I work at Ballys Park Place as a valet driver. Sometimes I’m called to provide assistance in Self-Park to give jump starts to dead batteries, or fix flat tires.
Last night I am called upon to fix a flat. I took me about a half an hour to do. Whe I was finished the guy says, “It’s fixed now? Good.” No tip…no thanks…nothing. :mad:
“HEY” I says, “I just did WORK for you. I could’ve been making money instead of helping you out of your jam. It would cost you fifty bucks for a tow truck!”
“Hey, your casino took all my money…all I got is a credit card for gas and E-Z Pass for the tolls. The least you could do is comp me a tire change.”
"We didn’t take your money…you GAVE it to us. Goodby, sir" .
Um, no offense intended but is this part of your job description? If so, how can you get pissed off because some guy didn’t tip you for doing your job?
OK, so if it isn’t part of your job then you were just doing it to be nice? If so, then why even bother trying ot get something out of the guy afterward. Either help someone out of the goodness of your heart or don’t them at all. Don’t expect to be compensated everytime you do a stranger a favor.
Well, while i would not have confronted the guy over the issue, i still would have been pissed if he didn’t tip me.
Amp, i see that you live in Florida which (despite the 2000 election :)) is still considered part of the United States. And in the United States, tipping is standard practice in many service industries. Serving food is part of a waiter’s job description, but he or she still reasonably expects to be tipped for carrying it out. Ditto doorpeople, concierges, taxi drivers, hairdressers, etc., etc.
It also applies to valet drivers like Enola Straight. And, as he correctly pointed out, the time he spent changing the guy’s tyre was time when he was unable to earn tips by doing his proper job. It’s not E.S.'s fault that the dimwit lost all his moeny in the casino.
My rule of thumb for any of these services is: if you don’t want to tip, or can’t afford to, then don’t use the service.
At first read, I was going to agree with Amp and In Conceivable with a “What nerve to actually confront a customer about not tipping” - but then I re-read the post.
At the very least, it’s simply good manners to toss a hearty Thank You to someone who has performed a service for you (paid or not, job requirement or not). That’s just wrong.
However, you didn’t win a lot of sympathy by informing the Dopers that you got snippy (to quote In Conceivable) with the guy.
BTW, if you’re looking for sympathy, it’s in the dictionary between Shit & Syphillis (so says my little-old-gray-haired-Mama).
In response to Amp, Casino patrons often expect and are usually given the best of service. Doing these kinds of things is something the Casinos encourage, and this is a particularly nice act. The Customer was less than thankful about it.
Yes, it’s true that casino’s are generally in the “people pampering” business, and there are those jolly soles who take full advantage, getting their little egos inflated in the process, and then put on the “wait-on-me-I’ve-got-a-dollar-up-my-ass” airs that let you know they were raised by rhinos in the veldt.
The rest of us, however, were raised with better manners, and will even say thank-you to the person who is paid/job-required to serve us. That’s what keeps the world a semi-pleasant place to live.
I’m a heavy tipper (my bartenders LOVE me), so I find it discomforting when I don’t have any cash with which to tip, and will inform the party I wished to tip of that, with sincere apologies. That’s probably my bad, but it has helped to soothe potentially ruffled feathers or ease the discontent factor a little.
Wow, got a little lost in the woods on that last post - sorry. Completely derailed my original train of thought.
I was really going to say that, casino or not, it’s still a service industry and employees are providing customers a service, a situation that traditionally pays poorly, and tipping is a way of saying “thanks for meeting my demands” or recognizing good service.
Blech. Think I’d better just go back to work - can’t stink thraight. :rolleyes:
Tipping. What a ridiculous idea. If you’re providing a complimentary service, then provide it. If you want to charge me for the service, then I’ll choose whether I want it. If you get pissed off because someone won’t provide a tip for you doing what it is you are supposed to be doing, then maybe you should stop doing it.
If i had just lost all my cash at a casino and to top it off ended up with a flat tire i’d prolly have a shitty attitude also. No excuse to take it out on enola of course and he did deserve at least a “thank you” but how can you offer a tip when you have no money?
theendisnear, it was stated in the OP. The casino did not take his money; he gave it to them.
If I knew of a better way to create revenue (which I don’t), I would suggest outlawing gambling in all 50 states. It brings out the very worst in all people.
But I repeat, I don’t know a better way. So I’m just saying.
I didn’t say the casino took his money, i said he lost it, which he did. Regardless of the semantics he still had no money to tip! like i said this doesnt excuse his shitty attitude, but i dont think anyone should be complaining someone who just got cleaned out didn’t tip them.
