Are the best celebrities we have to offer those that point to low pressure systems on the blue screen and others that hawk used Hondas? I never really considered how lacking we are for quality celebrities here in Portland until I read a thread (here) on the service industry forum Shameless Restaurants about the tipping habits of some of our favorite local celebrities. The usual suspects are there: Scottie Pippen, Courtney Courtney Taylor, and of course, the shiny award winning Ron Tonkin, of Ron Tonkin motors.

Other names mentioned include Art Alexakis who was placed on the "good" list and Chat Carter of Good Day Oregon was listed as a stiffer. Scottie Pippen seems to be nothing short of cheap, earning him the moniker "No Tippin' Pippen", and Mr. Taylor Taylor is portrayed as a self absorbed prick. Really the only thing surprising about any of those names was the notion of who is and isn't a celebrity? A weatherman and a car dealer? Are local celebrity obsessed residents gossiping about who they banged and the prodigious amount of cocaine they are able to consume, while spreading rumors that Bruce Sussman had a gerbil stuck in his butt and a his stomach pumped after blowing Chuck Freakin' Palaniuk in the bathroom at Voodoo Doughnuts?

There is some good stuff in the thread, but there HAS to be be far better. Come on, tell your stories, industry folks.

http://shamelessrestaurants.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2554