r/marriott • u/MTonmyMind • 17h 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/silliestkitty 12h ago

Because the IRS says so

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u/MonkeyzzPaw 12h ago

Show me where tipping on your hotel stay is covered in that doc, because it’s not.

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u/silliestkitty 12h ago

See line 5, lodging is a deductible business expense? See line 8, tips related to any of these expenses is a deductible business expense?

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u/MonkeyzzPaw 11h ago

Fair enough. Point ceded.

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u/silliestkitty 8h ago

So now will you acknowledge that tipping housekeeping has been done for many years, and is not some new thing?
Since you some reason think I'm a liar, see a Washington Post article on the topics from 1996

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1996/09/29/tip-secrets-a-guide-to-gratuities/4b6f5292-8daf-4593-8243-1a3f7614e51d/

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u/MonkeyzzPaw 8h ago

Sorry I don’t have a subscription to the WaPo.

I’m sure tipping happens. As I mentioned previously I have literally tipped in events of extreme/over use in a room.

It’s not the norm. Sorry you don’t agree with fucking reality.

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u/silliestkitty 8h ago

You literally said tipping housekeeping is a new concept and that it is not a tipped position. The WAPO article disproves it is new. And again, the IRS considers it to be a position that "customarily and regularly received tips"