Last Week Tonight: Mr. Pink doesn't TIP

Tipping: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

WARNING: Obscenity, profanity! Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs | Mr. Pink doesn't tip

Eww!! I would never date Steve Buscemi!

(LastWeekTonight) March 2, 2025: #23 on Trending. Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) has a point. Back in the day, T.I.P.S. meant a gratuity or bribe "to insure prompt service." Now it's obligatory, perfunctory, and promoted by women on dates to test men and the demonstrated generosity of their suitors.

("If he ain't tipping her, ya think he's gonna treat you like the princess that you are? Think about it!") Tip on dates, get lucky? Tip really well, and she'll glue herself to you, and the restaurant will welcome you back like a loser in Las Vegas? Quentin-ji explains it so much better in this tightly written, if vulgar, scene from Reservoir Dogs (not to be confused with the glorious Reservation Dogs).

John Oliver discusses tipping, why it’s more complicated and fraught than customers might realize, how we can address some of the issues surrounding it, and whether or not he deserves 25% at the end of this story.

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