being a cheapskate, leaving less than a .6 percent tip. After all, the 33-year-old running back did sign with the Steelers last year for roughly $4 million, according to Around The NFL.
Still, Williams wasn't having any of it. He went next-level off on Twitter, claiming that he would have left no tip if he'd had his way. From there, he began sparring with the server's co-workers, continuing to insist that the service was slow, his order was wrong, and that the server ultimately didn't do her job.
I tried to leave nothing at all I couldn't find change๐ I was pissed I left 75cent! https://t.co/VOlBpnENab
โ DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) September 12, 2016
You right I tried to leave exact change but couldn't I waited on my food for over 1.5hours got the order wrong then https://t.co/rCqpGGdxmv
โ DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) September 12, 2016
She never asked for refills and took a dish back removed what was on it and left a shrimp tail in my salad https://t.co/rCqpGGdxmv
โ DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) September 12, 2016
Instead of asking for a manager I simply didn't leave a tip for the hardly working server that expected a tip๐ https://t.co/rCqpGGdxmv
โ DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) September 12, 2016
He wasn't my bartender and what's worst is it was more than myself I was just the guy they knew out the bunch https://t.co/mTFWp9Aoqj
โ DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) September 12, 2016
I went over that order 4 times and not only that our food came out with our salads and it wasn't a complex order https://t.co/p7O0EoA8Ql
โ DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) September 12, 2016
I'm glad you tried to blast me on here because I give u truth and what about the refills I even asked for a manager https://t.co/p7O0EoA8Ql
โ DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) September 12, 2016
Bad service= no tip and why did u call me out?? It was 6 guys at the table? https://t.co/p7O0EoA8Ql
โ DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) September 12, 2016
So it takes 1.5 hours for u to get me 3 salads and pasta and it's not packed at all and slow by her standards https://t.co/zQL7tQRrIP
โ DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) September 12, 2016
Well your coworker set u up for failure did she also tell u she gave bad service and ask the other bar tender did I https://t.co/mOCdvIeaeQ
โ DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) September 12, 2016
Not ask for the manager because people that came after us got their food while we waited forever https://t.co/mOCdvHWyQg
โ DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) September 12, 2016
Williams even admitted to working jobs in the service industry when he was younger, claiming he knew exactly the kind of message he was sending by leaving such a small tip.
I use to wait tables and use to be a bag boy so I know what I'm doing here https://t.co/NiuDnC8EGE
โ DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) September 12, 2016
Ultimately, it seems like Williams won the war.ย Ledo's co-owner Jimmy Marcos told TMZ he fired the server over the way she broadcasted the bad tip, and also offered an amends to Williams. "I want to offer anything I can do," he said. "I'll be sure to apologize in person next time he visits and pick up his next meal."
[via TMZ]