Tipping

[christiangirl]

People rag on me all the time for tipping housekeeping when I go to a hotel. "Stop paying people for doing their job." But my parents taught me to tip housekeeping, so I do. All this tipping talk made me look up how much one should be tipping the housekeeping staff aaaaaannnnddddd......I overtip them. By a LOT.

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/fami...-tipping-apr05

Do you remember to tip housekeeping?

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

Do you remember to tip housekeeping?

Always. I learned this from my first job out of college (which required weekly travel). My parents never tipped housekeeping when we traveled but I was specifically told that I could expense $3/day as a housekeeping tip ... so I left the specified tip and I expensed it. A good thing too... that company did a lot of business with that hotel, and I was there practically every week, so much so that the front desk staff would see me walk in on Monday evening and immediately print up my sign-in papers and keycard. (They got very confused when I got married and they looked up my reservation under my maiden name and didn't find it... and the usual Monday evening front desk clerk couldn't pronounce my married name (it's not that difficult, really!) so she insisted on calling me Ms. Maidenname...)

I usually picked up a taxi at the taxi rank at a hotel near my apartment building, so I tipped the doorman (if present) as he would load my bags into the trunk.

I briefly dated a guy who would.not.tip.a.taxi.driver. Ugh. That should have been a sign that he was an ass and deserved the royal kick to the curb... well, live and learn.

[PincGator Que]

Originally Posted by kddani

I wasn't even talking about a first reaction - I certainly don't expect that. But if you go through the entire meal without even looking at her and smiling, it comes across as pretty rude. I don't expect people to play peek-a-boo with her, but if you act as if she isn't even there the entire meal, that's rude. Especially in a service industry.

The fact that you think somebody on their job should give a damn about your baby is rude and borderline arrogant.

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

Wait...people expect servers to speak to their babies??

So, I'm not the only one who thought her post was stupid.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

People rag on me all the time for tipping housekeeping when I go to a hotel. "Stop paying people for doing their job." But my parents taught me to tip housekeeping, so I do. All this tipping talk made me look up how much one should be tipping the housekeeping staff aaaaaannnnddddd......I overtip them. By a LOT.

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/fami...-tipping-apr05

Do you remember to tip housekeeping?

I tip housekeeping. From that list, I tip them appropriately, but I way overtip valet parking attendants apparently.