The cook at ES making omelets. Tip him/her?
 

Do you tip the guy/gal making the flapjacks and omelets at Embassy Suites or not? I often see the tip jar there. Part of me says...tip him, he probably is not making too much money. Another part of me says, I'm paying for the free breakfast with my room rate !
What do others do?

My tip would be if he's not happy with his remuneration he should get another job. Not your problem.

I tipped the guy the last time I was at an ES. All the breakfast staff were working hard and have to stand for long stretches. He made me a great omelet. :)

My personal tipping mantra: If you're happy with the service, and it makes you want to tip (unless its inappropriate to do so)...then by all means go for it. It'll make whoever received the tip happier, and it probably won't cost you very much in the larger scale.

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If you wouldn't tip the short-order cook at a diner or a coffee shop, why on earth would you tip one at Embassy Suites? Is it just because somebody had the chutzpah to put out a tip jar?

Where does it end? Maybe they should just line up tip jars for all the staff at the register...

I would not tip the guy making omelets. I'll tip when I pay my bill (if the service was good), and if the staff want to divide it up, bully for them.

I wouldn't do it personally . . . . its just one of those things where I don't believe the staff should expect tips.

I only tip staff that interacts with me on a PERSONAL basis such as waiting my table, driving me (taxis, limos), carrying my bags, etc. Making omlets on an assembly line doesn't quite cut it.

You know how it feels when you don't tip, so try tipping. Once you've experienced both, you'll be able to make a more informed decision. ;)

Does the ES manager know there is a tip jar at that station? Sometimes tip jars are an employee tactic that vanishes when management is around.

I stay often and sometimes for many days at an ES in West Texas. I'll protect the guilty.


After a couple days when it was apparent I was/am there for a long stay, the cook starts my omlet when he sees me approaching the breakfast area. He is a great cook. I put on a few pounds every time I stay out there.

He has a tip jar that traveles in and out of hiding. As he does such a great job for me, saves me from standing and waiting in line (saves me time) and generally is a nice person; I do tip him.....but carefully as the manager does want to SEE the tip jar.

I also tip the woman who works there as she always makes me a sack pack (so I won't get thinner) for me to take to the office and the women who clean my room.

We are very good customers of this hotel -- many weeks of stays per year. Home away from home. The manager doesn't want to see employees begging for tips, but apparently doesn't care that they get them. This hotel works very hard to compete with newer properties that have more features that have sprung up around it.

In this case, I think tipping is fair and appropriate.

This brings up the interesting question of whether or not I could live full time as something like an ES. Our contract has a very good rate especially when you include the wonderful breakfasts. Is that what will have when old FTers retire? We move into suites hotels?