Hotel housekeeping gratuities: Do you leave them?

MikeDamone

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http://news.msn.com/us/envelopes-in-marriott-hotels-invite-tips-for-maids

Shriver, who founded an organization called A Woman's Nation that aims to empower women, says many travelers don't realize tipping hotel room attendants is customary.

If people don't realize something is customary...is it customary?

I do this sometimes, but not consistently. And if I do it, it;'s at the end of the stay, not nightly.

Seems like this is an effort to make it more of a money grab..
 
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Depends on what you mean by gratutity? If that means a huge man load on the pillow case and some cocaine dust on the coffee table, then yes, I leave a tip. Otherwise, no.
 
Are we really talking about tipping Motel 6 maids when they aren't kind enough to provide me a towel which was made in this century?

Anyhow, only in some vacation spots or if i left some sort of hellhole for them to clean up. Sorry, this IS your job. Cleaning the room. It's not like i'm tipping for additional services. If i don't tip, will you not change my sheets?
 
Again, it's customary? Why, because they said so )everyone says so?)

Can an industry simply decide tipping is customary and guilt people into doing it? Tip your mechanic, it's customary.

FYFMFE.
 
Again, it's customary? Why, because they said so )everyone says so?)

Can an industry simply decide tipping is customary and guilt people into doing it? Tip your mechanic, it's customary.

FYFMFE.
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Isn't this the new move though? How often can you get through a checkstand without being asked to donate to some cause? I don't see the tipping industry as any different. I think you should be paid a wage and if someone does something above what you feel was the job, then tip them. Don't feel the need to be guilted into tipping them for the job.
 
I always tip the hooker if she holds still long enough to snort two lines off her ass.

I've found it greatly reduces the possibility of getting roofied and losing my remaining kidney.

 
Fuck no. Should I tip the worker at the cash register at McDonald's too? Or the guy pumping the gas? Tips are bogus even in non-fast food restaurants, and I only give them begrudgingly. These businesses need to pay their workers a better wage and not expect the consumer to fork out extra money to compensate for the restaurant owner's illegal (yeah it should be illegal to pay a $2/hour wage) wage practices and blatant greed.
 
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Fuck no. Should I tip the worker at the cash register at McDonald's too? Or the guy pumping the gas? Tips are bogus even in non-fast food restaurants, and I only give them begrudgingly. These businesses need to pay their workers a better wage and not expect the consumer to fork out extra money to compensate for the restaurant owner's illegal (yeah it should be illegal to pay a $2/hour wage) wage practices and blatant greed.
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Why should it be illegal to pay $2 an hour?
 
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