Tipping the room maid

jackomdj

In the UK the only person we tip is the guy who delivers the Indin Takeaway. We usually have the same guy (not that we have take out that often) but he always makes sure we are at the top of his round & we have hot food!

sturll

phatbear wrote: »

Right im gonna post an answer to this post and then run for the hills to avoid the fall out.

If they are only getting paid $2 to $3 an hour they should get a different job, hell they would earn more in mc donalds.

I do tip but I tip what is appropriate not what custom obliges me to, ie the whole 15% to 20% when I go out to eat in the states isnt gonna happen unless the service is exceptional.

Anyway tip what ya want and if they dont like it sod em!!!!

Right im off to the hills now.

Back soon

I could have written those words myself.

:beer:

sturll

mookybargirl wrote: »

I always tip housekeeping abroad, but never in the uk. I usually just leave this on one of the pillows on the bed. Usually a few pounds a day......

I leave something for them on the covers (well my lass does) - but it's not money

hula-hoops

Never. I don't tip in restaurants either and ditto what the person said about self-service buffet nightmares in the US (Vegas, for example). People were leaving tips even though they had to fetch all the food and utensils themselves.

I'm always baffled why people tip some people just for doing their job but not others. Do people tip nurses, teachers, pharmacists, etc? They all provide a valuable and essential service.

omelette451

Beaker99 wrote: »

*No, I don't mean like that.

Maybe not, but you've shown it's on your mind...

phatbear

hula-hoops wrote: »

I'm always baffled why people tip some people just for doing their job but not others. Do people tip nurses, teachers, pharmacists, etc? They all provide a valuable and essential service.

Right back from the hills.

Exactly you dont tip at mc donalds, kfc, subway etc however go into a restaurant and all of a sudden you are obliged to pay over the odds, dont get me wrong I took mrs phatbear out for lunch yesterday and the bill was £42 and I gave the waitress £50 and told her to keep the change, but thats because she had been attentive and polite and went out of her way when mrs phatbear was slightly unhappy with her food and she was quite cute too. If however she had just brought me my food with attitude etc then she would have had no chance of getting owt out of me, i never feel obliged and i dont think people should be pressured into tipping for tipping sakes tip when ya want and if you dont want to tip then dont, this is especially relevant if you know you are never going back to eat there again.

vegasvisitor

I do tip more in the US, because it's customary and you know they're not being paid very well. I have no objections to tipping a maid. However, I don't really agree with tipping a barman a dollar for opening a beer.

I do think that the hotels etc should pay their staff properly, but I accept that they don't and I tip according to what the person does for me - ie a maid does more than a barman for each customer. I also object to tipping the guy that opens the taxi doors!

We're off to Tunisia in May, and i intend to tip as I hear they're very low paid and that they work hard. We also expect not to spend much, meaning we won't object to tipping them.

Beaker99

Ok, thanks to all for your replies.. but how about the second bit....

..if you do tip the maid 'as you go' do you see any benefits? - pretty things done with the sheets? - flowers/chocolates on the bed??

Volcano

If the country is poor and you spent more on beer at lunch time than they earn in a week, then it's really no big deal to share some of your disgustingly ostentatious western wealth with them.

Beaker99 wrote: »

Ok, thanks to all for your replies.. but how about the second bit....

..if you do tip the maid 'as you go' do you see any benefits? - pretty things done with the sheets? - flowers/chocolates on the bed??

In Tunisia last year, a dinar (50p) here and there (as well as a few quid/excess toiletries etc on our last day) was rewarded with neatly folded clothes, flowers in our room etc. Our last meal saw our table festooned with flower petals, which while slightly embarrassing for us, was probably more embarrassing for the hundred other guests who didn't get the same treatment given the minimal tipping that was required to achieve it.

thelawnet

Beaker99 wrote: »

Ok, thanks to all for your replies.. but how about the second bit....

..if you do tip the maid 'as you go' do you see any benefits? - pretty things done with the sheets? - flowers/chocolates on the bed??

In Egypt the cleaner did towel animals every day in expectation of a tip at the end.Which is fair enough I guess.