Originally Posted by
DIR_Cherokee
As a matter of personal preference I also tip my barber, skycaps, bell persons, concierges, taxi drivers, tour guides, and waiters/waitresses. Many people who have posted here seem to take offense at leaving a tip for housekeeping, yet they state they do tip other professions as well. What's the difference?
Not sarcasm... sincere questions. Why is it okay to withhold tips from housekeeping if the service they provide should be included in the cost of the room and reimbursed to them by the employing company but you go ahead and tip your cabbie or waitress? Shouldn't the service they are providing be included in the cost of your fare or meal and shouldn't it be the responsibility of the company they work for to pay them instead of you having to tip them? Shouldn't you be withholding all tips if that's how you feel rather than picking and chosing which tipping conventions to follow?
(Not attacking you)Do you tip your auto mechanic? How about the cashier or the bagger at the grocery store? Your religious leader (priest, minister etc)? A lawyer? A nurse taking care of you or a loved one? A doctor? Where does the tipping end?
I do tip the housekeeper but find the envelopes to be tacky. If 2/3's of people don't tip than why does Marriott need to inform people to tip? Society as a collective norm has decided that a hotel maid does not a tip. Similar to car mechanics, cashiers, ministers etc. On the other hand the societal norm IS to tip waiters, cabbies, bellman, porters. I would love to see the US move to a higher wage and eliminate tips altogether but I don't that will ever happen.