Originally Posted By retlawfan <<But, WHY?>> To say Thank you. How hard is that to figure out? Don't you ever say Thank you? <<If the employees think they deserve more money than their basic wage provides, they should either get a second job, or find work in another profession!>> A tip has nothing to do with what the employee THINKS they deserve, it is a way of saying thanks directly from the customer. Do you think the wait staff and housekeepers don't deserve thanks from the customers?
Originally Posted By jdub >>A tip has nothing to do with what the employee THINKS they deserve, it is a way of saying thanks directly from the customer.<< And my point was that the employer needs to "say thanks" directly, to pay the employees what they are worth, & what they were promised. It seems right now that the employees are asking us to thank them directly by giving our business to the hotels that ARE continuing to hold up their end of the bargain. Doing it in a "distasteful" way is what they know they need to do to get peoples' attention.
Originally Posted By retlawfan <<<<I try to leave a very decent tip>> But, WHY? If the employees think they deserve more money than their basic wage provides, they should either get a second job, or find work in another profession!>> Isn't this what you posted? It says nothing about employers saying thanks. It only mentions what employees should do if they think they deserve more. MY post was that "I" tip whenever I can. "I" understand that it is an appropriate way to say Thanks from the CUSTOMER'S point of view.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Should be said that those of us who believe strongly in tipping to say "thank you" for good service would continue tipping even if the recipients were being paid more by their employers. It's apples and oranges. And... If those picketers disrupted my sleep, I'd call 311 and report the disturbance. I ain't THAT nice. ;-)
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes I tip and I tip big, and I encourage all of you to do the same.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^Ditto, Schmitty. Mr. Alice and I are a tip-reliant family (most here know that he's a casino dealer). We make a point to be as generous to others as we hope they would be towards him.
Originally Posted By retlawfan <<Should be said that those of us who believe strongly in tipping to say "thank you" for good service would continue tipping even if the recipients were being paid more by their employers.>> Exactly. I tip to say thank you from ME. It has nothing to do with what the employees are being paid by their employer. That is between them.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins I'm with you on the thank you thing, but I don't see why it can't, in this case, mean thank you AND I think you should be better compensated. Of course, if they went out on strike the proper way to show you think they should be more fairly compensated is to not patronize the establishment. Would that mean just not to stay at the hotel, or horrors, would it mean to avoid the entire DLR?
Originally Posted By jdub >>Of course, if they went out on strike the proper way to show you think they should be more fairly compensated is to not patronize the establishment. << Yes, exactly.
Originally Posted By retlawfan I'm curious, are all of you who are supporting the union protest going to boycott Disneyland until Disney caves on the demands of the Union?
Originally Posted By mawnck I don't think anyone on here has expressed support for this particular union.
Originally Posted By retlawfan There has been A LOT of support for the union and it's members, just not it's leadership. So, if people really do support them, I am still wondering if they will support the members by boycotting Disneyland until this is resolved.
Originally Posted By frailejon >> There has been A LOT of support for the union and it's members, just not it's leadership. << Some of have been saying we sympathize with what the Union and its members want, but I don't believe that sympathize=supports.
