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Quite the STICKY Subject indeed. =shrug I think we can ALL agree that these folks deserve a good tip if good service is performed and perhaps NOT so GOOD a one if its NOT. The problems I have with the Auto Tipping policy are ONE MAJOR one and that is this!!!! The Cruise Lines are the ones that are scalping the workers in reality and especially with the Auto Tip policy because believe me when I tell U that (Its 1st Hand Info) with Auto Tipping the Cruise Lines take anywhere from 15 - 30% for administering the Auto Tip Policy before those hard working crew members even see it.So next time U are trying to decide between Auto Tip and Envelope think hard about it. Yeah I know that MOST Lines even with the envelopes pool the tips and take their cut but at least the hard workers have a better chance of getting their fair tip seeing as they know what it REALLY is rather being told what it is via a computer printout. If U think I am wrong with regards to the amounts being scalped by the Cruise Lines then all U have to do is look as some of the worthy donation organizations within our own country and see how much is scalped off the top by the adminstartion. That should be a VERY good indication of the under table shenanigans that go on behind the curtains. That is a TRULY Sad scenario IMO as the Cruise Lines are trying to make US look bad and that is what REALLY makes my blood boil in regards to the current tipping policies. Wonder why we are seeing a dropoff in service ... well I do NOT believe U have to look to far from the Apple tree to find the rotten apple..
Quite the STICKY Subject indeed. =shrug I think we can ALL agree that these folks deserve a good tip if good service is performed and perhaps NOT so GOOD a one if its NOT. The problems I have with the Auto Tipping policy are ONE MAJOR one and that is this!!!! The Cruise Lines are the ones that are scalping the workers in reality and especially with the Auto Tip policy because believe me when I tell U that (Its 1st Hand Info) with Auto Tipping the Cruise Lines take anywhere from 15 - 30% for administering the Auto Tip Policy before those hard working crew members even see it.
So next time U are trying to decide between Auto Tip and Envelope think hard about it. Yeah I know that MOST Lines even with the envelopes pool the tips and take their cut but at least the hard workers have a better chance of getting their fair tip seeing as they know what it REALLY is rather being told what it is via a computer printout. If U think I am wrong with regards to the amounts being scalped by the Cruise Lines then all U have to do is look as some of the worthy donation organizations within our own country and see how much is scalped off the top by the adminstartion. That should be a VERY good indication of the under table shenanigans that go on behind the curtains. That is a TRULY Sad scenario IMO as the Cruise Lines are trying to make US look bad and that is what REALLY makes my blood boil in regards to the current tipping policies. Wonder why we are seeing a dropoff in service ... well I do NOT believe U have to look to far from the Apple tree to find the rotten apple.
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