"Manny Being Manny" Means Stingy Tips, Opulent Weston Home

• This is a guy who, when Boras got him his first big free-agent contract didn't even know whether $100+ million could buy him a nice pad in Florida. This guy is not financially savvy, he just happens to know how to hit a baseball really well. If you can't bless those around you with your money, that's a spirit of poverty, and it's sad. I wouldn't be surprised if Manny went the way of Mike Tyson and is broke in 10 years. My grandfather, who built a small fortune for himself, said "you can't give money away", because it always seems to come back. That is what is called a spirit of poverty, and it doesn't matter how much cash is currently in your bank account.

• Another example of manny's cheapness was when he promised to outfit the baseball team, from the high school he attended, with equipment and welched on his promise. That was especially low. The guy is all about the money, and nothing but the money.

• Like mr. Pink said

• Boo Hoo. If you don't like how people tip get a different job. There is no law to tip, matter of fact I am gonna start leaving pocket lint for you people and read the boards about how cheap I am. Seems to me the restaurants should pay you a decent salary instead of me having to foot your rent payments

• Most people have the wrong idea about waiters. Often "bad service" is the result of someone not showing up and a waiter having to handle too many tables, a swamped kitchen (and therefore late food), a backed-up bar (drinks taking too long), etc. Sure, the waitstaff can also be at fault, but shafting someone on a tip singles out the waitstaff. Cooks and management pay is usually fixed. At the restaurant I work, waiters make $2.15 an hour in pay. We live off our tips. And at the end of our night, we pay out 15% of our tips to food runners, 10% to bus people, 10% to the host, and 5% to the bartenders (who already make 2 to 3 times what we do). So we only actually get 60% of our "tips". That's before taxes. People should consider this before leaving someone a 10% tip because of "bad service". If everyone was required to wait tables for a year, you'd almost never see anything less than 15%.

• Josh, I disagree. I bartended for 6 years and waited tables for 5. The average tip for a waiter (after having worked in multiple states and over a dozen restaurants) is probably around 17%. Oddly it is significantly higher for bartenders and for the most part, bartending is a much easier job and you get much less grief from the clientelle. As someone who feels for waitstaff because I've been there, I usually leave around just over a 20% tip. However, I am currently going through pretty severe financial challenges. Although I rarely eat out anymore, I sometimes am required to so I can meet with prospective clients. And I currently leave around 17 or 18%. When my financial situation gets better, I'll leave the 20% or 21%. Sorry, a 17% tip is not "cheap". As I waiter, if I knew someone was going through a hard time, I wouldn't want the 23% tip. People should play by "the rules" (i.e. I NEVER leave less than 15% unless the server outright insults me) but after that, you tip what you can when you can. I think someone who has no problem making $25 million a year should tip better. I really do.

• If you leave under 20% you are plain cheap.

• Personally I'm sick of hearing about Manny. He helped us win a couple of World Series & now he gone....he's someone else's problem now or @ least w/ be...good-by Manny & God help the team w/ signs such BOY who let his whole team down in Boston b/c of "his" issues", very self centered in my eyes& hard to feel sorry for z $'s he makes tisn't it.Oh & by the way who in hell cares w/ kind of tips he leaves!!! Move on guys our season is about to start & "Go Sox"!!!!!

• My daughter said he used to go into Whole Foods and ask the Dominican women to use their discounts for him. When they refused, he called them cheap. BTW, he never put a dime into the charity he started when he first came to Boston. Cheap isn't the correct word for it.

• Hey Sox fans...He ain't our problem any more...let it go man let it go....

• Oops! I meant book not big!

• I hope Manny's big is the biggest seller on the must have book list. I hope he makes absolute asses out of Theo Epstein and cohorts. I love the Red Sox "team". I hate the Red Sox management.

• Why is it Sox fans (and I'm among them) so quickly forget how much former Sox did for them? You won't find a red and white Johnny Damon jersey anywhere near Fenway. There really isn't much to like with Manny's personality, but he was clutch.

• Anyone who has dealt with this flake knows he's a spoiled, selfish man-child. And we all know Foulke should've gotten the 2004 MVP.

• Hey...I have parked this guys car for the past 8 years in Boston at Fenway. Do you know what I got as a tip at the end of every year??? Absolutely zip! He is the cheapest, most arrogant piece of S#@* I have ever met and I am glad this waitress called him out for it!

• You don't have to tip more if you are rich. But when someone of any financial class tips 10% on a food bill that is considered CHEAP

• Since when does being rich mean you have to tip more than ordinary?

• The tip was actually bigger before Boras took a 10% cut. Plus Manny plans on paying her the full tip value over four years with performance bonuses built in and an option to serve him next time he's in town.

• "most sought-after free agent" ha, least sought after is more like it. now a book to explain how it's not his fault and he's just misunderstood and really a great guy who's just shy!

• I feel dirty sticking up for Manny but maybe she was just a crappy waitress. How about get another job or suck it up? THX.

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