Tipping Hotel Staff

[nevets88]

5 minutes ago, iacas said:

Sure. But she also said she liked rooms she didn't have to clean, too. She still got credit for "doing" the room.

But I'm weird about tipping. I tip near 20% when dining, in part because they actually make less than minimum wage, and I used to tip my barber (though his haircuts were $8, and he learned enough about me to remember how I liked things), and outside of that… I generally don't tip. I don't think people should be tipped for doing their jobs. I believe they should be tipped for exceptional jobs. I don't tip the oil change guy, but I have when he noted that the rims were a bit dirty and took an extra ten minutes to clean them up (they looked nice). Stuff like that.

I keep my clubs clean, and generally don't tip the guy who wants to clean them at the end. He's not doing anything for me except possibly leaving my clubs wet.

I've seen people tip gas station guys for filling up their tank. I don't tip for that. I stop them from cleaning my windshield, I can do that myself.

[Wanzo]

7 hours ago, Papa Steve 55 said:

USA Today had a survey a couple years ago that said only 40% of travelers tip house keeping. I asked at the hotel I was in, a HIEX, the housekeeper with 10 years in said 90% do not tip. According to this thread, 100% of Sandtrap posters tip.

Somebody's fibbing.

well i started the thread saying i haven't.   

1 hour ago, iacas said:

My grandma was a hotel maid until late in her life. She said even a $5 tip was not enough to make up for some of the hotels she's had to clean, and she'd take a pretty clean room that didn't take much work over a tip any day of the week.

i could see that.

 

1 hour ago, iacas said:

I keep my clubs clean, and generally don't tip the guy who wants to clean them at the end.

the guy who wants to clean mine at the end of the round earns his tip, plenty of work to do.