Posted on 01/07/2009 9:58:14 AM PST by ex-Texan
Maids get paid from tips or an hourly wage?
I dunno. I've left $5 or more, depending upon where and how long I stayed. After watching a supervisor go through the rooms first and siphon off any tips, I made a point, when I saw the girls in the hallway, to tip them then and there.
I usually tip the hotel maids $5-1$10 per day, and the skycap guy at the airport $5 per bag. Maybe it differs on the area in question.
Well, just wait the SEIU will be moving in to organize the topless wait staff, right after they finish with the day care workers and the landscape workers.
I Like It!
I leave my hairdresser 15 per cent except at Christmas, when I give her ten bucks.
ignore the nature of the establishment for a moment Freepers and appreciate the intellectual victory we have in this illustrious (cough, cough) publication:
They are acknowledging that ‘trickle down economics’ not only is true but that it WORKS! This is exactly what Reagan said and exactly what Milton Friedman proved.
When rich people stop going to restaurants or to strip clubs, the non-rich who work at those places don’t make as much money and they are economically harmed. End of story. Like gravity, this is a law of economics which is provable.
“””I’m not even grossing $60K annually, but am expected to subsidize the pensions and salaries of teachers and govenment employees that put in far fewer hours, take far fewer risks and have far fewer skills for far more money. I, and a lot of other workers in private industry just like me, are getting tired of it. “””
That always burns me also- I pay taxes to people that enjoy a better lifestyle than I do.
Looking on the bright side if the economy goes down there will be a possible leveling readjustment
We are all toast anyway
[cue Weezer]
“When I was younger
“I used to tip strippers for fun, yeah
“Actually I didn’t do that
“’Cause I didn’t want the stripper to be sad...”
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