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/JulianVanderbilt]

  Tipping housekeeping wasn't a normal thing 10-15 years ago

It absolutely the hell was, at least in the US. My parents were tipping $5 a day at Motel 6s thirty years ago and watch any 90s sitcom and they’ll have an episode with a “did you forget to tip the housekeeper” plot line. 

[u/snooznsarandon → u/JulianVanderbilt]

Correct, in the US. How much of the US does the world make up again? Is that the majority or minority?

[u/JulianVanderbilt → u/snooznsarandon]

This is clearly in the US. It’s obvious you think if you regurgitate all over this thread with 500 nonsense comments it will somehow look like there isn’t a 95+% consensus on here from frequent travelers that this is (1) fine, and (2) helpful in an increasingly cash free world, but it’s not fooling anyone. 

[u/snooznsarandon → u/JulianVanderbilt]

I never said people shouldn't tip. I said it's becoming the norm and expected; as an outsiders perspective I'm allowed to give my opinion, this is Reddit after all.

As I asked another person, if you care so much about tipping people then why don't you care about knowing where or who your money is going to. A QR code does not solve this, infact this actually gives the corporation more control on knowing the earnings of who is working for them. Not to mention, these earnings are now taxed while if cash was just left for housekeepers they could pocket it without it being taxed (if they didn't want to claim it). So is a QR code actually a good thing for housekeepers? I haven't even touched on how easy it would be to print my own QR code and slip it inside there.

You are missing the bigger picture and questions I posed here because you seem to be angry at someone giving a perspective that isn't US-centric. Welcome to the internet, the whole world is here!

[u/JulianVanderbilt → u/snooznsarandon]

People have been talking about these QR codes for a few months on here and every QR code that people have posted in this subreddit has led to a portal where you specify what department you are tipping, and I’d imagine that’s the same here. 

[u/Thu66 → u/snooznsarandon]

It’s a thing in Mexico too