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When I moved from the US to NZ I got way superior service then I’d ever had in the US and attempted tipping a “por boir” but they refused it and said if I really felt like giving extra they had a charity I could give to.
Unfortunately I have started seeing tips being asked for by POS in Sydney and Auckland and it made me mad and sad.
I went to a restaurant in Arrowtown yesterday and the POS asked for a tip. I’ve seen it a couple other places too but usually the worker hits no before giving it to me.
Tipping in general is a concept that should just die. Same actually as bonuses. I work at a rather large company where sales closing a deal will get them a bonus. In my job I don’t directly deal with customers, so I can never get a bonus. U don’t work less hard than sales. I would actually say my job is more stressful. They should just pay people what they’re worth.
I once worked in a European office of a big US company a while back where I negotiated a fair salary, they agreed, and then on the first day the contract arrived and fully 25% of it was a “bonus target” that I was assured everyone always got every time so I shouldn’t worry about it.
Inevitably, it was the first thing to go as soon as a new CEO came in with the task of improving Earnings Per Share, giving me an instant 25% pay cut. What’s shittier is they announced it after the period it applied to, so it was a retroactive 25% pay cut as well. Luckily I wanted to leave anyway for other reasons, so I took them to a tribunal and got paid, cause you can’t pull that sort of shit in Europe. My US colleagues didn’t fare so well.
Bonuses are also used to not have to give a raise.
Don’t see it as sales getting more than they’re worth, see it as them getting less than they’re worth the rest of the year. If you still think that’s too much, fight for your wage and fight together.
The workers only cribble themselves if they fight eachother. We should all strive to get our rightful piece of the cake.
oh please can we stop them after I get this year bonus? I work at a large company and everyone gets a little bonus. I really need my pitty bonus this year! please Im not a ceo, just a regular poor person
Say it with your vote and with your political involvement. Fucking over employees who depend on tips when you’re able to tip is shitty. They already don’t get paid enough, they don’t need your reminders.
Leave a tip and also some documentation on how to start a union
I can understand not leaving a tip if you don’t have the housekeepers clean during your stay. But if you have them service your room daily during your stay, you should tip them.
Tip them for doing their work? You’re crazy.
Maybe I’ll pay them a bit extra if they cleaned my cum off the curtains.
cleaning is included in the price - which is also charged daily, btw, so fuck tipping. That’s some real audacity from management right there to leave a passive aggressive note about tipping their staff for doing their job.
See now, as a US person who expects to tip housekeeping (and I tip them generously because I know they’re exploited and also our family has extra needs) and who also knows about shitty customers, I mostly read the note as “Don’t leave money lying randomly around and then come screaming that the maids have stolen it and you want your room comped. Use the envelope for tips.”
The company I rented a servant from is now asking I compensate the servant, outrageous!
I dunno, babe, maybe you ought to stay home if youre going to be an arse. If you go to a place where tipping is a thing, not doing so is just selfish and childish.
This isnt an argument in favour of tipping, but you’re not going to solve tipping through personal responsibility 🙄
Tip the maids, dick
give that attitude to the employer, dick
As a European, I had no idea this was something I needed to do. Man, I have so many questions.
How much? Is it a fixed amount per night or a gesture amount for the whole stay? Do I only put money in the envelope when I’m leaving or do I get a new envelope every day? Is it always the same housekeeper? Do they pool the money and divide it among themselves? If there’s anything the matter with the housekeeping, do I dock it from their tip? Are there envelopes for the bus driver, too?
Whole stay, when you’re leaving. What the housekeepers do is up to them. It isnt like restaurant tips, the expectation isn’t as engrained. Maybe 5-10 per time your room is serviced maybe more if you’ve left a real shitshow for some reason.
No on the bus driver. A hotel shuttle you can give a couple to if they help with the bags but generally not.
