Originally Posted by
dtw_brad
I believe the United curbside has signs that state $2/bag.
I think some sort of tip is in order IF you use curbside:
you carried your bags less distance
you (potentially) waited less time in line
you could have gone inside with zero expectation of a tip.
Independent of that, intentionally mis-routing a bag (for lack of a tip or any reason) should be enough to get fired over. But would be hard to prove.
+1
Yeah, you are in the US, so this is the type of service for which tipping is expected. It is rather unfair to not tip when the worker's wages may reflect the fact that they will likely be supplemented with tips.
But, IMHO it is NEVER ok to deliberately wrong a customer as an act of revenge. Personally, as someone from a non-tipping culture, I would far prefer to be called out if I inappropriately forgot / didn't realise I should leave a tip, rather than having my property damaged or lost in retaliation. As others have pointed out, no proof that this is actually what happened in this case.