Pittsburgh Steelers

Waitress calls out DeAngelo Williams for 75-cent tip, reportedly gets fired

Published Sep. 14, 2016 2:07 p.m. ET

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The customer is always right — even when the customer is a famous football player leaving a tiny tip.

One server at the Ledo Resturant in College Park, Md., apparently learned that lesson the hard way, after posting a Facebook message complaining that Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams tipped her 75 cents on a $128.26 bill. Williams was in town for a Monday night game against the Redskins.

The message, per TMZ:

Williams then took to Twitter to defend himself, saying he got bad service.

You right I tried to leave exact change but couldn't I waited on my food for over 1.5hours got the order wrong then https://t.co/rCqpGGdxmv
— DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) September 12, 2016

She never asked for refills and took a dish back removed what was on it and left a shrimp tail in my salad https://t.co/rCqpGGdxmv
— DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) September 12, 2016

Instead of asking for a manager I simply didn't leave a tip for the hardly working server that expected a tip? https://t.co/rCqpGGdxmv
— DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) September 12, 2016

Bad service= no tip and why did u call me out?? It was 6 guys at the table? https://t.co/p7O0EoA8Ql
— DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) September 12, 2016

I use to wait tables and use to be a bag boy so I know what I'm doing here https://t.co/NiuDnC8EGE
— DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) September 12, 2016

Ultimately, a co-owner of the restaurant, Jimmy Marcos, contacted TMZ and said the server would be fired for how she handled the situation — "We were in the wrong," he said.

"I want to offer anything I can do. I'll be sure to apologize in person next time he visits and pick up his next meal," Marcos told TMZ.