Why You Should Tip More Than You Do Now
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For most of my life, Im ashamed to admit, I didnt leave a tip for the housekeeper in the hotels in which I stayed. My wife always did, but I somehow didnt pay attention. Only recently did I wake up to just how little these folks earn and how exhausting their jobs typically are.
Any person who puts in an honest days work ought to be paid a living wage. The average pay for a housekeeper runs $7 to $9 an hour, according to Glassdoor.
Thats not a living wage. Even working 40 hours a week, the average housekeepers annual income falls below the federal poverty line of $23,850 for a family of four. The same is true for millions of retail and food service workers and others in a range of low-end jobs.
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Small gestures can make a cumulative big difference. Take an average housekeeper who earns $9 an hour before taxes. If 10 guests each left that housekeeper a $5 tip, her earnings (and it is usually a woman) would increase by more than 50 percent, or significantly above the poverty line for full-time work.
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http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/07/11/why-you-should-tip-more-than-you-do-now/
Squinch
(50,949 posts)Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)you did leave tips for housekeeping. Is there some standard for how you leave such a tip? Do you have to leave a note that it is for housekeeping? Do you just leave it on the bed, or a desk? Do you just leave it when you check out?
Teamster Jeff
(1,598 posts)When I checkout I leave tips for housekeeping in my room on the desk with the TV channel changer on top of it so it is obvious that it was left behind intentionally as a tip.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)tech3149
(4,452 posts)As a rule I generally tipped about $5 a day. I found over the years that the more expensive and exclusive the diggs the worse that housekeeping was treated. In those situations, I tended to be more generous.
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)n/t
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)I'm always hoping others will, too.
kickysnana
(3,908 posts)I am a senior on a very low fixed income. I just cannot afford to tip more than what is reasonable ie more than 15% for very good service. Since the rich folks don't tip and don't read this blog perhaps you are shooting off your foot here. Just sayin.
I have stopped patronizing sit down restaurants, using skycaps, etc BECAUSE of this ongoing campaign probably 10 years now.
I support adequate pay for work done. Tips can be lucrative but usually they are not. I hate that tax people and employers can count it as part of compensation when it is not monitored nor guaranteed. For that reason I used to be on the edge of not going to places where employees need tips to survive.
But this campaign, now several years old cinched it for me. No patronage. No tips. No guilt.
Is that what you want? I am not alone according to the seniors in my building. Nobody here is cheap, but they do use their money to make statements and we are. Do you hear us?