AN UNTIPPED WAITER.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 September 1922, Page 2

AN UNTIPPED WAITER.

AMAZW EETTER TO GUEST, THREAT OF BLACK LIST. London, Sept. 1. * A new farm of “frightfulness” in connection with the tipping tyranny is revealed by an autocratic letter, written by a head waiter, and published in -the Daily Mail. It 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 eo. After arrival in London the wife jeceived a letter from the head waiter, pointing out that her husband had left no gratuities. <f Thift ia a. inbst disgraceful thing,” the letter added; “Your fellbw-griests 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 that every hotel in the United Kingdom will know it, and also the ungeherous way in which you treated the-'ataff 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 mjnor “freemasonry” among hotel employees, who pass on the reputations of guests for generosity or otherwise. It is admitted that the generous get the best treatment, while others suffer.