Madonna and Tobey Maguire poor tippers, say waitress' book

Waitress’ book names poor celebrity tippers.

6 June, 2007:

Who are the celebrities who pay little or no tips in restaurants?

They are Madonna, Tobey Maguire, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Rupert Everett if one is to go by a book “exposing” poor celebrity tippers.

Katherine Taylor, who works as a waitress in New York, has written a novel titled Rules for Saying Goodbye in which her heroine – who is also named Katherine Taylor – lists the lousy tippers.

Katherine Taylor confirmed through her publisher that she has worked as a bartender in West Village and declared that all the celebrity anecdotes in her book are true, according to allheadlinenews.com

Here is a sample from Rules for Saying Goodbye: “Gwyneth Paltrow came in. I wanted to tell her that I had been making a list and she was on it, but Gwyneth was not stingy, only stupid. I thought she probably couldn’t calculate 15%.”

Rupert Everett and Madonna have been named in the novel for leaving no tip at all.

Tobey Maguire, Barbra Streisand, and John Travolta’s wife Kelly Preston are listed as giving very small tips.

Yet another anecdote from the book says that “Paul McCartney was once too drunk to tip.”