I keep all pennies. I have nothing against them. Although we do segregate our pennies. Any penny minted after 1982 no longer has copper in it so they go in a seperate jar to be spent. The older pennies are saved to pass down to the kids as collector pennies. Who knows someday my birth year penny might be worth alot more than a penny.   

Sometimes the best conversations are started off in a tangent.   

I always toss down a coupla bucks. I do appreciate the work you guys do!

I'm just wondering, it is not that I don't tip; but I have to wonder...
Where does giving someone extra money for doing what they are already paid for stop?
I wouldn't normally even ask, but I noticed on a menu at a restaurant I went to last week that a gratuity is automatically added for parties of 8 or more. While it has always irked me that such a thing would be automatically added, I never dine in that large of a group so it doesn't matter; what caught my attention was that the gratuity was now 18%. When did this happen? If you figure only $20 a person on average, that is roughly a $30 tip. Now if the group stays there a whole two hours, that means a $15/hour tip. I didn't more than that an hour until after graduating college.

Just a tip about tipping your hotel housekeeper. You may want to tip on a daily basis if you stay for an extended stay. Your room may not be cleaned by the same housekeeper every day.   

Yes, I tip. There's usually a little envelope, signed by the cleaner, for that purpose. I usually tip a dollar a day. (I'm using the more generic "cleaner" because I've frequently had male room cleaners and "maid" just doesn't feel right.)



That's why I tip every day.


I once didn't remember to leave a tip till I was on the way to the elevators to check out and the cleaner was already in the room. The guys in the hall were shocked when I walked up to the guy cleaning my room, apologized, and handed him a couple bucks.

Tip: $2. Shocked cleaning crew's expression: Priceless.

"Cleaner" makes it sound like a hitman for hire. lol

"Bob and Mary are our best cleaners. We will send them up right away to tidy up your room right away. " said Executive Hotel Housekeeper.   

 

No, as a general rule I don't tip - I've already had to pay the price of the service in the bill, and that will(or should) include staff costs - I shouldn't have to pay more to receive a satisfactory service, just as I wouldn't expect to have to tip any other company/person that I purchase a good or service from if they do their job.

FYI, waitresses do NOT make minimum wage.  They are, by law, required to make minimum wage when the tip is added to their $2-$3 per hour, or the restaurant has to make up the difference.  But, they work mostly for tips to make up that gap.  I always tip, but the amount always depends on the service.

I'm staying in a hotel right now, but I haven't tipped yet.  I was going to do it on my last night, but now I might not because I don't want to give one cleaner a windfall.  Also, they keep moving around stuff that I put in places for a reason.  If I wanted to have the tissue box in the bathroom, I would have left it in the bathroom.  Really.  If you want to put a tissue box in the bathroom, do so, but leave the other one!

Also, I didn't have any cash...