Please TIP, for goodness sake.

[Pooh2]

I was one of the first people off ME the last trip and had to wait until the bus was empty before the driver got the bags so had time to observe and was also surprised that we were the only passengers that tipped.

 

[AnOtHeRdIsNeYfReAk]

Definitely a generational thing. I don't carry cash. Ever. I don't even have a wallet where I could fit cash. Just a card holder. It would be great if they had a some way to tip via digital currency like google pay, Venmo or Cash app. For this trip I plan on getting a bunch of $5 Target gift cards to use as tips for mousekeeping and bell services.

Also, if you knew where a good deal of your cash has been, you really wouldn't want to touch it. Just, no.

 

[the_grinch]

sorry i think you should only tip for good to great service ,that is what a tip is meant for.if any business raise price i choice to pay or not do business with them, why should i pay extra just because the business dose not pay there works good .the workers should demand better base pay and a tip should be what it was meant for i pay more because the worker did more for the tip .and if i get bad service can i take money back? why if it fair to pay more for someone doing there job ?

 

[Heather07438]

sorry i think you should only tip for good to great service ,that is what a tip is meant for.if any business raise price i choice to pay or not do business with them, why should i pay extra just because the business dose not pay there works good .the workers should demand better base pay and a tip should be what it was meant for i pay more because the worker did more for the tip .and if i get bad service can i take money back? why if it fair to pay more for someone doing there job ?

You don't legally have to tip but by accepting their services you did enter into a social contract. You can choose not to accept their services by choosing many other establishments that are not structured that way.

 

[SaintsManiac]

You realize that there are people who really don’t know who or when to tip, right? Try not to assume they are just being cheap or rude.

 

[Traveling on cc points]

I always tip everyone That touches our luggage but I have never tipped the ME driver. We use the yellow tags to have our bags sent directly to our room.

I’m going to plead ignorance here, it honestly never dawned on me that I should. Are you guys tipping the bus drivers that drive you from the hotel to the parks?

 

[OfCourseTheresAlwaysMyWay]

I always tip everyone That touches our luggage but I have never tipped the ME driver. We use the yellow tags to have our bags sent directly to our room.

I’m going to plead ignorance here, it honestly never dawned on me that I should. Are you guys tipping the bus drivers that drive you from the hotel to the parks?

I always claim my bags at MCO and take them on ME myself. When I mentioned the 20+ people who didn’t tip earlier, I was speaking only of people getting their bags handled by the driver.

I agree that tipping someone for driving a public vehicle is excessive.

 

[Punkrockbebop]

I always tip everyone That touches our luggage but I have never tipped the ME driver. We use the yellow tags to have our bags sent directly to our room.

I’m going to plead ignorance here, it honestly never dawned on me that I should. Are you guys tipping the bus drivers that drive you from the hotel to the parks?

I am talking about ME drivers handling bags stored underneath the bus.

 

[Punkrockbebop]

I think the word we’re looking for is virtue signaling:

the action or practice of publicly expressing opinions or sentiments intended to demonstrate one's good character or the moral correctness of one's position on a particular issue

I was expressing an opinion/making a topic of discussion. I’m not claiming moral correctness in all my actions. Nobody’s perfect, that’s completely impossible. I’ve got room for improvement and am a work in progress like anyone else. Relax. It’s a topic of discussion, not a trial.

btw I believe Pete has brought up this topic in a much harsher way in past Dis Unplugged vlogs. If I recall correctly.

 

[Ellie Webbs]

I totally get your point. I can see it happening. For me, part of planning for a trip is keeping cash on me - $1,$5,10,& $20 denominations. Maybe I have sort of treatable disorder that causes me to endeavor to be less selfish than the typical traveler. Maybe I have been exposed to enough of the “ignorant or rude” ( to quote myself ) and because of that I strive to not let that happen to anyone that helps me out.

And maybe, just maybe some of those folks will read this thread and modify their behavior.

We come from the UK and every time we get money changed up I specially ask for more $1 notes. Doesn't go down brilliantly but we're prepared for at least the first few days.

 

[superme80]

I honestly had no idea tipping all these people were a thing until the DIS. My parents weren't cheap, we just never stayed anywhere that required a lot of excess tipping. We never tipped housekeeping. Not trying to be rude, honestly had no clue it was a thing. Until I took the hotel bus to Disneyland and SAW the tip basket, had no clue it was a thing.

 

[Megatron88]

I know the OP mentioned that the people on the ME were from other parts of the US so maybe this comment doesn't apply but I'll say it anyway. I always wonder if people from other parts of the World are aware just how much tipping is important in the US. We travel from the UK and before I went to the US for the first time I did my research (I'm a massive planner) but before that I had no idea the extent of tipping there. Tipping is not as much of a thing in the UK as it is in the US. The minimum wage here is not as low as it is in the US and tips at restaurants tend to be around 10%, that's if people tip at all (as I know some don't) so I always wonder if overseas visitors just aren't aware of the whole thing.

 

[Welsh_Dragon]

We come from the UK and every time we get money changed up I specially ask for more $1 notes. Doesn't go down brilliantly but we're prepared for at least the first few days.

I think with ‘contactless’ payment options and just tapping our cards to pay, we are far less likely to carry cash in the U.K. than Americans. Why even buskers in London have little machines that accept ‘contactless’ contributions. Maybe this is the way tips will be dealt with in the US soon?
Most Europeans are taught never to let their debit/credit cards out of their sight. We ask for the bill, flash a payment card, waiter appears with a little machine, we add a gratuity using the keypad, tap in our pin and we are done in seconds. All the running back and forth just to pay a bill and leave a tip in the US leaves me somewhat bewildered and wastes so much time. The scan and signature system seems quite outdated.

 

[Ellie Webbs]

I think with ‘contactless’ payment options and just tapping our cards to pay, we are far less likely to carry cash in the U.K. than Americans. Why even buskers in London have little machines that accept ‘contactless’ contributions. Maybe this is the way tips will be dealt with in the US soon?
Most Europeans are taught never to let their debit/credit cards out of their sight. We ask for the bill, flash a payment card, waiter appears with a little machine, we add a gratuity using the keypad, tap in our pin and we are done in seconds. All the running back and forth just to pay a bill and leave a tip in the US leaves me somewhat bewildered and wastes so much time. The scan and signature system seems quite outdated.

Yea, I never carry cash anymore unless really necessary and quite often just pay with my phone. When on holiday you have to get your brain into a different mode of thinking.

 

[jo-jo]

To me, there are gray areas that I never thought about in normal life. Tipping BS, Housekeeping, meals, no question.

To those who rent a ECV , wheelchair or stroller off site, do you tip the person bringing and picking up item? What about something is broken in your room. Do you tip the person who comes to fix it? What about when the room is serviced and no towels (or whatever) were left. Do you tip the person bringing the items?

Add my kids to the list that never carry cash. We used CC to pay for 99% of purchases, but run into a store for a $2 item, we are paying cash.

 

[DrunkJam]

I am a veteran traveller to the USA, so I get the whole tipping thing. it's totally ingrained there, to the point people can't see beyond it being what is, and it being polite and part of the contract. They even say it keeps prices lower (which is only true if you don't include the tip as part of the cost, which it is)
I don't help. I perpetuate this, because I DO tip. I don't want to offend anyone who is just doing their job.
I don't want to be responsible for someone taking less pay home because they don't get a tip they rely on. These are hard working people.
But, there is a case to say, making the actual prices reflect the true cost of paying people properly to do these jobs, and making this universal, would be beneficial all round, so it is less of an international minefield. Plus, it would cover the issue of people not carrying cash. Tipping would not be necessary.
None of which is a criticism of any nationality or any practise, just a thought.

 

[Punkrockbebop]

I am a veteran traveller to the USA, so I get the whole tipping thing. it's totally ingrained there, to the point people can't see beyond it being what is, and it being polite and part of the contract. They even say it keeps prices lower (which is only true if you don't include the tip as part of the cost, which it is)
I don't help. I perpetuate this, because I DO tip. I don't want to offend anyone who is just doing their job.
I don't want to be responsible for someone taking less pay home because they don't get a tip they rely on. These are hard working people.
But, there is a case to say, making the actual prices reflect the true cost of paying people properly to do these jobs, and making this universal, so it is less of an international minefield. Plus, it would cover the issue of people not carrying cash.
None of which is a criticism of any nationality or any practise, just a thought.

I am all for businesses just paying people a living wage, but that isn’t going to realistically happen any time soon. It was a huge deal to just raise the minimum wage to what it is. Frankly, I sometimes think it’s demeaning for people to live on tips, because it’s at the discretion of whether someone receiving the service knows the system, remembers or forgets, or considers the worker to be worthy to receive one. It’s also wishful thinking to protest by omission. It only hurts the worker who isn’t getting the cheddar.

 

[DrunkJam]

I am all for businesses just paying people a living wage, but that isn’t going to realistically happen any time soon. It was a huge deal to just raise the minimum wage to what it is, now. Frankly, I sometimes think it’s demeaning for people to live on tips, because it’s at the discretion of whether someone receiving the service knows the system, or considers the worker to be worthy. But one person protesting that system is not going to change it, and only hurts the worker who isn’t getting your cheddar.

Exactly why I still tip. And exactly why I think tipping is a pretty awful way to make your money.

 

[Punkrockbebop]

To me, there are gray areas that I never thought about in normal life. Tipping BS, Housekeeping, meals, no question.

To those who rent a ECV , wheelchair or stroller off site, do you tip the person bringing and picking up item? What about something is broken in your room. Do you tip the person who comes to fix it? What about when the room is serviced and no towels (or whatever) were left. Do you tip the person bringing the items?

Add my kids to the list that never carry cash. We used CC to pay for 99% of purchases, but run into a store for a $2 item, we are paying cash.

Whenever someone brings something to your room it is customary to tip, even if it’s a forgotten item, I believe, because you could always just go down and get the towels yourself. I personally would tip the ECV delivery person and the maintenance person. I doubt the maintenance person would expect it, but it is a nice thing to do. That being said, I realize I did not tip the maintenance person on my last disastrous hotel stay (not Disney), and I regret that. I was so angry with all the problems with that check in and room switch, that I didn’t think of it.

 

[Meglen]

A mod should prolly move this out of the podcast thread. Also there is another thread talking about this already. I tip for alot of things. We useally use fltours for transport and I will tip 20$ each way. But when you tell people there rude for not tipping that's over the line.

The only place I would tell people to 100% tip is for waiters. They don't make min wage and live off tips. I'm sure these drivers get paid more than 3$ an hour, and that handling bags is part of the job description. The service you signed up for includes the handling of bags. I can see why many wouldn't even think of tipping.

But to feel bad.. for the driver for not getting tips? That's pretty far out there. The person has a job and is getting paid to do said job why feel bad they didn't get a few extra dollars?. Do you tip cashier's at grocery stores? baggers ? Your doctor's? Mechanic? See where I'm going with this?