Originally Posted by
jd2000
One thing I never used to do, but always do now, is tip maids. That's a nasty job and those people make squat, and I think it's good for the economy for them to have a few more dollars that frankly my company or I really won't miss. Our travel policy explicitly allows tipping maids up to some reasonable level, and I support that completely.
Well, here is the former maid again, chiming in. It's not really that nasty of a job, and I don't feel that it is necessary to tip the maid unless you do something like throw up in the ice bucket, or leave a nastily clogged toilet (but in that case, let me tell you that it would be maintenence that would get called on that job, and I wouldnt touch it until that was done).
Granted, I only did it for a summer while I was a starving student, and it was years ago, but I can say with certainty that
a) It paid better than other non-tippable service jobs I looked at (like flipping burgers, data entry, being a clerk, cashiering, etc.)
b) It was less demanding work than waitering
c) I never once received nor expected a tip while on the job.
d) It doesn't take much to maintain a room to make it
seem like it's clean. (Read into that what you will)