You must be rich. I choose a service based on what I can afford. I often choose services based on whether I have to tip or not.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel great when everyone is paid a living wage.

I was about to say this. No one else find this post super icky and self-congratulatory?

OP here. You know what I, personally, can't do? Guarantee everyone a living wage.

Here's what I CAN do:
1) Vote in ways I feel is consistent with my social values.
2) Advocate for policies I feel are consistent with my social values.
3) Create jobs in my organization (CHECK)
4) Tip well when and where I can
5) Start feel-good threads

I've done good in the ways that I have the capacity to do good today. Have you?

Omg you’re insufferable.

No, she or he is quite entirely correct.

If you do not want to tip, eat at home, do not stay at hotels, and carry your own luggage. Saying that people should be paid a living wage and thus you’re off the hook is too often a cover for contempt for “menial” workers.

This post is piggy backing off of the debate over whether you tip hotel maids and how much, which is not intuitive to many folks, hence not commonly done. Also not all tipping involves bringing somebody up to minimum wage as it does with the restaurant industry. When folks use the living wage argument, they do so inconsistently, such as for the hotel maid but not their grocery cashier, etc. Ultimately this ends up with posts shaming those who are more discretionary with tips or can't afford to tip excessively beyond basic norms (i.e. restaurant servers). The post is passive aggressively judgmental.

I used to clean hotel rooms. The tips were always appreciated. But what I noticed is that the "best" (not most amount, but best in spirit) tips were ones that were left with simple little notes. "Thank you," or "Thanks and Merry Christmas."

The nicest note was a $5 bill with a simple "For housekeeping--thank you" from an adult and a drawing of flowers and "thank you for cleaning our room" from a child.

I like this thread. Had a long day at work, head is splitting from an allergy or cold headache, and I have two young kids - so wondering why some of you are such pills.

Anonymous wrote:The year after my dad died, I went to a restaurant on his birthday. I tipped the amount of his age, $67, and the cashier ran after me to see if it was a mistake. She was very grateful. This was at a Cracker Barrel in the south, and I have no doubt she worked her tail off for not much money.

That is so sweet! I am going to remember this.

The year after my dad died, I went to a restaurant on his birthday. I tipped the amount of his age, $67, and the cashier ran after me to see if it was a mistake. She was very grateful. This was at a Cracker Barrel in the south, and I have no doubt she worked her tail off for not much money.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel great when everyone is paid a living wage.

I was about to say this. No one else find this post super icky and self-congratulatory?

OP here. You know what I, personally, can't do? Guarantee everyone a living wage.

Here's what I CAN do:
1) Vote in ways I feel is consistent with my social values.
2) Advocate for policies I feel are consistent with my social values.
3) Create jobs in my organization (CHECK)
4) Tip well when and where I can
5) Start feel-good threads

I've done good in the ways that I have the capacity to do good today. Have you?

Omg you’re insufferable.

No, she or he is quite entirely correct.

If you do not want to tip, eat at home, do not stay at hotels, and carry your own luggage. Saying that people should be paid a living wage and thus you’re off the hook is too often a cover for contempt for “menial” workers.

You people who think that you don't gain something from doing good are delusional.

Even if you donate to a charity anonymously, you do so, in part, because it makes you feel good.

So what? What's wrong with doing something, in part, because it makes you feel good? Don't tell me people don't go to church, help their neighbor, or volunteer *in part* because it makes them feel good. Do good, feel good, great! Why not?

I guess some of us are just honest about the fact that feeling good is a nice part of donating, tipping, volunteering, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel great when everyone is paid a living wage.

I was about to say this. No one else find this post super icky and self-congratulatory?

OP here. You know what I, personally, can't do? Guarantee everyone a living wage.

Here's what I CAN do:
1) Vote in ways I feel is consistent with my social values.
2) Advocate for policies I feel are consistent with my social values.
3) Create jobs in my organization (CHECK)
4) Tip well when and where I can
5) Start feel-good threads

I've done good in the ways that I have the capacity to do good today. Have you?

Omg you’re insufferable.

So...no, then.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel great when everyone is paid a living wage.

I was about to say this. No one else find this post super icky and self-congratulatory?

+100

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel great when everyone is paid a living wage.

I was about to say this. No one else find this post super icky and self-congratulatory?

Nope. Just the self righteous people do.

Uh, or the reverse?

No. Not the reverse.

Yeah takes a special kind of jerk to be smug about *not* being generous like “voting for Bernie was ur tip ur welcome”

Or we do it quietly without starting threads about how great it is for US to do good.

You just won’t get it. Hope your arm doesn’t hurt from patting yourself on the back so hard.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel great when everyone is paid a living wage.

I was about to say this. No one else find this post super icky and self-congratulatory?

OP here. You know what I, personally, can't do? Guarantee everyone a living wage.

Here's what I CAN do:
1) Vote in ways I feel is consistent with my social values.
2) Advocate for policies I feel are consistent with my social values.
3) Create jobs in my organization (CHECK)
4) Tip well when and where I can
5) Start feel-good threads

I've done good in the ways that I have the capacity to do good today. Have you?

Omg you’re insufferable.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel great when everyone is paid a living wage.

I was about to say this. No one else find this post super icky and self-congratulatory?

Nope. Just the self righteous people do.

Uh, or the reverse?

No. Not the reverse.

Yeah takes a special kind of jerk to be smug about *not* being generous like “voting for Bernie was ur tip ur welcome”

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel great when everyone is paid a living wage.

I was about to say this. No one else find this post super icky and self-congratulatory?

Nope. Just the self righteous people do.

Uh, or the reverse?

No. Not the reverse.

When I worked at Ann Taylor, I got a nice coupon on top of the employee discount/even on top of sale items and employee discount, whenever someone complimented me to my manager or wrote something nice about me online.

Knowing that, I always make sure to compliment someone who has done a great job to a manager or write a nice online review; I'm hoping they get some recognition or incentive.