Millionaire John Castle Breaks Waiter’s Finger for Bringing Bill
We can all thank multi-millionaire John Castle for weighing in on the highly debated question of how to properly shove your displeasure with your dining experience in your waiter’s face. Simply tipping $1 or striking a big line through where it says “tip” just isn’t how the 76-year-old buyout king rolls. Instead, he broke the waiter’s finger when he brought the bill to the table. For those unfamiliar with John Castle, he has accumulated a ridiculous amount of wealth by investing in undervalued companies and is currently the CEO of Castle Harlan. His Florida estate originally belonged to the Kennedy’s. According to the Palm Beach Daily News, a waiter at local spot, Club Collette, filed a police report stating that Castle had become angry with him the night before and injured his hand to the extent of breaking a finger. Paul Kucik, the waiter, explained to police that he was asked by Mrs. Castles to bring the bill to their table. Upon doing so, John Castles became extremely irate and yelled at Kucik, “You schmuck, why did you bring the bill to the table?” The report notes that when Kucik tried to hand John a pen he, “Began ranting and grabbed Kucik’s left hand and began squeezing and twisting his fingers. Kucik stated that Mr. Castle had a very tight grip of his left hand and Kucik had to pull his left hand out of Mr. Castle`s grasp.” The report goes on to say that Kucik went to see a doctor the following day because he was still experiencing pain in his fingers.
The doctor took an X-Ray and informed him that his ring finger was indeed broken. Kucik told the police that he wanted to speak with a lawyer before moving forward, so they took the report down as simply an “information report.” I’m a little unfamiliar with the ultra-rich people world; they may send their chefs to a special cooking school in Tuscany but Olive Garden doesn’t have too many Maître d’s or captains. So, I’m venturing a guess that perhaps Club Collette is the kind of establishment where guests never see the bill but simply charge it to their account–maybe Mr. Castle’s request to see the check was really just code for “we are ready to leave?” Still, none of this really warrants John Castle crushing his waiter’s hand, unless he was coming at him with a knife, but the report didn’t say anything about that. I just hope that when I’m in my 70’s and senile, I can get away with breaking people’s fingers and becoming enraged at situations that don’t call for it. You know, like Gary Busey.
