Do you tip bathroom attendants?

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  Posted by springtime Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:30am PST

  I have moisture wipes in my purse. No, I do not tip to pee, either. If the towel dispenser is empty, I ask the management why.

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  Posted by JosieM111 Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:40am PST

  I believe we definitely should tip the attendant, if for nothing else, for having the job they do; I do the same as you - $1 or $2 for my one or two trips to the ladies room.

  However, I am usually the jerk who leaves nothing due to the fact I was caught off guard by the establishment having an attendant and only have larger bills on me.

  Great topic!

  JOSIE.

  www.lifeofjosiem.com

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  Posted by G Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:48am PST

  These people need to eat too. Give em a break. How would you like to stand in a pisser all day and have to do hand out towels to people in that setting. Many of these people are not going to be corporate excutives any day soon. Don't be cheap.

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  Posted by rglo820 Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:03am PST

  It really irritates me when establishments have bathroom attendants - they're completely unnecessary, and when I'm already paying rather a lot of money to eat and drink, it seems in poor taste that I would be expected to contribute more.

  That said, I almost never tip the bathroom attendant - not as a matter of principle, but because I rarely have my purse in the bathroon with me, and even when I do, the odds that I have any cash at all, let alone any ones, are slim.

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  Posted by Yankes Rule Soxs Drool Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:33am PST

  If they don't like handing out paper towels and whatever they can quit. Its a free country and i doubt they get medical benefits if thats what there holding on to.

  Its such B.S. that society tells us to tip these people but not these people. Why do we tip our waiters and waitresses for bringing us food but not our airplane pilots for not KILLING ME. How about Police officers or Firemen. Those are the real people we should tip, they have our lives in thier hands. Cops and firemen dont make a lot of money either.

  If anyone thinks tipping is manditory i suggest you go watch resivoir dogs and pay attention to Mr. Pink when they are all in the restaurant. IT IS GREAT MR. PINK RULES!

  I usually only tip if i use the cologne or whatever useless products they have and never more then a dollar at most. If he just hands me a paper towel i say thanks for handing me 1 8X8 piece of paper which will take my left hand from wet to damp. I use about 5 paper towels only because I hate wet hands. If an attendant handed me a bunch then maybe ill give em a tip for using common sense. Kind of like when a Waiter or waitress brings over another soda without me asking. THATS GOOD STUFF RIGHT THERE!

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  Posted by Yankes Rule Soxs Drool Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:34am PST

  If they don't like handing out paper towels and whatever they can quit. Its a free country and i doubt they get medical benefits if thats what there holding on to.

  Its such B.S. that society tells us to tip these people but not these people. Why do we tip our waiters and waitresses for bringing us food but not our airplane pilots for not KILLING ME. How about Police officers or Firemen. Those are the real people we should tip, they have our lives in thier hands. Cops and firemen dont make a lot of money either.

  If anyone thinks tipping is manditory i suggest you go watch resivoir dogs and pay attention to Mr. Pink when they are all in the restaurant. IT IS GREAT MR. PINK RULES!

  I usually only tip if i use the cologne or whatever useless products they have and never more then a dollar at most. If he just hands me a paper towel i say thanks for handing me 1 8X8 piece of paper which will take my left hand from wet to damp. I use about 5 paper towels only because I hate wet hands. If an attendant handed me a bunch then maybe ill give em a tip for using common sense. Kind of like when a Waiter or waitress brings over another soda without me asking. THATS GOOD STUFF RIGHT THERE!

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  Posted by KristaB Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:49am PST

  ...seriously all these tipping articles need to stop...people are becoming really upset over the mere idea of tipping anybody...im a waitress and i am beginning to live in fear that some of these readers sick and tired of even thinking about tipping ( how much to tip good service vs. bad service holiday tipping ) will patronize my establishment and out of sheer frustration on the subject not tip me...im sick of talking...reading...and thinking about the very thing that sustains my life ...we all know these tipping articles get tons of readers and comments...congrats you figured out the formula to a popular shine blog...we get it...now can we move on i have to get ready for work...

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  Posted by cindy Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:13pm PST

  If your not wiping my A $ $ your not getting the cash!

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  Posted by Spam I Am Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:08pm PST

  It's a free country. One is free to tip or not tip. But things are not going to change. Some of the anti-tippers seem to think that if more

  people refuse to tip, the owners will "see the light" and pay a living

  wage. NOT! Service workers are not highly-trained professionals who

  can demand high wages and shop around.

  Tipless societies are usually very wealthy (Japan) or very poor (the

  old Soviet Union). We consider ourselves middle-class (at least for now). Japan is a monoculture in which service and manners are seen as

  obligations from birth. Also, they have national health insurance-no

  need for the worker to pay for it. Soviet Union-guaranteed wage and

  no need to perform. A Western journalist flying AEROFLOT once asked the

  flight attendant for a towel. "Olga" balled one up and threw it in his

  face! "To Insure Proper Service" indeed.

  Incidentally, the bathroom attendant should have REAL towels. What is

  this world coming to?

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  Posted by Tim Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:11am PST

  Spam I Am: They use paper towels for a few reasons.

  1: They are cheaper than buying and laundering real towels.

  2: With all the germ-aphobes out there, using someone else's towel is icky and "dangerous".

  As for the tipping, I tip bathroom attendants, waiters/waitresses, bartenders, my mailman, and anyone who provides an exceptional service. I also donate (both monetarily and with time) to local police and fire departments.

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