On Sep 6, 12:52 am, Brian K wrote:
> On 9/5/2007 2:51 PM Jay exclaimed:
>
> > On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:19:24 -0400, Brian K
> > wrote:
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> >> What about hotels and restaurants? Tipping is customary there, as well
> >> as beauty salons, bartenders in clubs and bars, the Sky Cap who checks
> >> in your luggage, the shoeshine person, paper delivery, Pizza delivery,
> >> Chinese or other food delivery....and many more. It is ingrained in our
> >> culture for most service positions. It's not going to change soon.
>
> > Employees work for, and are paid by, their employers. They don't work
> > for me, and I am not responsible for paying their wages. I pay their
> > employer for a product or a service, and their employer pays them to
> > provide me with the product or service.
>
> > Pizza Hut charges extra for delivery service, so why should I also pay
> > (tip) the delivery person? Pizza Hut collects a delivery fee from me,
> > and it's up to them to pass that along to the delivery person.
>
> > If service people aren't being paid fairly by their employers, that's
> > their problem, not mine. Perhaps they should reconsider their career
> > choice.
>
> >> By
> >> not tipping all you accomplish is being remembered negatively by a
> >> service person.
>
> > I'll get over it.
>
> Pizza Hut is not real pizza. You have my deepest sympathy for your choice.
ROTFL...thanks for the chuckle, Brian. Way to get my morning going. I
was kinda thinking the same thing. As far as pizza goes, we're pretty
lucky to be living in the geographical region that we do, as far as
that food product goes (bagels, too). For many folks, PH is the only
option...that's why there are so many raves for cruise "pizza".
Lee
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