Former LSU CB Donte Jackson called out by waitress for tipping less than 5 percent on restaurant bill
By Andrew Olson
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Former LSU CB Donte Jackson is on the receiving end of some social media heat after tipping only $5 on a $120 bill at a New Orleans restaurant.
A Twitter user identifying herself as Tyler Hover tweeted a photo of Jackson’s receipt with the $5 tip, tagging the former Tiger who recently signed a four-year, $4.8 million-deal with the Carolina Panthers.
“You can’t even tip 10%,” Hover wrote in her tweet. “I just wanna know if my service was bad honestly.” She appeared to find some humor in the fact Jackson made a smiley face out of the “5.00” written in the tip area.
According to Tiger Droppings, Jackson responded by saying, “You got 5 more dollars then you had be grateful,” in a tweet which has since been deleted.
Jackson isn’t the first millionaire professional athlete to be called out for a low-percentage tip (roughly four percent in this case) and almost certainly won’t be the last. As one might expect, other Twitter users are joining Hover in calling him out.
@_DJack01 You can’t even tip 10%. I just wanna know if my service was bad honestly. You childish for the smiley faces too🤣 pic.twitter.com/19Wos16hZc
— T-Ho👨🚀 (@Tyler_Hover21) July 9, 2018
As a rookie, Jackson has plenty to learn about life in the NFL. It appears tipping norms is one of those things.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
