I DON’T know how the -

reader who wrote me
about tipping got the -
idea that I like the
system. I hate it!

To me, tipping is
degrading to both the
tipper and the tippee. For
cabs and “bell-hops, I never
seem to have the small bills
or the right currency.
Nothing makes me _ feel
smaller than some arrogant
young man, hoisting my one

bag to my room, who
* munches around opening
windows, fiddles with the

; radio and. generally makes a
* nuisance of himself till I
hand him a dollar.

Women are victims more
often than men. We tend to
overtip just to prove we can
handle ourselves without big
Dad to glad-hand the em-

., Ployees. We put up with

TIPPING on a cruise
should be done out of

gratitude, not because |
of wage demands,

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THE TWO SIDES OF THE COIN
me 06060UCO tt ,

lousy tables, scungy service
and rude employees, by
excuses: “Well, they know
that a lot of women don't tip
well so we got just what we
deserve from the lapses of
others.”

HORSE MANURE! They
won't give a man the same
crud because he'll tell them

to get lost. And, if we
complain, we're’ either
“Arrogant bitches’ or,

“Probably her time of the
month”.

Anyway, here’s:the ‘letter
that made me so mad. Save
it for first thing Monday
morning — it doesn’t go well

any other time of the day or ~

week.

DEAR BARBARA: I know
that you have stated that you
are in favor of the ststem of
tipping as it now. stands.
(Barbara's note: “Yeah?”?) I
am against it and will give

you my reasons.

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‘First of all I will tell you

_ that I have just returned

from a six and one half day
cruise to Alaska. On the
second night a notice was
placed in the cabin saying
that the tip expected was $5
per person per day to be split
between the cabin steward
and the dining room
steward.

One party of three left $35
in an envelope in the cabin.

‘When they returned from

dinner, the envelope was
there with a note on it saying
$52, please. I saw the en-
velope. That’s a wage
demand.

Here are the reasons I’m
against tipping as it stands:

1. The unions are strong
enough to demand suitable
pay for their members.

2. The company can then
set the fare to cover costs.

3. If the man is no good,
the company has the power

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to fire him. I do not.

4. Yd rather have the price
increased. I'll have to pay
the total anyway.

5. I was originally booked
on the Odessa where tips
were not required. I fully
expected to tip to say “thank
you” which is the way tip-
ping should be done.

6. People who tip early get
better service which is not
the way the job should be
done. .

Let's hear both sides.
There are a lot of people
who are intimidated by the
waiters and some of them
are there only for the tips
and not to offer service.

ANSWER: First, I’ve never
heard of any cruise ship
giving an “utltimatum” about
the amount of money to tip.
Suggestions, yes. And, the
gall of an employee retur-
ning an.-envelope with an
additional demand __ defies
description.

If I'd been the recipient of
the “$52, please” envelope,
I'd have charged to the
purser's office and-screamed
my guts out. When I was
‘finished, either they'd have
thrown me ashore on the
sandspit or the
steward : would have been

C9 - Sunday, October 10, 1982 - North Shore News

b y Barbara
McCreadie

“Robinson

trying out his
Crusoe” routine.

Brian read your letter and
suggested that he'd have
delivered it personally to the
writer on the end of a sharp
stick.

Tipping exists. It doesn't

exist to reward bad service.

As you said, “Tip if you want
to say Thank-you”

It galls me to think that
just because you or I take a
cruise that we should be
considered one of the’ idle
rich. Today, most of us save
up for a helluva time and
expect to get our. money's
worth.

You might be interested in
another viewpoint on the
Russian cruise ships, given
to me by an old friend - a

. crew member of the Costa

Line ship, Enrico “C”.
“Barbara, the Russians
can’t accept tips in.
normal way. But they. aren't
stupid! ‘By the second day of
the-cruise, the stewards have
shown you the pictures of all

‘their little -kids, wives and

_ elderly. mothers.

“By the fourth day, every
time you go ashore, you are
buying gifts for little Vassily
or Tania: By the six ~day,

' -you’ve' got a list ‘of ‘all their

sizes and you are trying to
decide between the white
shawl and the mauve.one for
the Great-Grandmother,

“Tips? Not likely. But you
can guess what they can sell
that stuff for on the black
market.”

It’s a rotten system, ‘but it
works.

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springs of Sulphur Mountain
in the Banff National Park
had long been forbidden
territory where evil ‘spirits
dwelt amid fire and sulphur.

Today, we know of the

“therapeutic value of the hot

springs, several of which

have been diverted to supply
pools in local hotels.

Canadians are probably less.

familiar, . however, with’ the

‘role which these hot springs

played in the. creation of

Canada’s network of
national parks.
About 100 years ago,

when . ‘construction “of the
national railway that was to
link the country from sea to
sea was slowed by the Rocky
Mountains, | two * railroad
employees, Frank McCabe
and William - McCardell,

. Spent some of their spare

time looking for deposits.

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