Are you a cheapass?

[Mobius]

Do you tip the room attendant/house keeper/chamber maid ? Let me tell you, they are the hardest workers in the hotel.

Also, tipping housekeeping BEFORE you check out is perfectly acceptable, but leave it on the pillow, or we can't take it.

[EstimatedProphet]

1. Actually, sometimes I forget to

Me bad

[Mobius]

2. well don't

even if it's only $1 :(

[supernova]

3. I always try to tip the house staff

and the wait staff. They are the least paid in any establishment. And I always try to call people by their name.

[Mobius]

4. I kinda like chamber maid

It sounds slutty and medievil O8)

[eleonora]

5. and what about the jackasses who don't tip waiters..grrr

If the service is bad, ok, but TIP well if the service was correct. We only make $2.25 an hour.

Once I busted my ass for an 8 hour shift at a top gourmet restaurant (#2 in the US/NY Times) for 10 friggin' bucks.

[amazona]

6. No

A housekeeper in Vegas told me she never saw the money, some supervisor apparently pocketed it all anyway. According to her, no one tips the housekeepers. So it seems a waste. When I tip my waiters, I know they get it, well, minus the "tip outs" anyway.

[supernova]

8. You can get around this

by personally handing them an envelope. That way you can make sure the person who served you gets the tip.

[Mobius]

9. One supervisor?

first of all, that's theft. Second, We are the FIRST ones in the room at checkout. Also that's Las Vegas, people aren''t going to tip if they just lost all thier money. There are other hotels and other cities in the world. Boo on you.

On Edit YOU ARE A CHEAPASS:7

[SarahB]

7. I'm very cheap, but I'm almost always an excellent tipper.

It has to be pretty bad service for me not to be.

[blackcat77]

10. My wife says I'm a cheapass

I say I'm frugal.

[Mobius]

13. I agree with the wife

:7

[HEyHEY]

11. I fucking wish

I spend too much, I tip WAY too high..... so, I usually have minimal money

[Mobius]

12. like Isaid, even just a dollar is cool

at least it's PAPER money.
What if I wore a french maid costume and let you watch me clean? How much would I get then? O8)

[HEyHEY]

14. Up here we don't even have paper two dollars

LEt me put it this way...last time I went down to my favourite joint, I tipped $25 on a $65 bill.

But man, do they love my ass there!

[Mobius]

15. Silver dollars?

:shrug:

[HEyHEY]

16. hang on I'll show ya

[Mobius]

17. hurry up

I gotta pee :7

[HEyHEY]

18. here

http://www.vancouver.hm/money.html

scroll half way down

[Mobius]

19. 1 Dollar Coin -

The dollar bill was replaced by a coin in 1989. This coin is called a "Loonie". This is because it contains a picture of that quintessential North American bird, the Loon. (If you've never heard one in the wild, you don't know what your missing). Oddly enough, the coin was originally supposed to have a picture of a Voyageur (French Canadian fur trapper in a canoe), but the moulds were stolen, so they changed it. It will be interesting to see if the slang term "Loonie" carries over to the one dollar coin in the US when it gets into wide circulation. Nearly all vending machines now accept Loonies and the two dollar coins as well.

[HEyHEY]

20. Our money has stupid names

"Loonie" is wierd..and "Twoonie" IS just plain cheesy.... Some people were calling them "Bear Bucks" or "Dubloonies" when they first arrived...as well many spent the better part of a year in the basement trying to punch the centre out.

[Mobius]

21. Walked home with 20$ today

not bad

[ok222]

22. I have when I left

The final day I was at a hotel I left a box of cherries, a thanks you card with $10 in it. I hope it was appreciated hmmmm =)

[Mobius]

27. YOU ROCK!

BEST GUEST EVER! :cry: <---tears of joy

[toddzilla]

23. i tip too much

But i used to be a server so i know what hell foodservice is. i don't really stay in hotels though.

[chaska]

24. Unabashed cheapass, but I always tip the housekeeping staff and ...

all others who serve me well.

[ewagner]

25. Always!

Those folks work really hard.

[Djinn]

26. tipping's not as common in Aust

except in restaurants where 10% of the bill is standard - but often you have to point out to the waiter that it IS a tip and they don't need to bring change - then even 14 year olds working at supermarkets get waaaay more than "$2.25 an hour." how the hell does anyone survive on that??

I usually tip taxi drivers too (Melbourne's a big sprawling city with streets filled with INSANE drivers!) and occaisionally have to argue with friends about tipping in restaurants - for em unless the service is lousy I'll tip - and I'm the cheapest person I know - I don't even clothes shop in chain stores anymore coz they're too expensive!