HALL OF FAME CHEAPSKATE....WHAT A SAPP!

     Besides being in the NFL Hall of Fame, is Warren Sapp even relevant anymore? I mean really? Who cares? Look at Michael Strahan. At least, he went on to become a co-host on one of the top morning shows in America. Yeah, so what a homeless man tried to kill him this morning. The point is that he's still relevant. Warren Sapp? Not so much! 

     Anyway, the former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle was recently flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct this past Tuesday when he was outed on Twitter for not leaving a tip for a 26-year-old waitress after watching the U.S. versus Belgium World Cup game at Upper Deck Sports Bar and Grill in Miami. The bill, which cost only $69.39, was left with a message written in by Sapp saying "Boys don't tip." What did that mean? Well, apparently, Sapp did not like it when the waitress called him and his friends "boys." Are you kidding? 

     Sapp allegedly defended his actions on Twitter by also saying that the service was indeed poor as well. He tweeted, "She kept calling us boys so the tip Fit! I left it was horrible and service was the worst!" What a jackass! Who is not smart enough to know that these servers live off the tips their patrons give them. I don't care if she called you a boy, a dog, or a girl, she still deserved to be tipped because she provided a service to you. This is why some people don't deserve to have money!

     The waitress, who is only going by the name Corey, gave her side of the story saying, "I walked over to his table. It was him and one other guy and I said, 'Hey boys, what can I get you to drink?' And he was like 'We're not boys. I'm a man.'" Sounds to me that someone is a bit insecure. Anyway, Corey went on to say that saying, "Hey, men, what do you want to drink?" sounds a little weird, so she goes with 'boys' a lot because it's youthful and general. She also added that she didn't think calling them 'boys' was offensive and that if she walked up to a table of girls, she would have said, "Hey, girls" or "Hey, ladies."

     A manager at Upper Deck Sports Bar and Grille said that they would investigate if the service was poor, which Corey also defended. She said that he arrived at the bar at around 3:20 pm....And he left probably an hour after the match and that his service wasn't terrible. If he hung around an hour after the match, I highly doubt that his service was terrible. If the service was that bad, he should have left. He was in Miami. I'm sure every bar in that city had the World Cup game on. Corey went on to say that she also did not post the receipt on Twitter. She sent the photo to her sister who posted it to social media, which lead it to go viral. 

     Corey said that Sapp wasn't the first famous athlete that she's served. She also once served Hall of Famer Dan Marino, whom she said was the 'nicest person ever' and they even talked about Ace Ventura. All I have to say is that it sounds to me that she caught Warren Sapp in one of his bad moods. He probably wasn't in a good mood and hearing some random girl call him a boy didn't help his mood. That's still no excuse no to tip someone who served you. From what I hear, being cheap is a common practice for celebrities who wipe their asses with $100 dollar bills! Warren Sapp should be ashamed of himself.    

NO TIP FOR YOU!

I'm not sure why the humanity in people still surprises me, but it does. I mean I posted a few blogs about people who had racist things posted on their bills from the wait staff. So, I guess this should come as no surprise. It turns out; 19-year-old Toni Christina Jenkins, a Red Lobster waitress, recently said that two customers failed to leave her even a penny as a tip on a $45 meal, but they did manage to leave their two cents about her skin color. Jenkins says when she returned to the table after dropping off the receipt, the customers had already gone, but the receipt read, "Tip...None. Total...N--ger!" Unbelievable! That is so bad that I couldn't even type out the whole N-word because I felt so uncomfortable. I can say the word chink with no problem, but that word is just nasty! 

Anyway, Red Lobster says they are extremely distraught by the situation and are doing a complete investigation. Jenkins, a nursing student, snapped a photo of the racist message and shared it on Facebook with a caption that read: "This is what I got as a tip last night...so happy to live in the proud southern states. God Bless America, land of the free and home of the low class racists of Tennessee." Jenkins father, Toney Bernard Jenkins, also shared the image on his Facebook page and a friend asked why he would share such a controversial image. He answered, "Bringing awareness to the simple fact that we still have much ignorance to overcome. So much more love to give and much hope to inspire change." I wonder if he had a dream, as well. I mean that was a little Dr. King-ish. He could've stopped at bringing awareness that there is still ignorance all over this country. 

Jenkins said she started to get harassed over the validity of the slur. Red Lobster even suspended her with pay while the incident is under investigation, which according to their spokespeople is standard practice. Red Lobster released a statement saying, "This kind of language is completely disgusting and has no place in our restaurant or anywhere else, and we are committed to getting to the bottom of what happened as quickly as possible." 

I have to admit that as racist of a country we are, I'm surprised we don't see this more often. Then again, part of me feels that we've overcome this type of racism. I mean what are these idiots going to gain out of writing something like that on their receipt except for the fact that this girl just made him and his friends laugh because their bill just made the 5 o'clock news. It's not just the racism, it's also something called maturity and class and most parts of this country still have to catch up when it comes to that regard. Wake the hell up, America! We're a melting pot! We all have to live together racist comments or not! Being a racist will not scare people away, it just makes them more powerful! Just take a look around...