FOA People who have been states side

[Dave the OAP]

Tipping!


When you went , what was the policy re tipping ...is it expected? Is it 10% or something like that.


when filling in a booking form, there is an option to have Gratuity free trip, £36 each for 7 days.

Does this sound unreasonable

 

[Starry]

depends what the service is you would be tipping for i guess. food? hair cut? cleaning? driving?

i dont tip. i expect good service as standard not something i should have to reward as extra. and yes i know about the poor waitreses earning four dollars an hour, but eh. you work in a restaurant, your job is to get my food to my table. if you worked in a hospital and i was expecting food on my table then maybe. but ugh.

i have awful memories of our pre season there a few years ago, yorkshire men, short arsms, long pockets. it was not pretty.

 

[Scotty Mac]

i only tip if the person providing the service is a fit women or has done something extraordinary to make me laugh

 

[Dave the OAP]

the thing is , its an american boat, therefore you are almost a captive audience. I just dont want to pay the supplement and then still be made to feel giulty as if you should be tipping them.....or feeling miffed that you have received shite service

 

[Easy 10]

i dont tip. i expect good service as standard not something i should have to reward as extra. and yes i know about the poor waitreses earning four dollars an hour, but eh. you work in a restaurant, your job is to get my food to my table. if you worked in a hospital and i was expecting food on my table then maybe. but ugh.

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

We've just returned home after a month or so away and spent 2 weeks of it on an American Cruise ship. We paid something like £110-120 upfront (between us) for gratuities so your £36 each for 7 days looks about right to me.

 

[Dave the OAP]

We've just returned home after a month or so away and spent 2 weeks of it on an American Cruise ship. We paid something like £110-120 upfront (between us) for gratuities so your £36 each for 7 days looks about right to me.

which one did you go on?

 

[Easy 10]

NICE GUY EDDIE
Okay, everybody cough up green for
the little lady.

Everybody whips out a buck, and throws it on the table.
Everybody, that is, except Mr. White.

NICE GUY EDDIE
C'mon, throw in a buck.

MR. WHITE
Uh-uh. I don't tip.

NICE GUY EDDIE
Whaddaya mean you don't tip?


MR. WHITE
I don't believe in it.


NICE GUY EDDIE
You don't believe in tipping?


MR. PINK
(laughing)
I love this kid, he's a madman,
this guy.


MR. BLONDE
Do you have any idea what these
ladies make? They make shit.


MR. WHITE
Don't give me that. She don't
make enough money, she can quit.



Everybody laughs.

NICE GUY EDDIE
I don't even know a Jew who'd have
the balls to say that. So let's
get this straight. You never ever
tip?


MR. WHITE
I don't tip because society says I
gotta. I tip when somebody
deserves a tip. When somebody
really puts forth an effort, they
deserve a little something extra.
But this tipping automatically,
that shit's for the birds. As far
as I'm concerned, they're just
doin their job.


MR. BLUE
Our girl was nice.


MR. WHITE
Our girl was okay. She didn't do
anything special.


MR. BLONDE
What's something special, take ya
in the kitchen and suck your dick?



They all laugh.

NICE GUY EDDIE
I'd go over twelve percent for
that.


MR. WRITE
Look, I ordered coffee. Now we've
been here a long fuckin time, and
she's only filled my cup three
times. When I order coffee, I
want it filled six times.


MR. BLONDE
What if she's too busy?


MR. WHITE
The words "too busy" shouldn't be
in a waitress's vocabulary.


NICE GUY EDDIE
Excuse me, Mr. White, but the last
thing you need is another cup of
coffee.



They all laugh.

MR. WHITE
These ladies aren't starvin to
death. They make minimum wage.
When I worked for minimum wage, I
wasn't lucky enough to have a job
that society deemed tipworthy.


NICE GUY EDDIE
Ahh, now we're getting down to it.
It's not just that he's a cheap
bastard--


MR. ORANGE
--It is that too--


NICE GUY EDDIE
--It is that too. But it's also
he couldn't get a waiter job. You
talk like a pissed off dishwasher:
"f*** those ****s and their
f***ing tips."


MR. BLONDE
So you don't care that they're
counting on your tip to live?



Mr. White rubs two of his fingers together.

MR. WHITE
Do you know what this is? It's
the world's smallest violin,
playing just for the waitresses.


MR. BLONDE
You don't have any idea what
you're talking about. These
people bust their ass. This
is a hard job.


MR. WHITE
So's working at McDonald's, but
you don't feel the need to tip
them. They're servin ya food, you
should tip em. But no, society
says tip these guys over here, but
not those guys over there. That's
bullshit.


MR. ORANGE
They work harder than the kids at
McDonald's.


MR. WHITE
Oh yeah, I don't see them cleaning
fryers.


MR. BROWN
These people are taxed on the tips
they make. When you stiff 'em,
you cost them money.


MR. BLONDE
Waitressing is the number one
occupation for female non-college
graduates in this country. It's
the one jab basically any woman
can get, and make a living on.
The reason is because of tips.


MR. WHITE
f*** all that.



They all laugh.

MR. WHITE
Hey, I'm very sorry that the
government taxes their tips.
That's f***ed up. But that ain't
my fault. it would appear that
waitresses are just one of the
many groups the government fucks
in the ass on a regular basis.
You show me a paper says the
government shouldn't do that, I'll
sign it. Put it to a vote, I'll
vote for it. But what I won't do
is play ball. And this non-
college bullshit you're telling
me, I got two words for that:
"Learn to fuckin type." Cause if
you're expecting me to help out
with the rent, you're in for a big
fuckin surprise.


MR. ORANGE
He's convinced me. Give me my
dollar back.



Everybody laughs. Joe's comes back to the table.

JOE
Okay ramblers, let's get to
rambling. Wait a minute, who
didn't throw in?


MR. ORANGE
Mr. White.


JOE
(to Mr. Orange)
Mr. White?
(to Mr. White)
Why?


MR. ORANGE
He don't tip.


JOE
(to Mr. Orange)
He don't tip?
(to Mr. White)
You don't tip? Why?


MR. ORANGE
He don't believe in it.


JOE
(to Mr. Orange)
He don't believe in it?
(to Mr. White)
You don't believe in it?


MR. ORANGE
Nope.


JOE
(to Mr. Orange)
Shut up!
(to Mr. White)
Cough up the buck, ya cheap
bastard, I paid for your goddamn
breakfast.


MR. WHITE
Because you paid for the
breakfast, I'm gonna tip.
Normally I wouldn't.


JOE
Whatever. Just throw in your
dollar, and let's move.
(to Mr. Blonde)
See what I'm dealing with here.
Infants. I'm fuckin dealin with
infants.



In my top three films of ALL TIME

(except I've just noticed the site I pasted this from is saying it was Mr White that don't tip - when everyone knows it was PINK.

 

[Cian]

Is this another cryptic way of DtG telling us about his holiday?

 

[Starry]

mine too, easy. mine too.

and dtg - how would tipping up front work? do you get a label or something otherwise how would your waitress know you had paid up front? that would surely give them free reign to be sloppy.
where are you cruising?

 

[Frutos]

Is this another cryptic way of DtG telling us about his holiday?

Yes, yes it is.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Is this another cryptic way of DtG telling us about his holiday?

Not at all I was asking for people's views on tipping.

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

which one did you go on?

"Mercury" - Celebrity Cruises.

Sydney/Melbourne/Hobart/Milford Sound/Dunedin/Christchurch/Wellington/ Tarangua/Auckland.

 

[Dave the OAP]

mine too, easy. mine too.

and dtg - how would tipping up front work? do you get a label or something otherwise how would your waitress know you had paid up front? that would surely give them free reign to be sloppy.
where are you cruising?

I'll PM you save the BINFEST by the usual wankers

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Really hate that thing where you check into a hotel 'states side' and you just go to lug your pathetically light overnight bag to your room and there's some big bloke there with big mournful eyes wanting to carry it to your room for you just they can get tipped up to something approaching a living wage. Sorry mate, but I STILL can't go for that, don't care HOW little you earn. Get it off your employer. Kill him if necessary, but leave me out of it.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

You better be taking me to America too!

 

[Nibble]

Unless you are tipping a lot of money, big bucks, you won't get better service anyway.

Also don't agree with that pre-tipping. Lets just wait and see if the equal opportunities staff can get the job done right before we start handing out money willy nilly shall we?

 

[Cian]

Not at all I was asking for people's views on tipping.

And I was taking the piss, as the jester sign would have suggested...

 

[Fred Oliver - Legend]

Foa??

 

[Easy 10]

Bless you.