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06-26-2005, 03:51 PM
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Re: Least deserving job function that expects a tip
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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. [/ QUOTE ] As I was reading your title, I was thinking of these taxi guys. What kind of a job is it to just hail a cab? As for the Starbucks/Quizno's/etc. people, I think they mostly have the jar out so people who don't necessarily feel like keeping a pocket full of change can dump that in there. I think the taxi-line guys are more deserving of this title, since they expect a tip more, and they do less. There is reasonable competition from the bathroom attendants, however. Getting handed the towel is nice, but it's not much and it's more than made up for by the creepiness of some dude watching you pee. Actually, I read an article about a female bathroom attendant in the mens room who apparently made far better tips than her male counterparts. If a woman watched you pee and handed you a towel, would you be more inclined to tip? 
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#22
06-26-2005, 03:58 PM
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Re: Least deserving job function that expects a tip
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If a woman watched you pee and handed you a towel, would you be more inclined to tip? [/ QUOTE ] I don't know, but the Venetian has hired some HOT shoeshine girls and I am way more inclined to get my shoes shined now.
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#23
06-26-2005, 04:00 PM
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Re: Least deserving job function that expects a tip
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I don't know, but the Venetian has hired some HOT shoeshine girls and I am way more inclined to get my shoes shined now. [/ QUOTE ] What's the uniform? If they're squatting there in short skirts, I'd probably get my running shoes shined. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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#24
06-26-2005, 04:02 PM
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Re: Least deserving job function that expects a tip
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[ QUOTE ] I don't know, but the Venetian has hired some HOT shoeshine girls and I am way more inclined to get my shoes shined now. [/ QUOTE ] What's the uniform? If they're squatting there in short skirts, I'd probably get my running shoes shined. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Fishnets, black skirt, tuxedo type shirt buttoned way down, black apron, most have a long ponytail.
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06-26-2005, 04:06 PM
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Re: Least deserving job function that expects a tip
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Fishnets, black skirt, tuxedo type shirt buttoned way down, black apron, most have a long ponytail. [/ QUOTE ] Oh, my! Well I'll have to make sure I bring shineable shoes my next trip out.
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#27
06-26-2005, 04:08 PM
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Re: Least deserving job function that expects a tip
The guy who presses the buttons in a lift in a hotel.
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#28
06-26-2005, 04:08 PM
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Re: Least deserving job function that expects a tip
There are too many people expecting tips and I can't even think of one at the moment. However,
[ QUOTE ] 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. [/ QUOTE ] last time I was in Vegas, I had a few hours to kill before my flight out, and I decided to play some poker at the Belagio. I had 2 big bags with me so I checked them in. When I picked up my bags as I left, the guy let me cut in front of a line of about 100 people waiting to get a taxi. I tipped him a few bucks.
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#29
06-26-2005, 04:10 PM
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Re: Least deserving job function that expects a tip
On a cruise to Alaska I found out they take 10$ in tips from you per day to pay the workers. I went to the desk to ask how it was divvied up. Obviously it is for house keeping and your waitor and assistant waitor. However, I also noticed that they including some [censored] for the Matri D and this was unaccaptable to me. I had never seen this guy until the day before tips, and even then, he asked if I wanted something to drink and that's it. And they expect me to tip this bastard? I'm sure the whole automated tipping system is corrupted by tenure rather than service, so I cancelled the automated service and handled the tips myself. I gave out the same total dollars that I would have, but I divvied it up how I saw fit.
Also, if you have exceptional service on a cruise I recommend that you tip more than you normally would. I was talking to my server and he said they work 12 hours a day 7 days a week for 6 month contracts. They work 80 hour weeks for 6 months straight in order to feed their families back home in the phillipines (or wherever) so tip them well.
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#30
06-26-2005, 04:13 PM
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Re: Least deserving job function that expects a tip
They don't expect a tip, they just appreciate it if they give you one.
There's a jamba juice two doors down from where I work and I often get an original size citrus squeeze which runs 3.85. They have a tip jar out and I give them the 15c. A lot of other people do that, too. I would rather give my 15c to a worker at jamba juice than some homeless person that may or may not spend it on drugs. Maybe I should start saving my 15c in a fund and buy homeless people jamba juice with it.
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