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Chromeo fans are bad tippers

Chromeo crowd @ Bowery Ballroom, January 2008 (more by Bao)
Chromeo

“When Chromeo played, their crowd drank house vodka and Budweiser. Didn’t tip. Some of them did what I’ll call the slide-backs. They put a dollar down on the bar, wait until you turn your back, then palm their buck and walk away. Classy. When your night starts out with “What’s your cheapest drink?” that’s also not good.”

I felt like my line of questioning was making things worse, so I asked who was most likely to tip.

“Hard rockers, the bourbon drinkers. Priestess and Bogmen fans are in a league of their own. The Priestess crowd are here to see the show, not to hook up. They go hard on bourbon and Irish whiskey, usually Jameson, Jack, and Maker’s Mark with beer. I won’t get stiffed and will often get two dollars a drink.
[Sasha Frere Jones / New Yorker]