I share my July 31st birthday with an old college buddy, and with Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom.
@baba if that holds up, we will, indeed, have a very happy birthday.
I'll take that present too!!!
@lynnventura
When we stay in a hotel, I always leave housekeeping a daily tip and a note that says, "Thank you!"
I've done it; it is a very hard job, especially making those beds the way the hotels want them made.
@polarberry we do the same. Also pre-bus tables when we eat out (or at least, we used to. I remember eating out. Hope to do it again in a few months, knock on wood.)
@blackandwhite You mentioned Chipotle raising its wages. Here’s what McDonalds is doing. It will spread. Of course, threats of and actual worker strikes helps to move it along.
https://finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/mc-donalds-wages-124213592.html
@polarberry, this is wonderful. Tipping as much as one is able, and a simple written thanks, are things that help raise our vibrations and make others feel that they are seen and not invisible in this world. I haven't worked as a hotel housekeeper, but I worked retail, and my parents did manual labor. It's not easy work. Celebrating the humanity and service of those who do hard work is both an act of kindness and a political act.
@polarberry I do this as well each night. At one stay, housekeeping left us a thank you note and said that ours was the first tip they ever received.
@polarberry I, too, always leaves a tip and note for the housekeeping staff when I travel. I worked cleaning rooms in a Holiday Inn during the summer when I was in college. My dad died when I was in high school so I had to work to pay my own way through college. It is a hard job and a thankless job. In many places, the housekeeping staff are underpaid and overworked. This was one of many jobs I held until I got my first teaching job.
@lenor @polarberry Sometimes I leave a tip for hotel staff but I am never sure what amount is appropriate. Having worked in the field, what is your opinion?