Least deserving job function that expects a tip
 

OK. This is an offshoot of my tipping housekeeping thread.

What do you think is the situation where a tip is expected that is most ridiculous?

Off the top of my head, it is the taxi-line dude at a hotel which has a line of taxis waiting. The guy who stands there and whistles or waves over a cab. And maybe asks you where you are going and tells it to the cabbie, who always asks you anyway once the taxi-line dude closes the door. This guy really adds zero value to my experience, yet I just give him a dollar, cuz that's what people do.

Note that there is a VERY different role in some hotels in NYC that do not have a taxi-line. These guys provide a great service, especially when it is raining.

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People working at Starbucks

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Whatever n00b. #122? bah. whippersnapper.

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...or Quizno's or any other non-bar counter help that put a tip jar out.

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...or Quizno's or any other non-bar counter help that put a tip jar out.

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This was my second choice. But is this less-deserving than the taxi-line guy? I don't think so.

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What do you think is the situation where a tip is expected that is most ridiculous?

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1. The NYC homeless guys who wipe my windshield with their snot rags.

2. bathroom attendants who rush up to you as you're washing your hands and hand you a paper towel.

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2. bathroom attendants who rush up to you as you're washing your hands and hand you a paper towel.

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good answer. especially since i see people not wash their hands just so they don't feel like they should tip. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Whatever n00b. #122? bah. whippersnapper.

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STFU and buy a f'in house already so I can come to Vegas. Tipping these taxi-line guys is making me broke.

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STFU and buy a f'in house already so I can come to Vegas. Tipping these taxi-line guys is making me broke.

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We close July 6. Same place. Put it in stone.

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First trip to Vegas, maybe 15 years ago. leaving to fly home. cab pulls up to the curb side check-in at the Airport and the two fat bastards from United that check our bags both put their hands out at the same time. I don't think I've laughed that hard since.

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