« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2]   Go Down

Author Topic: How much do you tip...  (Read 6909 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Chris

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1476
  • Reputation: +522/-16
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #25 on: August 13, 2009, 05:48:16 PM »
I saw this discussed somewhere else before, but I can't remember where.  I never leave tips if I'm only there for one night -- I don't travel enough for it to enter my mind.  Its just not something I think about but you're a long-term guest.    Your maid probably does at least five rooms in an hour, probably more.  My guess would be $20-30 a week depending on how much work she has to do and how nice the hotel is.. 
Logged
This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

Offline Crazy Horse

  • Army 0 Navy 34
  • Topic Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5602
  • Reputation: +265/-143
  • Sex, Booze and Bacon Minion
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #26 on: August 13, 2009, 05:48:59 PM »
Quote from: Schadenfreude on August 13, 2009, 04:45:11 PM
Back in the day, I was a maid at a dive motel. Now this was when I was 14-16 years old. I started at $1.85/hour, I kid you not.

Getting a cash tip happened once in a blue moon and it was always appreciated. But, what really made my day was when smokes or alcohol was left behind.... good times! I'll never forget the time we were drinking Schlitz and smoking Swisher Sweets down by the creek....  :evillaugh: Memories!

That seems more like it  :rotf:
Logged
Disclaimer
Any views, remarks or statements of other military services or it’s members is covered under the Inter-Service Rivalry Act of 1974

Offline USA4ME

  • Evil Capitalist
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 14835
  • Reputation: +2476/-76
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #27 on: August 13, 2009, 05:51:11 PM »
Instead of tipping, tell her you'll give her beauty tips and lessons on how to speak English.

.
Logged
Because third world peasant labor is a good thing.

Offline Schadenfreude

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8388
  • Reputation: +475/-78
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #28 on: August 13, 2009, 06:01:07 PM »
Quote from: Crazy Horse on August 13, 2009, 05:48:59 PM
That seems more like it  :rotf:

Very bad! Go to my room!
Logged
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.â€

Offline Lord Undies

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11388
  • Reputation: +639/-250
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #29 on: August 13, 2009, 06:18:32 PM »
Quote from: BEG on August 13, 2009, 05:13:51 PM
That was pretty lame by your standards Undies.

It is not me who has changed.  You're just too California Hip & With-It now to be amused by a simple Texas bumpkin like moi.

Quote
How you been feeling lately?

Like I went into respiratory failure and heart failure, died three times, got shocked back to life three times, stayed unconscious and on a respirator for over a week, had triple bypass open heart surgery, and like they removed and then used every blood vessel in my right leg to reattach my heart to my body.....so, over all, not too bad. 

I haven't had a cigarette since the 16th of July.  I will never smoke another cigarette again.  Now that's pain!    :p
Logged

Offline Toastedturningtidelegs

  • Holy Crap! Look at my
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3759
  • Reputation: +218/-69
  • OBAMA PHONE!
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #30 on: August 13, 2009, 06:43:21 PM »
Quote from: Schadenfreude on August 13, 2009, 04:45:11 PM
Back in the day, I was a maid at a dive motel. Now this was when I was 14-16 years old. I started at $1.85/hour, I kid you not.

Getting a cash tip happened once in a blue moon and it was always appreciated. But, what really made my day was when smokes or alcohol was left behind.... good times! I'll never forget the time we were drinking Schlitz and smoking Swisher Sweets down by the creek....  :evillaugh: Memories!
:lmao: A true Northern girl! :rotf: :cheersmate:
Logged
Call me "Asshole" One more time!

Offline BEG

  • "Mile Marker"
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 17277
  • Reputation: +1062/-301
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #31 on: August 13, 2009, 06:57:03 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on August 13, 2009, 06:18:32 PM
It is not me who has changed.  You're just too California Hip & With-It now to be amused by a simple Texas bumpkin like moi.

Like I went into respiratory failure and heart failure, died three times, got shocked back to life three times, stayed unconscious and on a respirator for over a week, had triple bypass open heart surgery, and like they removed and then used every blood vessel in my right leg to reattach my heart to my body.....so, over all, not too bad. 

I haven't had a cigarette since the 16th of July.  I will never smoke another cigarette again.  Now that's pain!    :p

When you say it all together like that it really is quite shocking.   I'm so glad you are alive...even if you are but a Texas bumkin.  :-*
Logged

Offline DixieBelle

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12143
  • Reputation: +512/-49
  • Still looking for my pony.....
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #32 on: August 13, 2009, 07:45:13 PM »
I would tip $20-30 per week if she's done a good job. I've never been in this situation but that sounds like a fair amount.

Undies, I'm floored! I knew what was going on but it is shocking (no pun intended) to read it like that! Man, I'm so glad you're too onerey (sp?) to pop your clogs.
Logged
I can see November 2 from my house!!!

Spread my work ethic, not my wealth.

Forget change, bring back common sense.
-------------------------------------------------

No, my friends, there’s only one really progressive idea. And that is the idea of legally limiting the power of the government. That one genuinely liberal, genuinely progressive idea — the Why in 1776, the How in 1787 — is what needs to be conserved. We need to conserve that fundamentally liberal idea. That is why we are conservatives. --Bill Whittle

Offline Schadenfreude

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8388
  • Reputation: +475/-78
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #33 on: August 13, 2009, 07:54:17 PM »
Quote from: BEG on August 13, 2009, 06:57:03 PM
When you say it all together like that it really is quite shocking.   I'm so glad you are alive...even if you are but a Texas bumkin.  :-*

Me too! Can you imagine NOT having undies around?
Logged
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.â€

Offline Chris_

  • Little Lebowski Urban Achiever
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 46845
  • Reputation: +2028/-266
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #34 on: August 13, 2009, 08:00:17 PM »
Quote from: Schadenfreude on August 13, 2009, 07:54:17 PM
Quote from: BEG on August 13, 2009, 06:57:03 PM
When you say it all together like that it really is quite shocking.   I'm so glad you are alive...even if you are but a Texas bumkin.  :-*
Me too! Can you imagine NOT having undies around?

Mmmmmmm.  Imagining Schade and BEG without undies around.   :drool: :naughty:
Logged
If you want to worship an orange pile of garbage with a reckless disregard for everything, get on down to Arbys & try our loaded curly fries.

Offline jtyangel

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 9116
  • Reputation: +497/-110
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #35 on: August 13, 2009, 08:02:00 PM »
Quote from: Schadenfreude on August 13, 2009, 07:54:17 PM
Me too! Can you imagine NOT having undies around?

I can imagine not having undies around, but I don't think that's what you meant.  :uhsure:


As for Undies, I'm really glad you fought your way through all that. Glad you are on the mend now, Undies.  :-*
Logged

Offline Schadenfreude

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8388
  • Reputation: +475/-78
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #36 on: August 13, 2009, 08:03:28 PM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on August 13, 2009, 08:00:17 PM
Me too! Can you imagine NOT having undies around?


Mmmmmmm.  Imagining Schade and BEG without undies around.   :drool: :naughty:

Is it any wonder I miss you guys when I am gone?  :evillaugh:
Logged
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.â€

Offline Schadenfreude

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8388
  • Reputation: +475/-78
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #37 on: August 13, 2009, 08:04:14 PM »
Quote from: jtyangel on August 13, 2009, 08:02:00 PM
I can imagine not having undies around, but I don't think that's what you meant.  :uhsure:


As for Undies, I'm really glad you fought your way through all that. Glad you are on the mend now, Undies.  :-*

... and again! ba-Da-boom!
Logged
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.â€

Offline Lord Undies

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11388
  • Reputation: +639/-250
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #38 on: August 13, 2009, 08:12:17 PM »
After I "woke up" and got off the ventilator, and before my bypass three days later, I was quite the attraction in the CCICU.  I was the Miracle Man.  I wasn't suppose to live through the first night and the three heart attacks (one being MASSIVE), so to be up and sharp as a tack a week later was a big crowd drawer.  Even the paramedics had to come around to see me for themselves.

I was on every prayer list and in every prayer circle between Antarctica an the Arctic Circle.  I didn't stand a chance at dying, really. 

 :innocent:
Logged

Offline BEG

  • "Mile Marker"
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 17277
  • Reputation: +1062/-301
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #39 on: August 13, 2009, 08:21:19 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on August 13, 2009, 08:12:17 PM
After I "woke up" and got off the ventilator, and before my bypass three days later, I was quite the attraction in the CCICU.  I was the Miracle Man.  I wasn't suppose to live through the first night and the three heart attacks (one being MASSIVE), so to be up and sharp as a tack a week later was a big crowd drawer.  Even the paramedics had to come around to see me for themselves.

I was on every prayer list and in every prayer circle between Antarctica an the Arctic Circle.  I didn't stand a chance at dying, really. 

 :innocent:

You are freaking amazing. 
Logged

Offline ReardenSteel

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3462
  • Reputation: +204/-18
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #40 on: August 13, 2009, 08:57:44 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on August 13, 2009, 08:12:17 PM
After I "woke up" and got off the ventilator, and before my bypass three days later, I was quite the attraction in the CCICU.  I was the Miracle Man.  I wasn't suppose to live through the first night and the three heart attacks (one being MASSIVE), so to be up and sharp as a tack a week later was a big crowd drawer.  Even the paramedics had to come around to see me for themselves.

I was on every prayer list and in every prayer circle between Antarctica an the Arctic Circle.  I didn't stand a chance at dying, really. 

 :innocent:

Wow. I've been away for a kinda long time and missed a bunch it seems. Glad you didn't need my prayers buddy as you had some love to spare. God bless anyway. fwiw my pop had triple bypass 15 years ago and is going strong. (even started smoking again the lovable knucklehead) Best to the fam and friends though.

Hi BEG. I tip $3 a night but never stayed anywhere a month before. I'm pretty tidy but I do grab up all the extra soaps and shampoo's and whatnots. Even the free stuff I can't identify. (what is con-dish-o-ner??!?!)
Logged
"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed."

- Ayn Rand
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=1826

Offline debk

  • Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12473
  • Reputation: +467/-58
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #41 on: August 13, 2009, 09:14:51 PM »
I would wait until the end....just in case you don't tip enough...you don't want to make them mad...they may "short sheet" the beds.

$1 per person per night is more than fair....especially since you have the "critters" there too, right.

You may want to give it to the manager so that it's split out to all that took care of your room. Otherwise, if there is more than one, which would be normal....someone could take all for themself and not share with those who shared the duties.
Logged
Just hand over the chocolate...back away slowly...far away....and you won't get hurt....

Save the Earth... it's the only planet with chocolate.

"My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far I've finished two bags of M&M's and a chocolate cake. I feel better already." – Dave Barry

A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands.

Offline Hawkgirl

  • Alpha Female
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4291
  • Reputation: +186/-73
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #42 on: August 13, 2009, 10:09:12 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on August 13, 2009, 08:12:17 PM
After I "woke up" and got off the ventilator, and before my bypass three days later, I was quite the attraction in the CCICU.  I was the Miracle Man.  I wasn't suppose to live through the first night and the three heart attacks (one being MASSIVE), so to be up and sharp as a tack a week later was a big crowd drawer.  Even the paramedics had to come around to see me for themselves.

I was on every prayer list and in every prayer circle between Antarctica an the Arctic Circle.  I didn't stand a chance at dying, really. 

 :innocent:

Prayer is a very powerful force.  I'm glad you are okay.
Logged

Offline Wineslob

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 14480
  • Reputation: +816/-193
  • Sucking the life out of Liberty
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #43 on: August 14, 2009, 02:50:50 PM »
Quote
Quote from: Lord Undies on August 13, 2009, 03:18:32 pm
It is not me who has changed.  You're just too California Hip & With-It now to be amused by a simple Texas bumpkin like moi.

Like I went into respiratory failure and heart failure, died three times, got shocked back to life three times, stayed unconscious and on a respirator for over a week, had triple bypass open heart surgery, and like they removed and then used every blood vessel in my right leg to reattach my heart to my body.....so, over all, not too bad. 

I haven't had a cigarette since the 16th of July.  I will never smoke another cigarette again.  Now that's pain!

I guess you won't be running around in speedos anymore?   







 :-)
Logged
“The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign governments must be reduced, if the nation doesn't want to go bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.”

        -- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 55 BC (106-43 BC)

The unobtainable is unknown at Zombo.com



"Practice random violence and senseless acts of brutality"

If you want a gender neutral bathroom, go pee in the forest.

Offline Thor

  • General Ne'er Do Well, Troublemaker & All Around Meanie!!
  • In Memoriam
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 13103
  • Reputation: +363/-297
  • Native Texan & US Navy (ret)
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #44 on: August 14, 2009, 03:17:18 PM »
Is there something wrong with being a Texas "bumpkin" ?!?!?!?!??
Logged
"The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation."- IBID

I AM your General Ne'er Do Well, Troublemaker & All Around Meanie!!

"Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated."-Thomas Jefferson

Offline Lord Undies

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11388
  • Reputation: +639/-250
Re: How much do you tip...
« Reply #45 on: August 14, 2009, 03:18:43 PM »
Quote from: Wineslob on August 14, 2009, 02:50:50 PM
I guess you won't be running around in speedos anymore?   


 :-)

I gave speedos up years ago after I got confused and once put the potato down the back.
Logged
Pages: 1 [2]   Go Up
« previous next »