Originally Posted by
zitsky
I tip. Someone had to do the work to bring the item to me. They usually don't get paid well.
Originally Posted by
zitsky
I do. Doesn't everyone? I can never find the tip jar though.
Originally Posted by
Often1
3. But that's not how it works in the US. Maybe could be done better, but it isn't.
4. I tip whether the item is "included" or not. The employee is still making the same minimum wage and it's the employee not the property who suffers for the property's service failure.
Ever been to a convention/trade show as an attendee or exhibitor ? You know those who work at registration, room monitors, directional, lead retrievals, etc are at temps ? All of those temps don't pay good and get the minimum wage, but then I have never seen any tips from anyone !
If you are an exhibitor, you would definately know what lead retrieval is. When I had that position in a show, I walked 2 miles back and fourth just because an exhibitor need an extra row of paper for his lead machine, do I ever get tip for that ? NEVER. Most of the time I even got yelled at because I didn't walk fast enough that the exhibitor lost leads because of me. Other than we never got any tips, the worst part is at least the maids in the hotel still get paid by a salary, we as a temp only got paid only where there is a show.
Housekeeping in a hotel or waiter/waitress certainly not the only industries get the minimum wage, think about that next time when you go to a convention/trade show as well ! 99% of conventions use temps for the majority of staff, as no organizations would use 100+ of their own employees to travel with them.