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Chelsea owner Abramovich left waiter $5,000 tip

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 11:46

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich recently enjoyed a lavish dinner in New York.

TMZ reports that Abramovich spent over $52,000 entertaining nine guests at a famous Italian restaurant in New York last week.

The Blues owner also made sure the staff enjoyed the night - leaving a cool $5,000 as a tip!

However, although he admits to dining there on Friday with his pregnant girlfriend Dasha Zhukova, his son Arkady and three business associates, Abramovich denies he spent so much.

A spokesman said: "That bill does not belong to them. They spent only a fraction of that amount. Maybe it is someone else’s bill."

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Comments (3)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 10:07.

Danish, how can waiters not get a hourly wage??? America has a minimum wage law, and so they must be paid a minimum wage no matter what tips they get. end of.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 22:44.

Our january signings should go...
1. Aguero or Pato and bring Franco di Santo back, maybe Robinho
2. Villa, if we can get silva and/or mata as well, if not then i think we should get quaresma back
3. Angel di Maria and/or Quaresma, Ribery and Robben if possible
4. Daniele de Rossi, Ribery and Robben if possible
5. Marek Hamsik and/or Joao Moutinho and/or Ramires
6. An ACN backup, Heskey, Agbonlahor, Lavezzi, Acquafresca, Dzeko, Giuseppe Rossi or Benni McCarthy, Robinho (if not priority 1 signing)
7. Patrick Vieira
8. Gary Cahill and/or Maicon and/ or Capdevila and bring Michael Mancienne back
9. YOUTH!!!! Alex Tiexeira, Adam Johnson, David Luiz, Sebastian Corchia, Vladimir Koman, Gregory van der Wiel, Martin Galvan, Angelo Ogbonna, Zhano Ananidze, Alan Dzagoev, Cesar Azpilicueta, Nacho Monreal, Vid Belec and Renè Khrin.

Submitted by Danish (not verified) on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 20:15.

$5000 is not a good tip on a $52,000 dollar check. In the states, waiters do not get an hourly wage, so they make all their money in tips. 15% is the minimum acceptable tip, 20% is what is expected. What I don't understand is that the waiter should of put the gratuity on the check automatically, which is standard procedure for parties of 6 or more.

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