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Maybe. My leading theory is that she was trying to play a practical joke on both me and housekeeping. I think she would have given me nickles if she thought she could get away with it.

There you go… glass half full! 🙂

I immediately thought of your story and figured that when you asked for change, the person at the front desk assumed it was for the vending machines… they went back to look for 1s, didn’t have enough, and gave you the quarters.

This is reinforced by Miss Mazuma’s comment, above, where she got 20 $1s. I’m guessing they’re normally asked for change for the vending machines, so that’s why they try to give only 1s or below.

They are minimum wage employees. They generally earn about $3+ -5+ for the 1/2 hour it takes to clean your room. So your generous tip essentially doubles that pay (no tax, either). I don’t tip the first day because I want to see how good they clean. Now the Waldorf-Astoria is a different story….

Wow. I’m honored. The inspiration bar is set high for me now. I will try and deliver. 🙂

I leave a tip every day, as the cleaning staff usually changes. I base my tip on the size of the room, how many people, the fanciness of the place. I think I left about $3 a day (but it may have been $2.75 or $3.25 – counting quarters before coffee is rough). Most jobs where tipping is involved are crappy, low paying and not fun, so I figure they will enjoy the money more than me. $3 a day is a fancy overpriced coffee drink for me, maybe a meal for their child for them.

Don’t get too comfortable. I’ve got lots of dark material coming. I’ll mix it up though, I had a lot of fun writing this 🙂