Facebook’s $20 billion dollar man probably didn’t get rich by being overly generous.
Now, Mark Zuckerberg’s penurious ways are attracting the attention of at least one Rome waiter, who received no tip from the Facebook founder.
Zuckerberg is in Italy on his honeymoon. He married longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan in his back yard the day after the social media giant’s company went public, making him and many of his employees some of the richest people on Earth.
London Telegraph reporter Nick Squires reports Zuckerberg and Chan really like artichokes. While honeymooning Monday, they dined on deep-fried artichokes, fried pumpkin flowers and ravioli stuffed with sea bass and more artichokes. The total bill – about $40. The tip? Zero.
Waiters at the “service included” restaurant Nonna Betta were “amazed” they didn’t at least get a Like, a Poke or even a friend request from Chan’s dog Beast.
Word is the happy couple also didn’t tip the night before after eating pizza.
This kind of news could make Italian waiters as depressed as Facebook’s stock.
158 comments Add your comment
Erik
May 29th, 2012
2:15 pm
I dislike this guy but I’m going to stick up for him here. The service was included. Is this a tabloid?
Al
May 29th, 2012
2:16 pm
Have many of you even visited Europe before? Tipping isn’t customary there as it is in the US. There’s nothing offensive about what he did. Maybe the expectation that he would leave a tip because he’s a billionaire is the truly offensive part!
Erik
May 29th, 2012
2:20 pm
For the clown Jacob ripping everybody b/c they don’t know how the terms “service” and “tip” are used in Europe…does this mean that we’re supposed to pay the server’s wage (service) AND give them a tip? We don’t do that here.
RK
May 29th, 2012
2:23 pm
This is perfectly acceptable. It’s sad that someone thinks this is news.
Cram
May 29th, 2012
2:24 pm
And the celebrity worshippers in Atlanta ate it all up.
Glenn
May 29th, 2012
2:27 pm
Dude owned him what 5 dollars ? He probably felt weird asking Mario to break a twenty . Not to mention the company is now below 100 billion .
Pam
May 29th, 2012
2:27 pm
I am traveling to Italy next week and all the reading I have done states that tips should not be given to waiters in restaurants.
CJ
May 29th, 2012
2:27 pm
Maybe they forgot?
Harry Doyle
May 29th, 2012
2:28 pm
Mark Zuckerberg should be taking your order at Wendy’s, not rolling around naked in Billion$ in cash.
What clown would invest in a company which primary revenue stream is secretly selling the personal data of its “customers” to the highest bidder?
(or Big Brother?)
Harry Doyle
May 29th, 2012
2:29 pm
“All your good [tipping sense] is going out the end of your [thing], Boy!”
- Paul “Bear” Bryant