maleficent

I was reading the room service menu last night...

If I wanted a burger for dinner, the burger would cost me 14.00. In addition to that is a 2.00 delivery charge, in addition to that is an 18 percent gratuity added in automatically. That gratuity DOES NOT go to the waiter, it goes to the hotel. So now if I want ot tip the waiter, and I generally would, I'd add on 3 bucks to give something to the waiter.

Now my burger that I ordered has not cost me 21.52, for a burger that I can walk across the street and get one at another restaurant for 1/2 the price. Tipping has gotten to be excessive.

I'm sick of the hands out where ever I go, I leave the hotel, and the doorman hails a cab for me, it's expected practice to give him a buck or two for something I can do myself, if he puts my suitcase into the cab for me, again something Ic an do myself, a tip is expected. I get in the cab, and he takes me where I want to go, I pay my fare, and a tip is expected. When I go into Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts, the tip jar is out, where does this practice end? Lately I'm expecting to see the tip jar on the counter of the grocery store or clothing stores, because those poor people are barely paid enough to live, so the rest of us shouldmake up for it.

It's not up to me to subsidize people's salaries.

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