Mousekeeping

[BuddyThomas]

I like to leave tips. Some of my tips are...

Hi, Welcome to my room. Don't steal my things.

Hi, take HesAfighter in the 5th at Saratoga.

Hi, buy an indexed ETF.

Hi, I spent your tip on Churros. Sorry not sorry.

That's the Disney spirit!

 

[rt06]

I think your generosity is awesome, but jut be aware that it is illegal for a postal carrier to accept a tip. Other than that, all good!

Wow. Didn't know that. I was lying. We never tipped the mailman.

I delivered newspapers as a kid and have lots of experience in the service industry. I think it's less generosity and more "I know what you're going through."

Never forget where you came from.

 

[Weather_Lady]

Wow. Didn't know that. I was lying. We never tipped the mailman.

I delivered newspapers as a kid and have lots of experience in the service industry. I think it's less generosity and more "I know what you're going through."

Never forget where you came from.

You can't tip a mailman with cash (the gov't prohibits them from accepting it), but you CAN give a postal worker a small, non-monetary gift. We typically give ours a thank-you present around Christmastime (in our mailbox, addressed to her) in the form of chocolate, a movie gift card, or a Starbucks mug.

 

[BuddyThomas]

Wow. Didn't know that. I was lying. We never tipped the mailman.

I delivered newspapers as a kid and have lots of experience in the service industry. I think it's less generosity and more "I know what you're going through."

Never forget where you came from.

I sooooo hear you on this and relate. I waited tables all through college, and waitered and bartendered for years after college while my diploma was rotting away. I even worked as a room steward on a cruise line for six months, which took six years off my lifespan, at the least.

But anyway, when you are doing the waiting and the serving, you then understand the extreme difficulty of working in the service industry. It's basically a matter of empathy. And of showing your appreciation to a fellow human being.

If I was a betting man, I would wager that those who adanently refuse to tip have never spent a day of their lives in the service industry.

 

[rt06]

I sooooo hear you on this and relate. I waited tables all through college, and waitered and bartendered for years after college while my diploma was rotting away. I even worked as a room steward on a cruise line for six months, which took six years off my lifespan, at the least.

But anyway, when you are doing the waiting and the serving, you then understand the extreme difficulty of working in the service industry. It's basically a matter of empathy. And of showing your appreciation to a fellow human being.

If I was a betting man, I would wager that those who adanently refuse to tip have never spent a day of their lives in the service industry.

Empathy! I couldn't think of the darn word

 

[jlsHouston]

I like to leave tips. Some of my tips are...

Hi, Welcome to my room. Don't steal my things.

Hi, take HesAfighter in the 5th at Saratoga.

Hi, buy an indexed ETF.

Hi, I spent your tip on Churros. Sorry not sorry.

OMG you sound like my brother Del!!! Hahaha, his tips I can't even share with strangers!

 

[jlsHouston]

Answer truthfully - do you tip housekeeping at every hotel you visit?

no I never tip housekeeping at the casinos.... ever

 

[stevehousse]

Have never tipped any housekeeping at any hotel whatsoever and don't plan to in the future, even at wdw. It's not like they get paid $2.55 like a waiter at a restaurant! They get paid normal hourly wages so there really is no need. My daily rate at any hotel takes care of their wages...

On that note, I have worked in the service industry for years and I do know how to tip when it's appropriate, I just don't think tipping the hotel maid counts as such.

 

[Mista C]

Chalk me up as another one that does not tip housekeeping at any hotel. As one earlier poster said, cleaning my room each day is INCLUDED in the price that I pay to rent my room for the day. And I do tip all other service industry workers very well. Although, I could use my own housekeeping argument against myself because when I pay for a meal at a restaurant, delivering that meal to my table along with a beverage is included in the price that I paid for that meal. And when I get a haricut... well I am obviously paying for that haircut already, why am I tipping this person? But I do tip servers and haridressers, just not housekeepers. I guess the concept of tipping in general is very un-uniformed when you look at it that way. Should we all be tipping the bus drivers and boat operators evey time that we use on-property transportation? Tipping is way out of hand in some cases I think.

 

[psukardi]

No, I'm dead serious. Don't tip hotel cleaning staff. Now if an individual did something above and beyond for me because I put them out or something.. then I'd tip that individual. But tipping because I'm staying in the hotel? No. Tipping before services are rendered? No. Tipping a department generically vs tipping the individual who served me? No

Pretty much everything about the way people tip 'mousekeeping' goes against how and why the principle behind tipping someone for service. And the idea that people keep tipping them only makes the problem worse as people become accustomed and then act like they can demand the tips. Housekeeping is something offered as part of the core rate for the room. I don't tip the electrician for ensuring the lights work in the room, and I don't tip the maid for doing her daily job.

Bingo! You know who you tip - Delivery men that bring your food because they'll remember if you're a bad tipper. You tip your barber/stylist because they have the scissors and can make your life miserable. You tip the waiter (as much as it pains me) because well they bring you the food and if word gets around that you're a bad tipper you'll get bad service. Sure tipping is essentially extortion but you have to deal with it.

Hotels on the other hand - please. Housekeeping is included in the rate of the room - just like the air conditioning and the basic cable and WiFi. Maybe we should start tipping the bus driver and monorail conductor for driving us too.

 

[psukardi]

Do you tip the barista at starbucks? Do you tip the cashier at McDonalds? Do you tip the mailman?

Oddly enough I do give my mailman a gift when Christmas time rolls around because the guy is flat out awesome. He's great with delivering packages - if the wife is home he'll ring the doorbell to make sure it's not sitting outside. He remembers to actually close the gate and not leave it open unlike the FedEx guy. That deserves a tip - doing the basic job would be leaving it at the door and just going about the day.

 

[luv]

I tip in all hotels/motels, even if it's a quick stop to sleep and shower on a road trip.

I also give the mailman cash for Christmas...well I did until I found out it was illegal. Now that I know the Christmas gift is illegal, of course I wouldn't do it.

 

[Dwarful]

luv...you could give him/her a giftcard or other non-monetary gift. generally no postmaster will call a mailman out on a Christmas gift of cash if it is under $20.

 

[luv]

luv...you could give him/her a giftcard or other non-monetary gift. generally no postmaster will call a mailman out on a Christmas gift of cash if it is under $20.

I give him $50 cash. I don't know what he likes. Cash is easy to give and easy to use. Well, I gave him $50. Now that I know it's illegal I will stop.

 

[senor_jorge]

OK, tipping is now on the same list as politics and religion......