Re: Tipping first?

Okay ;) Clint, I'm trying to save the whales too. I once worked in a very
uptight christian school as their accountant where another woman and I
substituted "banal" for "anal". That way, we could laugh and describe the
behavior that flourishes in school administrations in general and christian
schools in particular :) No offense intended to any Christians, I'm one
too.

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Shauna

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"clint" <bocarsm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Methinks you are being to "anal" CHILL, hon!
> "Shauna Johnstone" <shaunaj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> After I wrote this post, I searched Google and found a lot of old
>> comments on tipping. I didn't mean to start up an old controversy.
>>
>> This will be my 10th cruise, but my first on Celeb. I have always waited
>> till the end, and have seen all kinds of shenannigans with the tipping.
>> We also usually try to get to know our servers if possible during their
>> "off" times, (do they really have any?) and love meeting them. Anyway, I
>> just was thinking that it must be nerve wracking to work hard all week to
>> wonder whether you'll encounter the folk at the end that skip dinner on
>> the last night to avoid tipping, proclaim loudly as I have heard that the
>> cruiselines need to pay their help more, it's not the passengers'
>> problem, etc. I have met 2 different couples from Canada (this just HAS
>> to be a coincidence, it can't be a custom, can it?) that said that the
>> don't believe in tipping?
>>
>> Of course, to be honest, I do have a selfish motive, and that is to make
>> sure the server whoever it is knows that we are worth the work they are
>> doing, because we are tippers. (Is this bad?)
>>
>> I know in general, in America, it might be insulting, but I actually
>> thought it might be nice to pay them the standard tip up front, and then
>> give them something extra for exceptional service at the end if
>> warranted. That way they would know that we at least were not going to
>> stiff them. Of course there is a chance that we wouldn't get good
>> service, but it seems that these folks provide a lot of service and I
>> guess I'm not all that picky.
>>
>> BUT, perhaps this is less of a problem that I think?
>>
>> Anyway, just my thoughts.
>>
>> Shauna
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