Re:UK hotels adding service charge to room rate
by Fnoord on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:05PM
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A more simple explanation to the problem is that customers, consciously or not, calculate a socially enforced tip within the price. Even during the time this was changed.
I am not against tipping. I am against mandatory tipping. I know a hairdresser which costs me 17 EUR, and I know one which costs me 26,50 EUR. I tip the 17 EUR one 3 EUR, and the other one 0 EUR. Since COVID-19, the 17 EUR one has mandatory hair washing which is IMO bullshit. Now it costs 19 EUR. They get 1 EUR tip. The 26,50 EUR one does not require the mandatory hair washing which makes my preference for the cheaper one (its a slightly longer travel) less my preference.
Anyway, mandatory tipping is part of the final fee and should be processed as such (including taxes). Simple as that. It isn't my responsibility to care about all kind of service fees.
I am not against tipping. I am against mandatory tipping. I know a hairdresser which costs me 17 EUR, and I know one which costs me 26,50 EUR. I tip the 17 EUR one 3 EUR, and the other one 0 EUR. Since COVID-19, the 17 EUR one has mandatory hair washing which is IMO bullshit. Now it costs 19 EUR. They get 1 EUR tip. The 26,50 EUR one does not require the mandatory hair washing which makes my preference for the cheaper one (its a slightly longer travel) less my preference.
Anyway, mandatory tipping is part of the final fee and should be processed as such (including taxes). Simple as that. It isn't my responsibility to care about all kind of service fees.