SUNDAY JUNE 4
I think India may be a real ideal country for me aside from the heat, humidity and dogs roaming the streets. I like dogs as long as they're leashed and muzzled, which is clearly not the case in India.
For starters, a 1-litre bottle of Aquafina is only 12 ruppes or approx. one US quarter! But even better - we're not supposed to tip until we check out of the hotel and then only if we want to. It's not expected!
IN the early AM hours of Sunday, when we finally arrived at the hotel, the bellboy took my bags up to the room and lingered around until I gave him US$2. Then a little later, 4 hotel staff came into the room and started to rearrange our bags and letting us know the phone numbers we would need - front desk, room service, etc. They lingered around until I gave them US$1. When our Habitat host came in I asked him the protocol on tiping - i.e. how much is appropriate. Apparently the answer is: NONE. He asked if I remembered to whom I gave the tips, and even though I couldn't, or really cared about US$3, he went and got me $2 back. I hope I can get out ofthis mindset of tipping until the end for when I go to New York in July lest I really piss off some bellboy.
I think India may be a real ideal country for me aside from the heat, humidity and dogs roaming the streets. I like dogs as long as they're leashed and muzzled, which is clearly not the case in India.
For starters, a 1-litre bottle of Aquafina is only 12 ruppes or approx. one US quarter! But even better - we're not supposed to tip until we check out of the hotel and then only if we want to. It's not expected!
IN the early AM hours of Sunday, when we finally arrived at the hotel, the bellboy took my bags up to the room and lingered around until I gave him US$2. Then a little later, 4 hotel staff came into the room and started to rearrange our bags and letting us know the phone numbers we would need - front desk, room service, etc. They lingered around until I gave them US$1. When our Habitat host came in I asked him the protocol on tiping - i.e. how much is appropriate. Apparently the answer is: NONE. He asked if I remembered to whom I gave the tips, and even though I couldn't, or really cared about US$3, he went and got me $2 back. I hope I can get out ofthis mindset of tipping until the end for when I go to New York in July lest I really piss off some bellboy.
posted by kacob at 4:50 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home