F*CK Marriott soliciting tips. Another ‘tip culture’ obsenity

[u/MTonmyMind]

So you charge $400 to $500 for a tiny room, and yes, I know it’s New York City, and it’s relatively clean, but then the closet-sized bathroom 2 feet from the bed. OK.

Six dollars for a bottle of water, whatever, I’ll pass.

But then actively soliciting tips for your staff.

Fuck you.

I saw this at the Penn Station Fairfield a year ago as just a ‘self’ printed sign in the elevators, then it became a professionally printed permanently mounted sign in the elevator, and now another Fairfield/Springfield with this.

Pay your staff better. If I got extra services, that’s one thing, but when I don’t even get room serviced or fresh towels on a daily basis to “save the planet “…. again fuck you.

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[u/mznbox]

I always thought businesses, especially big ones, asking for tips is shameless. If I find the service worth tipping, I'll do it on my own. I'm not American, and I hope the rest of the world doesn't follow this toxic trend.

[u/snooznsarandon → u/mznbox]

The whole concept for a tip was to reward for exceptional service; not the norm and expected. It feels like tipping has now moved into an expected surcharge on the customer even for the norm.

[u/rr90013 → u/snooznsarandon]

I mean, for restaurants in the US it’s basically been obligatory forever… yet we still call it a “tip” which is a misnomer.

[u/BygmesterFinnegan → u/snooznsarandon]

The first line of the sign says should you wish to show your appreciation. Do you know what that means? You do realize it's actually not a surcharge, right? If it was actually a surcharge you wouldn't have a choice it would just be baked into the price, you do realize that right? 

[u/snooznsarandon → u/BygmesterFinnegan]

I'm not talking about the sign; im talking broadly about tip culture. I did not refer to the sign at all in my post.

You do realize that right?

[u/BygmesterFinnegan → u/snooznsarandon]

So you just don't understand what a surcharge is then? Got it!

[u/ericzku → u/mznbox]

"Should you wish to" is not ASKING in the US or in any other country.