Tipping Mousekeeping

[Otterhead]

You are saying I should tip for bad service.

No. I'm saying that if you regularly tip only $1 or $2 for your meals because you're cheap, as disney4life proudly stated earlier, then you're doing it wrong. If you received terrible service, then of course you shouldn't automatically pay 20% tip, you should find a manager.

 

[jaklgreen]

If I am tipping a dollar or two consistently, I probably would never come back.... That is the point people are trying to make. Tipping out of pity is not etiquette. You are saying I should tip for bad service. Enough bad service, I am not coming back so your point is null.

Maybe you are getting such consistent bad service because you are known as a bad tipper. I rarely get truly bad service that I would feel like they only deserved a $1.

 

[rob0519]

Sorry, didn't mean to imply that you, personally did. My using "you" was directed at those who do these types of things.

Sorry back at you in that case. It came off as personal. This is a really personal topic and things can get misunderstood.

I honestly don't know the history of how restaurants started using tipping as a way of getting out of paying at least minimum if not a decent wage. If anyone here knows how that came about please share.

 

[bigrigross]

I tip geek squad if they come to my house, but I don't tip the IT guys at work. I think they're doing OK without it lol. I've never seen anything about tipping IT guys that don't make house calls

I don't tip the IT staff at my job because they have excellent jobs with excellent salaries.
Nor do I tip the management, the secretaries, the writers, or the producers. They all have salaries.
But I do tip waiters and service staff because they do not. I also tip people who deliver furniture or food to my house for the same reason.
This really isn't that complicated.

$12 an hour is $25,000 per year. You're exposing yourself as a truly cruel person.

Except you all did. Via these exact quotes. It is funny trying to see you all squirm out of it. You tip because you have pity on what they make and not the service they provide.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Except you all did. Via these exact quotes. It is funny trying to see you all squim out of it. You tip because you have pity on what they make and not the service you provide.

Except that's not how this works. You can't take something that Stamps said and hold me to that, nor can you take my comments and attribute them to Otter.

 

[bigrigross]

Except that's not how this works. You can't take something that Stamps said and hold me to that, nor can you take my comments and attribute them to Otter.

You stated that he was a cruel person because he doesnt tip them because they only make 25k a year. Who cares what they make. A tip should be for service, not because they make below X amount.

 

[Otterhead]

Except you all did. Via these exact quotes. It is funny trying to see you all squim out of it. You tip because you have pity on what they make and not the service you provide.

Dude. I don't know how this is hard to understand for you.
If someone has a job that pays a generous living wage -- like an IT guy in an office -- of course their co-workers aren't tipping them.
But someone in a service position that doesn't pay a living wage relies on tips for quality of life. They're giving YOU service. I'm tipping them because they gave me a personal service that made my day nicer. And yes, that includes making me a towel animal.

 

[bigrigross]

Dude. I don't know how this is hard to understand for you.
If someone has a job that pays a generous living wage -- like an IT guy in an office -- of course their co-workers aren't tipping them.
But someone in a service position that doesn't pay a living wage relies on tips for quality of life. They're giving YOU service. I'm tipping them because they gave me a personal service that made my day nicer. And yes, that includes making me a towel animal.

It goes beyond the IT office. Their are tons of geek squad like places out there. I was just using that as an example. And as I have said, some of those guys make more money than me. The point was still taken and you did not try to fix what I said. You specifically stated because they make more. Not because they are your IT.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

You stated that he was a cruel person because he doesnt tip them because they only make 25k a year. Who cares what they make. A tip should be for service, not because they make below X amount.

I see the disconnect. My "cruelty" comment was not because I tip based on salary. My point was in response to disney4life implying that someone who makes $12 an hour doesn't deserve a tip because they're "richer" than someone making $8.10 per hour.

I don't think not tipping is cruelty. I think not tipping on the basis that someone making $12 an hour earns to much to be tipped is cruelty.

Read the tone in this post:

Wait? Isnt the rhetoric to topic wait staff more is because they do not get paid minimum wage? You want me to tip a housekeeper and they are getting paid $12 / hour. Im confused

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Dude. I don't know how this is hard to understand for you.
If someone has a job that pays a generous living wage -- like an IT guy in an office -- of course their co-workers aren't tipping them.
But someone in a service position that doesn't pay a living wage relies on tips for quality of life. They're giving YOU service. I'm tipping them because they gave me a personal service that made my day nicer. And yes, that includes making me a towel animal.

But why do you hate poor people?

 

[jaklgreen]

Except you all did. Via these exact quotes. It is funny trying to see you all squim out of it. You tip because you have pity on what they make and not the service they provide.

I don't tip because I "feel sorry for them". I don't feel sorry for anyone who is working an honest job. I tip because I appreciate that it is a tough job, one that I would not want to do. As a woman, wife, Mom, the cleaning up and toilet scrubbing is something I do regularly and it is not a fun job. I would never want to do that for a living, especially cleaning up after strangers. And I think that giving that extra few bucks might make a difference to them. They have always done a great job.

 

[disney4life2008]

I wonder how many times someone has spit into his food. LOL Servers remember the jerks and they share info with the other employees. If someone does not want to tip of service then they should stick to fast food.

Yes. Did you not know that tipping at restaurants is part of visiting there? Nominal tip is 18-20% in 2017. Most restaurants keep note of regulars who tip less than that and will ask them what's up or ask them not to return. If you're tipping only a dollar or two, yeah, you should be barred from restaurants. That's how it works.

Nice try. Why do you think when a server says oh I can bag your leftovers for you? Do you think of im crazy lol. I always bag my own left overs just bring me the case.

As for my food coming out, rarely do I get the same person twice. And if I dare get sick or find out someone did something to my food you better bet my lawsuit will be waiting

 

[bigrigross]

I don't tip because I "feel sorry for them". I don't feel sorry for anyone who is working an honest job. I tip because I appreciate that it is a tough job, one that I would not want to do. As a woman, wife, Mom, the cleaning up and toilet scrubbing is something I do regularly and it is not a fun job. I would never want to do that for a living, especially cleaning up after strangers. And I think that giving that extra few bucks might make a difference to them. They have always done a great job.

You dont think IT doesnt have a tough job. When I worked for my universities IT department, at the beginning of every year, we had a tent up to help people get connected to the wireless. This is the type of crap I and others deal with with customers pcs. Stickiness, bodily fluids, roaches coming out of PCs, broken PCs they blamed on us, and a whole lot of other. I guarantee you, touching all of those PCs is worse than cleaning a toilet.

 

[disney4life2008]

Yes. Did you not know that tipping at restaurants is part of visiting there? Nominal tip is 18-20% in 2017. Most restaurants keep note of regulars who tip less than that and will ask them what's up or ask them not to return. If you're tipping only a dollar or two, yeah, you should be barred from restaurants. That's how it works.

I am still waiting for this list of restaurants? Please provide as in my 20 years of adult life I have yet to be barred. If for anything, I am welcomed with wide open arms.

 

[jaklgreen]

You dont think IT doesnt have a tough job. When I worked for my universities IT department, at the beginning of every year, we had a tent up to help people get connected to the wireless. This is the type of crap I and others deal with with customers pcs. Stickiness, bodily fluids, roaches coming out of PCs, broken PCs they blamed on us, and a whole lot of other. I guarantee you, touching all of those PCs is worse than cleaning a toilet.

LOL You sound ridiculous.

 

[disney4life2008]

I don't tip because I "feel sorry for them". I don't feel sorry for anyone who is working an honest job. I tip because I appreciate that it is a tough job, one that I would not want to do. As a woman, wife, Mom, the cleaning up and toilet scrubbing is something I do regularly and it is not a fun job. I would never want to do that for a living, especially cleaning up after strangers. And I think that giving that extra few bucks might make a difference to them. They have always done a great job.

LOL but it is their job.

Out of curiosity, have you stayed at a paradise inn or any extreme low budget hotel? How much do you tip there?

 

[jaklgreen]

LOL but it is their job.

Out of curiosity, have you stayed at a paradise inn or any extreme low budget hotel? How much do you tip there?

Well, I am a princess so I try not to stay at a 1 star hotel. But when I was younger I did. And I believe I already posted that all of my adult life, I have tipped the housekeepers. Always a couple of bucks per person/per night. I tip nightly. The cost of the hotel has no bearing on my tips. If I stayed at a $1000/night hotel, I would still tip. It's not like the housekeeper is keeping the nightly rate.

 

[Otterhead]

I am still waiting for this list of restaurants?

Every single restaurant in the United States expects you to tip.
If you aren't tipping when you eat out because you don't think servers deserve it (because you're bagging your own leftovers?) then trust me, you're making a lot of servers upset on a regular basis everywhere you go. Sounds like you don't really care, though.

 

[jaklgreen]

Every single restaurant in the United States expects you to tip.
If you aren't tipping when you eat out because you don't think servers deserve it (because you're bagging your own leftovers?) then trust me, you're making a lot of servers upset on a regular basis everywhere you go. Sounds like you don't really care, though.

I've worked at a restaurant where the owner has said something to the customer about their tip. They were cheap and he asked if there was a problem with the service, when they said no, he gave them the speech about how this is how the servers make their money, etc.

 

[Otterhead]

I've worked at a restaurant where the owner has said something to the customer about their tip.

I've personally watched managers and servers chase people down to ask why they left little to no tip, and I've watched managers go on tirades about cheapskates that they don't want to ever come back. Skipping out on a tip is a bad idea.