So....you're a tight ass. okay. Cut the fancy explanation, stiff the poor girls. Me? I pay for a service. If they are good I give 'em more. I always tip at the bar, does wonders for service. Last month
I had a bartender summon a host. The comp I was given was partially based on the good report from the bartender. Besides, it's just a few bucks. I'm a teacher, noone tips me - I could use that as an excuse to stiff 'em, but I don't. I appreciate good service - and huge boobs on the cocktail gals!
JW
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--- On Sun, 6/28/09, Tom Robertson <madameguyon@embarqmail.com> wrote:
From: Tom Robertson <madameguyon@embarqmail.com>
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Re: Top Ten Casino Annoyances...
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 9:23 AM
>There's a difference between
ordering a $1 or $2 drink at a soda fountain and having
someone serve it to you, and ordering a drink from someone
who has to walk back to the bar, and then carry it out to
you wherever you are in the casino (with the hope that you
haven't decided to move or leave in the time it takes to get
back) -- having something brought to you in the middle of
the casino should be rewarded by the value to you of not
having to go somewhere to get a drink yourself (ignoring
that if you went yourself, you'd probably also need to pay
for it). To me, that's worth $1.Does that mean that when you order a drink at a bar, you
don't tip?>Personally, I don't even carry change anymore, so $1 is
always my minimum tip for most anything.
>
>I know the cocktail waitresses often carry a large tray
of drinks, but I would be amazed if any of them can serve 50
customers per hour -- if they can do that, they deserve the
high income, because they are at the top of their
field. And don't forget the large number of patrons
who don't understand tipping at all and therefore don't tip
at all (many of them have posted on this list), probably
because they've never spent a day working in a service job
that pays less than minimum wage and depends on tips, and
even if they have, probably have not relied on such a job to
pay their rent and feed their family.There are billions of people who need money more than
anyone who has a
job in the United States. My impression is that the
non-tippers
aren't that much of a problem. I don't watch very
carefully, but
almost everyone I see order a drink tips at least $1.
I think the
bottom line of my aversion to tipping is that I associate
it with
corruption. Just as a politician who buys votes to
get elected does,
tippers are trying to buy special service which is
extraneous to the
business agreement they've made. They've caused what
is represented
as optional to be regarded as obligatory, which motivates
casino
employees to betray their employers by providing better
service to
tippers than to non-tippers. If cocktail waitresses
will starve
without tips, maybe casinos should pay them more, charge
for drinks,
and discourage, if not ban, tipping. If cocktail
waitresses are
actually independent contractors, they shouldn't be
represented as
employees of the casino. It's the duplicity that I
object to.>Note: none of this means that teachers are
adequately paid; they are not. Firemen are more
difficult to judge -- on the one hand, they spend a lot of
their time waiting for something to happen, and on the other
hand, when something does happen, the service they then
provide is so valuable that it's almost meaningless to
assign a figure to it.I believe that people who risk their lives for others for
either
idealistic motives or because they are legally required to
do so, such
as soldiers and firefighters, should get paid as if they
were purely
mercenary. It's generally felt that society owes such
people. Why
not pay the debt?>On the other hand, any VP players that are making
$10-20 per hour - or more - for what in fact is a pretty
straightforward "skill" are probably overpaid. Unless,
of course, you recall (and I certainly do!!!) the amount of
capital they need to "invest" in order to be able to
exercise that skill, and the risk involved in that
investment; then, that too becomes reasonable compensation
for what they do.
>
>--BG
>
>================For what and by whom should a professional gambler be
compensated?------------------------------------
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