Earlier this week, Thunder forward Andre Roberson signed a new three-year, $30 million contract with Oklahoma City that should ensure that he stays rich for the rest of his life. And it appears as though he intends to keep it that way by adding his name to the growing list of professional athletes who are bad tippers.
Shortly after signing his deal, Roberson made his way to a bar and racked up almost $500 worth of charges. But when the bill came, the NBA All-Defensive Second Team player only left a $13 tip. That led his server to call him out on Twitter for leaving such a small tip on a relatively large bill:
Roberson tried to downplay the tiny tip by pointing out that he really shouldn’t have left anything at all since there was no actual service attached to the bill. He took to Twitter on Thursday and claimed that he ordered a single bottle at a bar and therefore didn’t feel like he needed to tip anyone for simply taking the bottle and handing it to him:
But the server—who seems to have joined Twitter specifically to go at Roberson—wasn’t having any of it. He accused Roberson of having "no tact" as he fired back with this:
It led to a heated debate in Roberson’s mentions. Some people sided with him and said that he didn’t deserve to get called out for leaving the tip that he did:
Others sided with the server:
And a few called Roberson out for his questionable math skills (the total should have been $501.10 if you add up the bill plus his tip):
Roberson decided not to engage with the server after issuing his initial response. But that didn’t stop a couple of his teammates from roasting him for creating controversy with his tip. Roberson gave Enes Kanter and Steven Adams a shout-out shortly after getting into it with the server:
And they responded by bringing up the tip again:
The winner at the end of all of this is probably going to be the next server who helps Roberson at a bar or club. Can you imagine how much he’s going to tip just to avoid running into this problem again?! Then again, buying $500 bottles and overtipping has gotten plenty of pro athletes into financial trouble in the past. So maybe Roberson will just steer clear of both of them altogether from now on.
