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tip the marina manager?
"DSK" wrote in message .. . It's a shame that the work ethic has evolved to having to bribe someone to get the service you are already paying for... It's stupid to assume that you are "already paying" for something just because you hand over a paltry amount of bucks to somebody who may have had little to do with the goods/services you are receiving. Can we ditch the Wal-Mart mentality? Or that the human heart has hardened to the point where an annual token of appreciation cannot be considered anything other than a bribe, as well as unneccessary, because, after all, the service was "paid for". It's not hard-hearted, it's just plain cheap & dumb. Some people can live in Podunk all their lives and still have some realization that the rest of the world is different. Other people go out into the world for decades and never realize that it's different from the Podunk they came from... or if they do, they spend a lot of time bemoaning the fact and fighting it. In the U.S. it used to be considered degrading to beg for money, or to accept money for what was expected of you (like helping a lady fix a flat tire). OTOH there have been many countries & cultures where 'baksheesh' was the norm. I'm more comfortable with the former ideals & standards, and would suggest that it leads to a more productive overall socio-economic system. But I wouldn't argue the point strenuously, nor get huffy about paying baksheesh in a place where it is the standard. JoeSpareBedroom wrote: Sometimes, the creativity of a tip becomes the reward in itself. Where I get my car worked on, there are 3 guys. None of them eat donuts, or even the best cheese danish in town, so that's out of the question. Two of them don't drink, and I'm not so sure alcohol's a good gift anyway because you never know, ya know? The guy who works on my car once spotted a hairline crack in my brake rotor, which had just been installed by the Ford dealer, so as far as I'm concerned, he may have saved my life. I tried to hand him some cash. He said "I make plenty of money here, but I appreciate the gesture". So, I sent him flowers, which he still laughs about five years later. I guess the value of that gesture was that it DEFINITELY broke up his routine. :-) heh heh sending a mechanic flowers... now that was cool... what did the card say? Regards Doug King 'I like your sandals!'? |
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