TIPPING TYRANTS.

Shannon News, 27 October 1922, Page 3

TIPPING TYRANTS .

HEAD WAITER’S THREAT.

London, September 6

A new form, of “frightfulness” in con eel ion with the tipping tyranny is revealed hv an autocratic letter, written by a head waiter, and published in the Daily Mail. It appears that a man and his wife left a leading hotel on the coast. They tipped the parlourmaid, the hall porter, and the chambermaid, but no others, because each believed the other had done so.

After arrival in London the wife received a letter from the head waiter. pointing out that her husband had lef'l no gratuities. “This is a most disgracful thing,” the letter added. “Your fellow-guests think the same, and the staff has asked me to take the matter up. I now feel it my duty to forward your name to my club association, so tfliai every hotel in ill© United Kingdom will known it, and also the ungenerous way in which you treated the staff here.” The wife complained to the manageress of the hotel, who apologised for the very insolent letter, and promised to refer the matter to the directors.

Inquiries at hotels in London, while not indicating any organised blacklisting, which would be costly and possibly libellous, reveal a minor “freemasonry” among hotel employees, who pass on guests reputations for generosity or otherwise. It is admitted that, the generous get the best treatment, while others suffer.