why do we tip waiters who make $55000/year, but not flight attendants who make $30000
Jun 22, 2012, 12:25 pm
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why do we tip waiters who make $55000/year, but not flight attendants who make $30000
why do we tip waiters/waitresses who make $55000/year, but not flight attendants who make $30000/year(or worse, commuter airline pilots who make less than that)?
Jun 22, 2012, 12:26 pm
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This should be a dosey.....
Jun 22, 2012, 12:31 pm
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Waiters and waitresses deserve tips? I don't tip when I travel internationally. No one tips me for doing my job. They should get a better job. It's a US culture thing.
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Jun 22, 2012, 12:31 pm
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Nobody is stopping you from tipping them.
Jun 22, 2012, 12:33 pm
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A waiter (just plain waiter) who is making 55k in Germany is almost impossible to find.
If the 55k include tips, that`s an other story.
If the 55k include tips, that`s an other story.
Jun 22, 2012, 12:34 pm
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Please don't put the idea out there that yet another occupation needs to be tipped.
Last edited by Tizzette; Jun 22, 2012 at 8:54 pm
Jun 22, 2012, 2:51 pm
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as long as there are tips, which add up to more than $55000/year...
(this is before the usual 10% of tips to the chef and 15% to the captain/
hostess, which all waiters/waitresses have to pay up)
that's actually not that much.... still a lot less than what a mail carrier
makes, but definitely better than the flight attendants during the first
few years.
Jun 22, 2012, 2:56 pm
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Waitstaff are there to serve you.
FAs are there to keep you safe, especially in case of an emergency. They also sometimes bring you a meal or a drink.
FAs are there to keep you safe, especially in case of an emergency. They also sometimes bring you a meal or a drink.
Jun 22, 2012, 2:58 pm
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Waiters and Waitresses are a lot less likely to pull the power trip on me and are generally pleasant to be around in relations to flight crew where everyone is a terrorist until proven innocent
Jun 22, 2012, 3:10 pm
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Tipping is a funny custom anyways...I think. So do what you think is right for you. whenI travel, I always ask locals, what is customary in their culture, and then follow that. In Rome...
Jun 22, 2012, 6:08 pm
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That's a debatable point. In almost 50 years of flying I have yet to see any flight attendant take action in a clear emergency. No emergency landings, no slide deployments, no belly up landings, nothing. But I have observed 50 years of actions that look very similar to the typical wait staff. So to say that they are there to "keep me safe" is only a partial truth. They are there to assist passengers, and to provide a service, often including meal service. Their actual job duties as observed by the amount of time performing them clearly seem to indicate that they have much more in common with wait staff than a "safety professional".
Jun 22, 2012, 6:11 pm
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$55k?
LOL You are going to have a hard time demonstrating that "fact."
*breaking out the beer and popcorn to watch this one*
Jun 22, 2012, 6:11 pm
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Jun 22, 2012, 6:18 pm
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Jun 22, 2012, 6:48 pm
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I agree, we should not be tipping waiters. Gratuity/service should be included in the price of the meal and anything extra should be given for awesome & superb service.