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Re: Tipping Experiment on NCL: Don't Bother, Service Will Be Mediocre Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2008 21:42:15 EDT



Brian K wrote:
> On 5/12/2008 4:26 PM Harry Cooper plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger
> and said:
>
>> "J Carnaghie" wrote in message
>> news:ax0Wj.17968$Au2.17942@trnddc07...
>>
>>SNIP
>>>
>>> Dear Dale,
>>> I think you have "hit it on the head" with your comments
>>> regarding "not displease the customer" view. That, along with the
>>> lack of opportunity to get to know the customers (and vice versa)
>>> leads to a lot of mechanical service.
>>> We take $2 bills and use them for tips for special services. For
>>> some reason they are much better remembered than $5's.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Well done with the $2 bills, I have been using them for many years and
>> they are always noticed. I also have used half dollar coins with
>> similar results, sometimes two or three of them, instead of ones or
>> twos. I don't use them to be stingy very often, rather when I might
>> want service again.
>>
>> Harry Cooper
>>
>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> John in LALALand (On the Left Coast)
>>>
>>>
>
> I wonder what else you may be saying. You know, "Queer as a 2 dollar
> bill." ;-)
>
I always thought it was the $3 bill that was
"strange."
Cheers,
John in LALALand ()n the Left Coast)