winterskigirl
Service Attendant
How much do you tip your sleeper car attendant and why?
Average service - that means just doing their job. Amtrak pays them well to do their job, not like a waiter who gets less than the minimum wage because he is expected to earn tips. Amtrak personel are well paid - they work under terrible conditions for very odd hours, but they understood that when they signed on. Why tip someone for just doing the job that they agreed to do when then started?For SCAs, I tip $10/night for average service
I tip for service. If they do their job properly, I tip them. If they do it well, I tip them more. If they do it poorly, I don't tip at all.Average service - that means just doing their job. Amtrak pays them well to do their job, not like a waiter who gets less than the minimum wage because he is expected to earn tips. Amtrak personel are well paid - they work under terrible conditions for very odd hours, but they understood that when they signed on. Why tip someone for just doing the job that they agreed to do when then started?For SCAs, I tip $10/night for average service
You didn't stiff a service person, you rightly stiffed a non-service person.No this was a nose in the air young dude with no name. He never showed up to my bunk and never greeted me at all. I never stiff service folks but I sure did this time.
I have to agree. The SCA's are basically well paid. I have tipped, but only when I get extraordinary personal attention or service. That happens, probably, with only about 20% of my sleeper trips.Average service - that means just doing their job. Amtrak pays them well to do their job, not like a waiter who gets less than the minimum wage because he is expected to earn tips. Amtrak personel are well paid - they work under terrible conditions for very odd hours, but they understood that when they signed on. Why tip someone for just doing the job that they agreed to do when then started?
Thank you very much!!!Cooley, tip the amount you feel is appropriate. Ask 100 different people, and you'll get 100 different answers. Tip what you want, and don't let anyone dictate for you what you should or shouldn't tip.
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