Holand America - Volendam - Tipping Outrage!
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From: Todd Michel McComb on 31 May 2007 13:17 In article <Nyt7i.23623$YL5.7129(a)newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>, Jean O'Boyle <j.oboyle(a)removefudged.sbcglobal.net> wrote: >LOL! Too funny! You come on here denouncing the Volendam and >accusing it of a tipping outrage. What is it about cruising that solicits so many alarmist posts? As a non-regular cruiser preparing to go on the Noordam this summer, I've been reading this newsgroup and have asked a few questions, generally to try to understand what to expect. I haven't been around here very long, but have been around Usenet over 20 years, and this is very much my impression of this newsgroup: Lots of people very upset about all sorts of minor or imagined things. I find it odd. (And lots of coherent knowledgeable posters too, let me be sure to add.)
From: clint on 31 May 2007 13:59 They also don't like(or understand) humor! "Todd Michel McComb" <mccomb(a)medieval.org> wrote in message news:f3mvuk$au2$1(a)agricola.medieval.org... > In article <Nyt7i.23623$YL5.7129(a)newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>, > Jean O'Boyle <j.oboyle(a)removefudged.sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>LOL! Too funny! You come on here denouncing the Volendam and >>accusing it of a tipping outrage. > > What is it about cruising that solicits so many alarmist posts? > > As a non-regular cruiser preparing to go on the Noordam this summer, > I've been reading this newsgroup and have asked a few questions, > generally to try to understand what to expect. > > I haven't been around here very long, but have been around Usenet > over 20 years, and this is very much my impression of this newsgroup: > Lots of people very upset about all sorts of minor or imagined > things. I find it odd. > > (And lots of coherent knowledgeable posters too, let me be sure to > add.) >
From: number6 on 31 May 2007 14:43 On May 31, 8:46 am, Warren <oceanvoyager_...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On May 31, 2:10 am, skipfromla <skipfro...(a)yahoo.com> wrote > > > > >They were automatically > > added to their shipboard account, of which, they were told 70% goes to > > the behind he scenes people and then recommended that the personal > > servers and room stewards be tipped in addition > > Was aboard Noordam this winter and this was not the case. A breakdown > was given of how much went to Cabin Steward and dining room staff > (consistent with what other lines suggest for them), with "the > remainder" going toward other service crew such as the serving staff > behind the lido buffet. The only time I heard any recommendation for > tipping extra was for service above and beyond. Some deserved it, some > did not. That was it on the Zuiderdam 1 1/2 years ago ... all the tips went to service crew ... they got the buffet people and table cleaners in there somehow also ... and as far as I was told, the extra tip our waiters got was theirs to keep ...
From: Jean O'Boyle on 31 May 2007 17:08 "clint" <bocarsm(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:kMB7i.5627$%T3.1211(a)bignews8.bellsouth.net... > Good website! Good! does that mean that you are no longer confused? ;-) --Jean >> http://www.vacationstogo.com/cruise_tipping.cfm
From: Jean O'Boyle on 31 May 2007 17:12
"Todd Michel McComb" <mccomb(a)medieval.org> wrote in message news:f3mvuk$au2$1(a)agricola.medieval.org... > In article <Nyt7i.23623$YL5.7129(a)newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>, > Jean O'Boyle <j.oboyle(a)removefudged.sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>LOL! Too funny! You come on here denouncing the Volendam and >>accusing it of a tipping outrage. > > What is it about cruising that solicits so many alarmist posts? > > As a non-regular cruiser preparing to go on the Noordam this summer, > I've been reading this newsgroup and have asked a few questions, > generally to try to understand what to expect. > > I haven't been around here very long, but have been around Usenet > over 20 years, and this is very much my impression of this newsgroup: > Lots of people very upset about all sorts of minor or imagined > things. I find it odd. > > (And lots of coherent knowledgeable posters too, let me be sure to > add.) Usually it is someone who has not done their home work before taking a cruise that we hear from or someone who objects to tipping... period...They probably leave some loose change as a tip in nice restaurants, too! --Jean |