Donnie Wahlberg gives IHOP server a $2000 tip on New Years Day

I'd be more impressed if his wife hadn't posted it on Twitter. If the server had posted it that would be one thing, but posting it yourself looks like a grab for publicity.

So...they spent SEVENTY-EIGHT dollars at I-HOP? I'm embarrassed for them.

isn't the recipient usually the one who posts about it so the giver doesn't look like a self congratulating asshole who did it for asspats rather than a selfless good deed?

And when you give, do not let your left hand know what your hand does.

In other words, don't brag about your gifts. It's not polite.

Suck it Jesus!

White trash with money!

That's a goyishe kop.

Server goes into a flying rage at Wahlberg because this tip cuts off her welfare benefits for three months.

R8 get help.

There are the receipt(s)!

I still love these stories despite the drawbacks, publicity, etc. when I was still working, some friends and I left over the top tips for bartenders and waiters around the holidays. Not so grand to be on this level, but each of us would leave an extra hundred in our group. It's a great feeling to be able to do it.

I thought the same thing, R2. How is it even possible to spend that much at ihop?

It would have been more impressive if the waitress had posted this instead, and the two of them had kept quiet.. The fact that his wife posted it reeks of “look at what a good deed we did!” and wanting a pat on the back.

[quote]The fact that his wife posted it reeks of “look at what a good deed we did!” and wanting a pat on the back.

They don't call them show folks for nothing!

R13/R14... and others, agreed. There's already enough selfishness involved in that it makes the giver feel good, as I've mentioned.

[quote]Fans of the couple are loving the gesture

Who on God's green earth would be fans of this couple? I can't even begin to imagine.

Why are they eating at an IHOP?

R17 They're either still drunk, hungover and hungry, or they love all that sugar shit! Better question is why were they here in Illinois...and St. Charles nonetheless...

[quote]It would have been more impressive if the waitress had posted this instead, and the two of them had kept quiet.. The fact that his wife posted it reeks of “look at what a good deed we did!” and wanting a pat on the back.

Jenny McCarthy is widely ridiculed and hated for being a rabid anti-vaxxer. I only recently found out she's been a spokesperson for an e-liquid company which sounds weird if she's so concerned about people's health. It actually sounds like she genuinely wants people to get hurt.

I remember liking her back in the day. Now she seems like a total loony.

Show me the monkey!

R19 Whatever is E-liquid? Ecstasy or Molly in a liquid form?

For all we know, this is a photo of the customer receipt copy. They probably left a $8 tip

[quote]Better question is why were they here in Illinois...and St. Charles nonetheless...

I don’t know why they were in St. Charles but I do know Jenny is from Illinois. So probably visiting family.

R21, vape juice.

They're such good role model Catholics. Anyone find any pictures of the Laotian guy he blinded?

I want to like this story but a) it's Jenny McCarthy and b) it's Jenny McCarthy posting about her husband.

Wouldn't think he would have that kind of money left.

👏 Awesome !

However you choose to spin it, it was a fabulous thing to do for some one who really works hard for the money. Just imagining how this persons felt to be on the receiving end of this act of kindness makes me smile. I wish I had the funds to do something as selfless.

r25 wasn't that his brother Marky Mark Wahlberg?

Get your facts straight, R25.

You're confusing Donnie with his brother Mark.

What would really be great is if the server donated money toward children's vaccines. Jenny would lose her fucking mind.

Among other things Wahlberg's been a series regular on Blue Bloods for 10 years, and has appeared in 210 episodes. Quick googling tells that he's probably earning between $60k to $150k per episode.

Don't forget Wahlburgers. That place is a goldmine.

Some day I'm gonna own a place like that !

Jenny is from that area and has a home there.

Jenny was the most obnoxious daughter in law I've ever had! So self promoting.

I don't mind Donnie, seems like a nice guy, better than his asshat brother.

But that Jenny has always been like nails on a chalkboard. Obnoxious cunt. I don't know how he stands it.

These dumb people put enough of the receipt out there that someone will hack into their credit card.

Good for them. Their using their good fortune to be a blessing to others. To me, that's all that matters. The waiter is the beneficiary of the $2K. The bragging is just to make them fill good about themselves I guess.

I wish we heard about billionaires doing stuff like this. Then maybe people wouldn't have this eat the wealthy mentality so much of society has at the moment.

But many of them have created this culture themselves, by being evil and tight with $$$ and making themselves so inaccessible to the point their completely unreachable to the general public, on such an extreme level. I guess that's why we've seen the rise of Bernie Sanders and AOC and the squad members.

But still a nice gesture by donnie and jenny.

I wonder if the waiter was forced to split it with their co-workers.

Yes, you have to put all your tips in the pool at IHOP. It is then divided up upon all waitstaff, managers, busboys, cooks, sues chef, kitchen staff. So he gets basically nothing.

R38 Agreed. I rather liked the TV show Undercover Boss for similar reasons you suggest. It really helped to restore one's faith in humanity ever so often.

If Donny Wahlberg really wanted to be generous, he'd throw High Pitch Eric a pity fuck.

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Who is Eric?

[quote]I don't mind Donnie, seems like a nice guy,

He’s a Republican - I remember him vocally supporting Rubio when he ran for president.

Republicans are not nice.

Guys. Celebs eat regular chains sometimes.

Being rich doesn’t mean one can’t enjoy junk food sometimes.

I love him.

In the late 90s my roommate's girlfriend was a waitress at this restaurant in Malibu. She waited on Cher and her sister.

They got salads, shrimp cocktail and a bottle of wine. The bill came out to $175, they left $300.

You would think being a diva she would be rude and a lousy tipper. She said that Cher was really friendly, just two sisters enjoying lunch.

I guess you never can tell...

I don't think you put your tips into a "pool" where everyone who works there gets an equal share.

At most chain restaurants, you share a percentage of your total sales for the night--paid out to the manager when you check out. They don't know what your tips are because they'll never know the cash part.

He did a good thing. Wish more rich people would.

There are several restaurants where the server doesn't get the tip immediately. They have to turn it over to management, who records it for tax purposes and then gives it back (when they feel like it). Many servers had brought lawsuits due to this procedure.

Blind gossip doesn't approve

[quote] He did a good thing. Wish more rich people would.

Humble bragging is the cheapest PR there is for wealthy people. Going around telling people how good they are just shows what trash these two are, especially knowing McCarthy's past behavior.

Damn R52. Good slam.

Wait, isn't Jenny McCarthy the same anti-vaxxer who has the death of hundred of kids on her hands?

The NKOTB gig is still a money maker for Donnie and the others, too. They still constantly tour and have annual cruises.

Donnie also starred in a series for 10 years. You’re acting like he hasn’t been working.

Publicizing it isn't just tacky, it also means the server will have to report it as income in full. Way to go, Mr. and Mrs. Wahlberg!

Do they have kids? If so, it's easy to spend $78 at IHOP. It's surprisingly expensive as pancake houses go.

I like IHOP.

$2000 & 2 million in free publicity! 😃

[quote] all waitstaff, managers, busboys, cooks, sues chef, kitchen staff.

Who’s suing the chef?

Then again, it’s IHOP so it probably wouldn’t be the first time.

[quote] Good for them. Their using their good fortune to be a blessing to others.

Oh, dear!

[quote]to the point their completely unreachable to the general public, on such an extreme level.

Oh, DEAR!!

Oh look, it's the unsuccessful Wahlberg and the unsuccessful McCarthy overpaying for internet karma at the unsuccessful Illinois version of The Ivy.

Could have been at Chic-fil'a, bitches !

[quote] There are several restaurants where the server doesn't get the tip immediately. They have to turn it over to management, who records it for tax purposes and then gives it back (when they feel like it).

[quote] it also means the server will have to report it as income in full.

Every waiter who receives a tip from a credit card doesn't have to report it--it's already in the system.

The only under-reporting of tips that you can do is on cash tips. On the computer, when you check out for your shift, the machine will ask you how much you received in CASH. If you put a suspiciously low number, the machine will warn you that your tips are less than typical--so most waiters will revise their stated tips (the total), so that it's about 15% of your sales receipts for the night.

The managers don't "take" your cash tips in the middle of your shift--you might need to make cash change for a customer. You sit down with the manager, when you check out, and they tell you how much you owe them for everyone's tips (based on your sales total). Then, either you hand cash over to them (if most of your tips were in cash), or they will give you cash (if most of your tips were on credit cards). It's math.

This is how is was in chain restaurants 20 years ago when I was in college (and waiting tables part time). I'm sure chain restaurants haven't become more primitive since then.

They should pay that and more for subjecting the world to their anti-vax views and unvaccinated spawn.

When was the last time Donnie W and Jennie M had work that paid them? They desperately need that money themselves

On the back he wrote "sorry for my idiot anti-vaxxer wife".

Again, Donnie still tours with NKOTB and had Blue Bloods for 10 years and it’s not even over yet.

Does Selleck wears his famous hot-pants in Blue Blood?

This is like an old Jack Benny sketch. A bum asks Jack (who if you don't know was notoriously cheap, on his show), for a dime for coffee.

Jack gives him 50 cents and precedes to spend the rest of the show congratulating himself on that.

And to give Mr Benny credit, he keeps up with the gag through the years. Like a couple of years later he meets the bum again and introduces himself and reminds the guy how he generously gave him 50 cents when he only asked for a dime

If he really cared about Bethany the server, he would have tipped her in cash off the books with no publicity. What kind of ghetto white trash posts a photo of a fucking IHOP receipt on Twitter to prove they tip well? I swear the more money in their bank account, the trashier they become - or more likely, always were.

I like ihop

[quote] It's math.

I was told there’d be no math.

R55, more than a hundred.

It always blew my mind when I was pregnant and would visit discussion boards how many women would reference her as some kind of expert on the topic and how rabid they would get over any proof otherwise. Jenny, who rose to fame via MTV, belching and making fart sounds with her armpit.

I worked for a rich guy years ago, who would tip in check form. If he really liked the service and the waiter, he'd right them a check for $10K because it was the most you could give without it being taxed.

He had a massive fortune too. Lots if art word in his home, and lots of top of the line real estate to go with it. Very generous man. I still see him from time to time. But the way he tipped is the way to go if you really want to be generous about it.

[quote] he'd right them a check for $10K

Oh fucking dear!

If Donnie offered me a tip, I would ask him to sit on my face instead.

R78 You are a fucking cancer asshole.

High Pitch Erik LUSTS over Donnie.

R79 I'm sure he'd rather fuck Marky.