Reservoir Dogs | Mr. Pink Doesn't Tip

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Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) sees what's wrong with society, sure, but he still won't fork over a measly buck-let him tell you why he's taking a stand against the socially prescribed institution of tipping in the opening scene from Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs.
SYNOPSIS:
Thieves ponder the identity of the traitor in their midst in the violent aftermath of a failed jewelry heist.

[@RFC3514]

For most people in the US, Mr. Pink is the odd one out. For most people in the rest of the world, he's the only normal person in the room.

[@orlandoservin5492]

Ok

[@Beatleman91]

I heard that the "tip culture" is slowly dying out in the US, since a lot of new immigrants don't tip. Is it true?

[@jojosoni]

​@@Beatleman91from what I've heard, it's gotten worse

[@EconomicBearish]

@@Beatleman91 in EU we don´t tip. They have a normal wage salary and they don´t need tips. If you want to give them of course they acept, who wouldn´t? but there is no need at all, specially if you pay with a debit card.

[@Beatleman91]

@@EconomicBearish why did you write that comment? was I talking about EU? I was asking about the US, didn't I?

[@ojman6548]

I swear, Tarantino can write dialogue about anything and make it enthralling.

[@erikerik3823]

He co wrote this with roger avery, roger should get the credit

[@con_boy]

He says he just listens to actual conversations

[@stimannzz]

I just spent 4 minutes of my life watching a debate on tips. I enjoyed every second of it!

[@charlesbukowski9752]

​@@stimannzzcongratulations

[@xocomaox]

@@stimannzz Yes, but this whole tip conversation and not tipping had a very important purpose in the movie. I recommend you watch it!

[@ozricaurora6943]

Mr orange was very quick to rat out Mr pink to Joe when he asked who didn't tip

[@zackmckenzie3582]

Precisely. Foreshadow

[@Louis-kp7pz]

Love how there was a pile of bills there and joe grabs it and immediately asks who didnt tip without even counting the bills.

[@mrkeogh]

​@@Louis-kp7pzJoe is Rainman.

[@oblivion85]

And that was the moment Joe didn’t feel 100% on Mr. Orange.

[@bobagorof]

​@Louis-kp7pz It's a small pile of bills. It's pretty easy to count five of something just by looking at it, and he'd already worked out it should have been six.

[@andycarter3558]

Mr. Orange immediately tells on Mr. Pink for not tipping. Great foreshadowing of his character.

[@enterthebruce91]

From Mister Pink to Nucky Thompson in Boardwalk Empire and Adam Sandler films, Steve Buscemi is a legend!

[@mauricioalmeida8674]

Everyone is foreshadowed in a way. Look how Mr. White sympathizes with Mr. Pink and right from the start we can see the conflict regarding their "ethics", which we would see when Mr. Pink perceives that there's a mole in the crew and when Mr. White tries to aid for Mr. Orange after he is shot. And of course, Mr. Orange already telling on Mr. Pink, but also the part that he ends up "convinced" by Mr. Pink, in a way trying to blend in with the crew. Anyways, great dialogue.

[@GimmeSomeAdventure]

@@mauricioalmeida8674 yep i love how orange acts like he's convinced, totally a way to blend in.

[@synti737]

@@mauricioalmeida8674 And Mr. Blonde... he just laughs.

[@dwaynethemineraljohnson412]

​@@Clefus-o6bSteve also directed Pine Barrens the best sopranos episode

[@sirdaveysockrocker]

I love the subtlety of having Mr. Orange be the one telling Joe that Mr Pink doesn’t tip, hinting that he’s the rat.

[@explosivediarrhea4671]

That’s true I didn’t even notice that

[@BillyButcher90]

That's foreshadowing

[@golbez3794]

he just loves squealin'

[@Hummerbird99]

He was not a rat. He was an undercover cop. A rat is a real criminal that turns.

[@sirdaveysockrocker]

@@Hummerbird99 same difference

[@LowercaseKev]

Love how you can instantly see who the rat is here after looking back. Nobody else says a word, but Mr. Orange does.

[@Sick_Boy.]

Interesting observation. Never saw that.

[@elmistikawee]

Wow very nice catch

[@basedpatriotLT]

What do you mean? It looks lie everybody are saying words.

[@criert135]

@@basedpatriotLTWhen Joe asks who didn’t throw in, Mr Orange ‘rats’ on Mr Pink (I think that’s what he means)

[@liverpoolfcx7]

Yeah that’s the genius of Tarantino

[@zachrobledo2252]

The best part is Mr Blond, the absolute psycho who cuts a cops ear off is the one siding with the waitress. Even *he’s* like “you don’t tip??”

[@shaz2761]

Yeah he took of the tip of that cops ear

[@vanessac1721]

Everyone has principles, even psychos

[@Russ668]

Would of gave it to the waitress if he survived and Mr. Pink would of been thinking he is nuts for giving the waitress a tip.

[@ghostwolfx]

makes sense a psycho would advocate for the insanity of society telling us these people over here deserve tips but these other people dont

[@Hongobogologomo]

@@shaz2761 lol

[@Nononsch]

3:11 you can literally see Tarantino giggling like a little boy hearing the lines he wrotes for Lawrence Tierney. That's 100% genuine and not acting... that's the kind of passion you want to see in every movie...

[@grey_f98]

you realize they do multiple takes in movies, do you think he giggled in every shot? it's called acting bruh

[@krissvector9079]

@@grey_f98 Doesn't mean he giggled in every take. Just means the one they used, he giggled. Could've been the first or second take.

[@grey_f98]

@@krissvector9079 the comment I'm replying to made the story up, it never happened

[@Xfacta12482]

Sorry - but I don't want to see writers in the shot giggling at the cleverness of his own writing. Hes acting bro.

[@marie-elysebertrand5455]

I had never noticed Tarantino's face in that sequence. He genuinely looks like he's having a ball for the way Tierney's delivering his lines.

[@tiptirts7020]

I love how the bold guy with just a few tough lines completely devalued that whole great battle of philosophical minds they had going there

[@flowrepins6663]

The the cop proven to be a raging rat right there even agreeing with it

[@jarlboof]

Hes also their employer

[@distinctloafer]

MONEY TALKS

[@markjdonn]

He paided the bill so it's his choice, I don't automatically tip but if some buys my meal and wants to tip I'll tip.

[@patsfan4life]

It’s Joe’s way or the highway.

[@stanley-fghijk441]

This has aged incredibly well.

[@SHAOLINSLUMSS]

you beat me to it!

[@joakimberg7897]

Mhm

[@WOLFanddBEAR]

why's that?

[@devolve42]

That's because Tarantino is the real thing.

[@invertedparadox8440]

Yeah why's that?

[@xBDE]

Crazy that Mr. Pink was meant to be Tarantino but when he heard Steve read this in rehearsal he knew the part was for him.

[@saulkorzenecki]

not that Crazy: Buscemi is one of the best actors of all time, of course he's gonna read the lines much better than Tarantino

[@pejpm]

I’ve never understood how Tarantino has the ability to be an incredible director, but not the self awareness to know that he can’t act and shouldn’t cast himself in anything

[@GG-ml3vr]

​@@pejpmAgreed but considering who he is i think we can safely cut him some slack😀

[@flowrepins6663]

​@@pejpmhe only does small cameos in his movies he dont play long and he is not that bad too just not their level

[@onii-chandaisuki5710]

​@@pejpmI think he knows he can't act very well, he just does it because he wants to.

[@M.O.N.K.3]

Love the absurdity of bank robbers arguing the morality of tipping

[@cl0kwrk0rng34]

The bank money is probably insured so people who use the bank won’t lose any money. Not leaving a tip means that the person has/gets no money

[@RealMTBAddict]

Federally insured doesn't mean​ unlimited cash. @@cl0kwrk0rng34

[@darthvader822]

Corporations aren't people.

[@rabbitez]

@@cl0kwrk0rng34 Yeah but who do you think insures the money lol

[@garbageMoonkey5834]

And by their clothes, they were just lunching before the robbery, so it makes it more absurb...

[@OpticLureProductions]

After watching this scene many times its now my favorite to just watch Quentin at the table reacting to the actors reading his dialogue Infront of him.

[@lightandtheheat]

💯

[@joshuajethro]

He has his own line at 2:28 😎

[@ankitojha4593]

My favourite is the opening scene of Inglorious Basterds! Nothing can beat that conversation!

[@justinhamilton8647]

1:10 😂😂😂

[@Anfubvinch]

I like how the bald guy (forgot his name) picks up the all bills scrambled together and instantly knows there is one missing. That's some Rainman-level abilities

[@relicman]

Lawrence Tierney

[@bobagorof]

Hardly. I can count to five at a glance, and he knew it was meant to be six.

[@atifjameel5996]

Joe Cabot

[@paulthompson8996]

Not too difficult. It was $1 each, and there were seven of them. He must have had $6 in his hand. I wonder how much breakfast cost in the US in the early 90s? Joe was pretty generous, buying it for all of them.

[@paulthompson8996]

@@bobagorof Actually 7, not including himself. Going clockwise round the table:: Mr White, Mr Orange, Mr Brown, Mr Blonde, Mr Blue, Mr Pink, and Nice Guy Eddie.

[@Blackwolfninja89]

Steve Buscemi has gone on record to always tip when he goes to a restaurant. He played this role so well that he didn't want people to think he actually believes that.

[@sole__doubt]

I think he really made a whole lot of sense.

[@darkflame1254]

​@@ajs41Wait,what do you mean it's "rude"?

[@ameerhamid89]

​@@ajs41lol yeah come on, I've lived in England for over a decade and never had a tip refused or taken offence to

[@breadispain]

He has a line in Boardwalk Empire where he says "I'm an excellent tipper" 😂

[@Blackwolfninja89]

@@breadispain that's right! He did say that :)

[@Sia_23]

Mr pink was used to work minimum wage in pulp fiction.

[@fabiopalma4429]

This one came before Pulp Fiction, lol

[@94oddy]

@@fabiopalma4429 Pulp Fiction was a prequel lol

[@fabiopalma4429]

@@94oddy yes, I'm joking around :) it ends up just being theories though

[@94oddy]

@@fabiopalma4429 I was joking too I doubt they are connected

[@Chankeypathak]

I don't think he was in Pulp Fiction, that was Tim Roth.

[@justinteeter5658]

One of the best scenes in the movie. Brilliant writing. Buscemi is perfect.

[@hpawebster65]

I never get tired of Tarantino's reaction to " Never mind what you would normally do"

[@collinhaas6137]

He convinced me give me my dollar back!!!

[@alexisvelezdelgado5651]

Hey. Leave the dollars there.

[@julianmx13]

Alright Ramblers, let’s get ramblin’

[@JAY-bb7yc]

Wait a minute who didn’t throw in?

[@BlackenedLiam]

Mr. Pink

[@fuyoutubeck]

@@BlackenedLiam Mr. Pink ? Why ?

[@skusami2548]

Mr Pink is shown to be the most rational character through the whole film, and this scene is no exception in my opinion 😂

[@mr.dirtydan3338]

Alright buddy

[@NefariousStyx666]

@@mr.dirtydan3338 Ok.

[@akselmani]

Mr. Pink was ahead of its time. Imagine him in 2023, being asked for a 30% tip from a Maccy D. cashier.

[@joshuapowers4623]

Why would he be asked for something that doesn't happen?

[@ibm30rpg]

@@joshuapowers4623 look at mr out of the loop here

[@patrickm6012]

Last time I checked there was no option to add tips at McDonald’s . Let alone a 30% option or tip jar.

[@MassiveMeatball]

@@ibm30rpg Where does this happen? I just checked the McDonald's website, to confirm, and it says they forbid accepting tips, and I've never seen anyone even attempt to tip.

[@kxkxkxkx]

I never tip more than a dollar now 😊

[@TomHeavey]

this is incredible dialogue, the whole opener before it too. one of the greatest scenes in modern cinema. wonderful casting and acting too.

[@94oddy]

Modern cinema? This was made before 2000

[@Gentamoru]

@@94oddy Yeah at this point is becoming ancient cinema

[@bozdra]

@@Gentamorubruh quality cinema stopped after 2010

[@qp4367]

@TomHeavyPerhaps, but can you articulate why that would be the case in an equally if not more compelling way?

[@69angelmouse]

@@bozdra shut up bro, thats like saying there is no quality music after 1999

[@jonathanmolina1428]

Quentin’s movies have the best dialogue. So entertaining. I could’ve heard them arguing about tipping all day

[@RockSoto]

I wonder what Mr Pink would think about modern tip culture. “The screen is going to ask you a question” - 18% 20% or 25%

[@ndhickson3599]

He’d choose no tip 10/10 times

[@jstrusins8753]

@@ndhickson3599 I often think of Mr. Pink when I don't tip.

[@playasadonejoe]

@@jstrusins8753 ON ACCOUNT OF POOR SERVICE! I'M OUT!

[@erkelsbroer7036]

Enter custom amount, then hit an negative number or percentage; now you either receive money or crash the system

[@ubiquitousdiabolus]

He'd press NO TIP and then show it to the waitress with a smirk.

[@christopherrego8706]

The McDonalds line was perfect

[@mournblade1066]

Mr. Pink is the only one who doesn't tip. Mr. Pink is also the only one of this entire group that survives.

[@amosamazing]

doesn't mr. white live too, he just gets arrested

[@mournblade1066]

@@amosamazing It's highly implied that he doesn't.

[@amosamazing]

@@mournblade1066 but it's just sirens and cops swarming in, why would he not be arrested?

[@TCHC85]

@@amosamazing I believe he was arrested too. You can faintly hear their conversation telling him to get out of the car, put his hands on the dash etc etc. We never heard gunfire and if we can hear them talking we would definitely hear gunfire.

[@Joseph-rx9tp]

yooo spoiler alert!

[@Dfective11]

Ratting out comes so naturally from Mr. Orange.

[@spacemann1425]

Nah but he was one valiant cop.

[@riccardoalcaro8483]

He wasn’t a rat he was an undercover cop. Big difference

[@ddelarosa96]

After getting asked to tip when buying something online, I’m beginning to understand Mr. Pink much more

[@DwightStJohn-t7y]

online it's now in the software: had a custom order tower built, provided the extras I wanted on a written list, didn't get them, overcharged but wanted to "buy local", and then the handheld wants to know the tip for a 1700. purchase that online with legal software AND a lit keyboard was 500. LESS. Not a surprise: the shop mainly is a franchise of some kind and services IPhone customers, and they don't have a CLUE what they want, but they pay large.

[@AS-of2ew]

Mr. Pink was the only one with logic… tipping is an excuse for the employers to not pay a decent salary, pay your workers a decent salary!!

[@vzxvzvcxasd7109]

Yeah! His logic is that they all make minimum wage, but in America, waiters are the exception where they don't have minimum wages

[@Myaccisbanned]

Easy to say, when you're not the employer. Where do you suppose they conjure up this money to pay their waitresses more?

[@sunnydlite-t8b]

@@Myaccisbanned then the business should fail. thats how capitalism is supposed to work.

[@Myaccisbanned]

@@sunnydlite-t8b Capitalism works by paying people what the position is worth, waitressing is a near worthless job that 99.9% of the population can do.

[@ct000374910]

​@@Myaccisbanned Pay your workers a living wage and pass the cost on to your customers, like every other business does. Tipping just allows the restaurant to post artificially low prices while the customer is still expected to pay an extra 20٪ on top of the cost of food and drink.

[@divyangvaidya1999]

"I'd go over 12% for that" 😂

[@harisadu8998]

The tip is a lot more than 12% now

[@unraveki]

​@@harisadu8998and that's how it ends up being 0%

[@Ant.Groover]

the timing and delivery of that "shut up" was spot on

[@duncan5318]

Tarantino laughing at his own dialogue lol 3:13 + 3:28

[@justinhamilton8647]

1:10 too

[@jamestkirkcameron9189]

If everyone in the US agreed to stop tipping all at once, restaurant employers would be forced to pay a better wage, otherwise, no one would work for them. But because people still tip, they will never stop paying minimum or less.

[@Ingrid922]

They pay $2.13 to waitstaff. Still. That was half of minimum when I was a waitress in the early to mid-nineties. Not anymore.

[@JakeKoenig]

No, they'd just take some of the illegals from the kitchen to be servers. They will work for almost nothing.

[@Hummerbird99]

Yes but then the prices would skyrocket.

[@jordanthecommander6977]

​@Hummerbird99 I'd rather pay more for my meal and not tip. It evens out, and I don't have to listen to people complain about what is and isn't a good enough tip.

[@jamestkirkcameron9189]

@@Hummerbird99 they would go up a little. They wouldn’t skyrocket. And I’m fine with that.

[@alexandreemond6975]

Just love that Joe just take the unkept pile of dollars and say immediately ''Wait a minute, (hand on stash) who did'nt throw in (randomly checking)?'' feeling there is a missing buck the exact moment he grabbed the pile.

[@youaretearingmeapartlisa7253]

That's how long he been in the business. It's become instinct to know someone's holding out

[@vanillabatcave5677]

That some Mister Krabs type move right there.

[@ThrewRedButter]

"He's convinced me. Give me my dollar back". Hahahaha

[@skavenqblight]

What makes me sad is how many of these actors have passed in real life. RIP Chris Penn, Lawrence Tierney, and Edward Bunker…

[@tofutoph]

Well they were pretty old by this movie although Chris penn died pretty young. Still tragic.

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

​@tofutoph Yeah that was sad. The guy had so much life left that he should have been around to live. He wouldn't have even been 60 today.

[@tree427]

rip steve buscemi

[@imjonathan6745]

yeah thats how human lives work bud

[@unraveki]

​@tree427 what you mean rip he's still alive?

[@Eyejrbdysk]

The issue with tipping is we focus on people who don’t tip and shame them rather than the restaurant owners who don’t pay their workers enough to where they rely on tip. Should we get rid of tipping all together? No. But should it be something where people automatically get pressured to tip after every meal? No.

[@esparda07]

This aged like fine wine.

[@blamemyparents7566]

At 3:26 you can see QT loving what he's seeing

[@Furtivo95]

Mr Pink warned us 30 years ago about tips. Now look at us at coffee shops choosing between 15% 18% 20% on the screen….

[@SofaKing401]

Who else is turning into Mr. Pink? Recently? I am, I just got asked to tip at a multinational fast food chain.

[@notyourbusiness3785]

I'm mister pink since 2008

[@evolution__snow6784]

​@notyourbusiness3785 u a menace bro 💀💀 when you tip how high do you go?

[@Archedgar]

Agreed. I would never tip, especially small time places.

[@rionasera]

At the end, Mr. Orange keeps ratting out Mr. Pink, you think that's why Joe suspected him of being a rat?

[@danield1718]

Maybe, but he is also the one that Joe knew the least

[@Hummerbird99]

He was not a rat. He was an undercover cop. A rat is a real criminal that turns.

[@Antimanele104]

I love how Mr. Pink is the only guy with some common sense. Tipping anywhere in the world is optional, but not in the US.

[@cullenbohannon1408]

It's optional no one forces me to tip. You just think you need to because society told you to. Sad really. Baaahhhh baaahhhh! Little 🐑. Haha!

[@ForsakenEJinator]

Incel type beat

[@Antimanele104]

@@ForsakenEJinator Huh?

[@assmane999]

In China it’s expressly forbidden

[@Antimanele104]

​​@@ForsakenEJinator Still waiting for an explanation, dumba*s.

[@chrisdeangelo04]

The one flipping his fork with food on it lol at Mr Pink. He knew he was beat props to Mr Pink!!! This scene never gets old to me. Love it and love the movie.

[@AfrewSpines]

The fact that Mr. Pink flatout says “I’ll tip for an exceptional job, not automatically” and yet people still smear him in all manner of ways just goes to show how completely entitled the tipping culture is in the US.

[@alicesaxon601]

Agreed.

[@vanillabatcave5677]

Yeah, that's what tipping is about, not about paying their wages since that's their employer's job.

[@不要問-n2p]

I like how you can see each their own characters from this dialogue: Pink: Being realistic and perhaps a bit of an egoist Blue: Trys to reason with pink in a calm manner Eddie: Finds pink's ideology interesting Brown: Being clueless you can tell he's kind of a newbie Blonde: Cool and unfazed White: Just unimpressed Joe: Like, I dunno, boss man attitude Orange: The undercover quietly watching their conversation

[@John-jw8mh]

Tarantino was spot on here, its not the customers responsibility to pay the employees, its their employer and if minimum wage in america was decent in the first place then it wouldnt be necessary we dont tip in australia cos we do a little thing called pay employees properly so they dont haveto beg...

[@MrBryant240sx]

I bet my low right hanging friend you would make 10k social media posts losing your mind if overnight food prices were raised 20% to pay employees more.

[@MrZZsharka]

@@MrBryant240sxdon’t open up a resturaunt if you can’t pay living wages.

[@mrOGbobbyjohnson]

@@MrBryant240sx 🤌🏿 heard ya go, now cry and go to work

[@MichelleAlexandria-EM]

@@MrBryant240sx food prices have already gone up in the last few years and certainly in 2022 so why are we still tipping?

[@Orbert]

What many people don’t consider, if a waitress doesn’t make up to minimum wage, including tips, the employer is required to cover it up to minimum wage. That’s the law.

[@aaronstevenson4136]

The law says I don't have to tip, so I don't.

[@Kinesiology411]

So stay home or take food to go.

[@isaacfreeman1]

@@Kinesiology411 No. Pink is right. Employers should pay employees. Get a new job. Choose.

[@opanababy]

@@isaacfreeman1while I agree employers should tip - who expects the normal college student to get anything over minimum wage lol

[@Archedgar]

@@Kinesiology411 Nope. Don't like it? quit.

[@Kinesiology411]

@@Archedgar or servers just stop serving you. Stay home, creep.

[@Eric_In_SF]

I want to thank my friends who dragged me out to the theater see some independent movie with a no-name Director and that was only playing a few nights. It was fantastic to see it in the theater when it was really happening. None of us breathed the second half of the movie.

[@NightCrew-c7k]

Mr Pink is right.

[@Dave-wt9cl]

he was right in the entire movie but nobody listened to him

[@ChaseThePinballWizard]

thas why he my spirit animal.

[@GiftHaw]

No he wasn't. Mr White was right.

[@googlegoogle5123]

He is ahead of his time.

[@S.D.323]

​@@GiftHaw you're right because that rhymes

[@jonathansykes4986]

Funny how it was 12% then. Now it's minimum 20%. You get a side-eye if you tip 15%. Meanwhile the minimum wage stays the same. The prices go up and the food is worse quality. And now the fast food workers want tips.

[@lasveryown664]

2:25 😂 Quentin laughing at his own dialogue

[@dwaynehicks3867]

Steve Buscemi is AWESOME 😂😂

[@AlcatrazHR]

Even if I ALWAYS tip, I agree with him. Why do I tip? Because society taught me to do that. But doesn't makes too much sense.

[@relicman]

And it's getting to be where it's expected too much. Like when you order pick up and there's a place to tip on the receipt. You feel almost compelled to leave at least a dollar or two. It never ends lol.

[@Mugen123456789]

it's all because the business doesn't want to pay the proper wage. They pay waiters 2-3$ per hour in most places in the US. Tipping is expected to pay the rest of the wage. Meanwhile corporate restaurants rake in billions off of people's guilt

[@liquidmagma]

@@Mugen123456789 Meanwhile, people don't know the first thing about the "billions" being made, but like to spout off on the internet like they do.

[@Nekotaku_TV]

That's so weird to me. I guess cause I'm autistic I don't do things society teaches me. I do things that make sense to me.

[@razmatazz9310]

@@Nekotaku_TV "I guess cause I'm autistic" One look at your channel confirms this.

[@elroz1675]

Now there are tip suggestions at Chipotle, QDoba, Starbucks, coffee shops, etc etc. which have nothing to do with waitressing. Mr. Pink would have exploded.

[@flynt1977]

These are the types of scenes in movies that make the movies a masterpiece. Just beautiful Cinema

[@denisskenderovic3707]

There is simply no discussion when tipping is concerned. It is and never shouls be mandatory. Yet another weird US thing. Mr. Pink was 100% right, and he put it nicely.

[@Dramatello]

a long scene about a small subject and make it super interesting is such a signature Tarantino signature.

[@turanamo]

Hillarious to see Tarantino just sit there chuckling at his won script. Btw, I am with Mr. Pink on this one, socialism and all.

[@DamienDorsey1017]

Alright ramblers, let’s get rambling. Love that line

[@ActionJackson1982]

He would love it in Australia, no tipping required 😂

[@Jikkajikka123]

After you date a server you will see how absurd tipping is. An attractive girl will make $600 in a 4-5 hour shift then complain about the night she only makes $200. Then they dont report any of it on their taxes so they get a nice big tax refund check, and qualify for subsidized healthcare and other benefits. I HATE tipping, but am pressured into it.

[@watch-Dominion-2018]

and the dependency on such ridiculous tips makes them spend it on garbage

[@lawrencelewis2592]

My brother used to date a waitress- she always had money and was not afraid to spend it. Always tipped well too. I used to be a cab driver in the early 90s and the government decided that we had to declare tips on our income. We all bitched about it but five bucks a week was all they needed.

[@leesmith9299]

1:45 he did not listen to a word pink just said. he lived off min wage without tips!!! your question has already been answered with his own experience of doing it without tips.

[@IMPERATOR-EL]

We need Mr. Pink…now more than ever!

[@xtopia9758]

I love Mr Pink, the only guy there who’s actually sane.

[@LIRON50]

It's interesting on how many people this scene affect. It definitely had an effect on me. Not that I stopped giving tips, but I do expect a higher level of service so that I pay the tip

[@bacchuslax7967]

2024 and this tipping thing IS out of control

[@eggshellsandyolk5746]

i had a huge arguement at a local carwash once when i told one i dont tip, its the employer's duty to pay you fairly since i am already paying for the services at this establishment

[@ustheserfs]

this film revolutionized hollywood filmmaking and for a tenth of what an average film's budget runs.

[@buttercakeluv]

Steve Buscemi is a subtle and a fantastic actor.

[@VarunKumar-fn4fm]

This scene has everything. Psychology, sociology, even macroeconomics and microeconomics.

[@Wotanson56]

I live by Mr.Pink's words I don't tip if I have to wait for 10 minutes for my drink to be refilled.

[@sportbikejesus]

For one thing, they don’t make minimum wage. What neither side mentions is the fact the burden of paying a living wage should fall on the restaurant owners and not the consumers.

[@albertgreen8347]

The restaurant owners have to earn a living wage also. Have you ever considered the small business owner? You do know more than 80% of them fail every year. Do you really want Amazon and McDonald's to be the only businesses in the country?

[@devincampbell5007]

⁠@@albertgreen8347Are you saying that those 2 will easily outlast Microsoft, Apple, Walmart, Meta, Subway, Starbucks, and Google?

[@albertgreen8347]

@@devincampbell5007 No, and I don't understand the question either.

[@InTheHookJohn]

He's 100% correct.

[@spooneater9001]

0:47 the irony of this line is astounding considering they're the ones who enforce tipping culture the most

[@alexmaverick6647]

Crazy thing about anti-semitism (and other types of racism), it makes no sense. Mind blowing.

[@_ArsNova]

Best character from the film. I love Mr. Pink. And he's 100% right about tipping!

[@tomaspabon2484]

Mr white is surprisingly informed on the subject of female employment in the US

[@Doctor180185]

Every time I watch this scene I can’t help but nod along to Mr. Pink. He’s absolutely right 👏🏻

[@alessandropinton813]

"Wait a minute. Who didn't throw in?" "Mr Pink." "Mr Pink. Why not?" "He don't tip." "He don't tip. What do you mean you don't tip?" "He don't believe in it." "Shut up. What do you mean you don't believe in it?" Those ten seconds are worth the whole conversation at the table.

[@cjcanton9121]

That's how you know he's the rat, he rats on Mr Pink

[@doktormcnasty]

@@cjcanton9121 Thanks for the spoiler!

[@bluedoggum8373]

I love how he feels compelled to tell him he’d normally never do it lol

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

This and Max Cherry having coffee with Jackie are some of the best dialogues in movie history.

[@KunalKeshav-dq6ty]

Which movie?

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

@@KunalKeshav-dq6ty Jackie Brown. The whole dialogue is something that probably happens every day somewhere, but the way it was done is art. Why Robert Forster (Max Cherry) did not receive any award for this role is beyond me. But watch the movie, according to many it is Tarantino's best movie and I agree.

[@saulkorzenecki]

dont forget the bar scene in Inglorious Basterds, or any of the scenes with Hans Landa

[@PlatoCave]

Dialogue delivery at it's impeccable best.

[@themainguy11]

mr pink was ahead of his time

[@DirtCheapFU]

Mr Pink wasnt ahead his time. The discussion has been a debate for decades. That's why there are laws since 80s, per state, that ensure an employer has to adjust the waiting staffs pay to the COLA, Cost of Living Adjustment, if they don't receive enough tips. IE If a Waiter, Bartender, etc. makes $2.50 an hour. They are adjusted to the either minimum wage or wage agreed upon employment.

[@IncredibleTheBob]

I love how everyone sitting at that table are thieves and murderers who are planning a robbery that same day, yet they all (except Pink) are empathetic enough to automatically tip

[@Atrac1059]

It’s amazing how relevant this dialogue has become in 2023

[@joshuapowers4623]

In what way? There was no mention how tipping was enshrined in business practices by way of seperate, very low, wage law. Which has now been implanted into the business models of all the gig economy jobs like Uber & Door Dash. This isn't relevant at all, it's simply superficial libertarianism being espoused by a character with no understanding of the economics of tipping is used by business to subsidize it's labor costs.

[@flowrepins6663]

​@@joshuapowers4623is revelant not tipping but lots of pp victimizing about wages and money but not doing anything to earn it

[@ericconnor8419]

Mr Pink has the British approach to tipping. They get it if they do something special, not for just doing their job. People should be paid by their employer properly, a living wage, they should not wriggle out of it just because their staff work in the service industry. I don't tip a bus or train driver, why would I tip a taxi driver? I don't tip people in shops when they serve me, why would I tip a waiter?

[@PRubin-rh4sr]

Thats not British, thats non-U.S.

[@ryandeffley7652]

Such a great scene I think of any time I'm picking up an order in person, and I decline the tip option for a cashier simply doing their job.

[@annakey5841]

Steve Buscemi is a great actor, he embodied this character so realistic, like if he was him 😊

[@chris-2496]

Tips are just a way to not pay taxes on employee wages

[@ThomasLynch-ti7wr]

Mr Pink was ahead of his time, tipping culture is a hot button issue now

[@ThomasLynch-ti7wr]

1 dollar back in the 90s

[@MrP1L0T]

I don’t tip either. I pay more than enough for the meal itself.

[@MadManDan]

This is when Donny was in his element.

[@Hoopatra]

Ban tipping. Pay your workers 💸

[@Sick_Boy.]

Edward Bunker (Mr. Blue) wrote a great Autobiography.

[@GoGetYourShinebox]

3:03 is when Joe’s instincts on Mr Orange kicked in. Orange was quick to give up Pink, Joe obv didn’t like that

[@bobabooey285]

Tarantino knows the great movies are made in the details

[@klauskiffer3105]

Mr. Pink is 100 % right

[@Kinesiology411]

He's not though. At the time waitstaff wasn't paid minimum wage. It was less, because tips were considered most of your wage.

[@OZTutoh]

I was young when I watched this film so I didn't understand when Joe said "I'll take care of the check". 3:17 So I lost it after sitting through all of Mr Pinks justifications for not tipping only to discover Joe had paid for everyone's breakfast. It made this scene the most memorable in the entire film for me.

[@THEonionsack]

SO glad I live in a country where tipping isn't a thing. Asinine custom.

[@albertgreen8347]

That's why your country is inferior to ours.

[@JM-hj3sm]

"I'll go over 12% for that!" Every receipt at a restaurant today doesn't recommend a tip under 18%.

[@magicnm]

Its still recommendation. Here we tip when it is worth it, not just because.

[@abdulrahmanalenezi8879]

@@magicnmin the US they tip automatically

[@_zigger_]

How about 0%

[@magicnm]

@@abdulrahmanalenezi8879 And that is ridiculus - it does not encourage the service to be better - its just pushing payroll respo. to customer 😂😂

[@ernestomoreno4409]

​@@abdulrahmanalenezi8879we do?!