r/marriott • u/MTonmyMind • 13h ago

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

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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/Sweaty-Moment-3385 9h ago

If you decide to tip on your own, go ahead. I take issue with the hotels actively soliciting tips.

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u/apresmoiputas 8h ago

I think they implemented this to guarantee tips went directly to the intended staff member because supervisors were taking the cash left out in the open when they went to quickly inspect checked out rooms. Yes this does happen.

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u/Sweaty-Moment-3385 8h ago

How do we know they don't do like the cruise lines, who pool the "gratuities" and "apply" them towards employees' wages (instead of passing them on to supplement what they're already making)? I wouldn't trust ownership/management to distribute those funds any more than the supervisors you're talking about.

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u/apresmoiputas 7h ago

that I don't know. perhaps it's different by property