<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dolcevita:
I'll forgo any comments about the mentality of somebody seeking self-validation from the chambermaid.</font>
Welllll, thank you! thank you very much!
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> As for the assumption that not tipping results in your being "blacklisted" - this is simply ridiculous. I'd love to run this by the managers at Hilton and Marriott, where I stay every week. I am having a very hard time reconciling your theory with my actual experience and that of my traveling colleagues. But then again, may be we are not a representative sample - our sense of self worth is based on a slightly more complex formula.</font>
You know, I don't know what it is about FTer's taking all these threads so personally, especially when discussing such issues! This issue especially ... that's the ridiculous thing...
Keeping a profile with notations like, "rude," "cheap," "great guest," "knows GM" is indeed not ridiculous, just ask g_leyser on his brilliant Ask Me A Hotel Question Thread, or the hotel manager at the Hilton or Marriott where you stay. You do have a profile. They know you. They keep a profile on you, if you are a repeat customer.
Even if they don't keep a profile, chances are, you will run into the same people, and people do remember things about you, I guarantee.
But don't take my word for it - who am I?
[This message has been edited by anonplz (edited 10-01-2002).]