cruzerfornow Posted July 14, 2007 #151 Share Posted July 14, 2007 A personal question, I know.......but did you bring your own toilet paper on board? Chez xx no, but by the time the cruise was over I wished I had!:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzerfornow Posted July 14, 2007 #152 Share Posted July 14, 2007 OMG I just can't answer that one :p For fear of being banned one more time Oh come on Chivalrygirl...Cat got your tongue??:D How bout I tell you about how our almighty dollar rules the world? It makes a nice bedtime story for all you countries that are still British colonies!:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivalrygirl Posted July 14, 2007 #153 Share Posted July 14, 2007 ROFLMAO Watch out George W here come the ANZACS :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzerfornow Posted July 14, 2007 #154 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Just about wet me knickers!!! But if truth be known, and you are in the lead, then expect us Aussies to be a pain in Your butt...watch out for teeth!! LOL!! LOL....I've felt those Aussie teeth but it wasn't on my butt..errrr..nevermind that story.....:eek: But Aussies are my favorite colonists...not like those pesky Kiwi's....can't you keep them in line for us?? :p Its much too far for us to keep them under our thumb and quite frankly there really aren't enuff of em to matter anyway!:eek: Oh..and don't wet your knickers!!!;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzerfornow Posted July 14, 2007 #155 Share Posted July 14, 2007 ROFLMAO Watch out George W here come the ANZACS :D ANZAC....thats a cocktail isnt it??? Sure, Chivalryirl, you can buy me one anytime!! You can use your onboard credit to pay for it..Oh wait, you dont get any!!! LMAO!!!!!! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katkell Posted July 14, 2007 #156 Share Posted July 14, 2007 ANZAC....thats a cocktail isnt it??? Sure, Chivalryirl, you can buy me one anytime!! You can use your onboard credit to pay for it..Oh wait, you dont get any!!! LMAO!!!!!! :p Ooohhh......meeeooow Get back to the topic, basically we are talking about the service industry here and maybe those who choose to work in it should serve the people and be happy to do so, if they don't like what they get paid, they should do something else, and then maybe their employer's would realise they have to pay them better wages. Or do what we do here, pay the better wages and eating out costs more, (sure) but their is no AWS, unless we choose to "Tip" for outstanding service :D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZbeachboy Posted July 14, 2007 #157 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Hey Kaz !!! Not upset in the least, these threads are fun , and this is a "tipping Thread ";) .Just today I had a client receive a whole new Style/Color from me, she is Canadian(ie;no tip from her , and that's perfectly fine with me ), however, she went home and called me later on to say what a difference I had made in her life, and how much she loved my work... That gave me the warm fuzzies, and I was happy the rest of the day... much nicer than money yes !! But since we are talking about tipping waiters,etc. and I am American, I can sincerly say that money is also very well appreciated, different from bribing because the service has already been rendered. I too think that this is a cultural issue... PS: where else can you talk to a person from half way around the world !! Charles :p Are you the owner of this business? Owners and management do not get tipped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivalrygirl Posted July 14, 2007 #158 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Are you the owner of this business? Owners and management do not get tipped. Yep and I have a bit of a problem here as well. Don't hairdressers consider themselves as the "Professionals" Down here we hold our professionals in high esteem as we are their "clients". Maybe in the States you actually throw a tip at your, Doctor, Medical Specialist, Attorney, Principal of the College etc. etc. to name but a few. if not, why the hec would you want to tip your hairdresser ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeyer418 Posted July 14, 2007 #159 Share Posted July 14, 2007 The custom in the US is to tip hairdressers, barbers etc. It is also correct that you don't normally tip the owner of the shop. Yes I know its not the way down under but frankly if you are here you should follow here's rules if not you are giving your country a bad name as a bunch of cheap stiffing ANZACS. I know you don't like this but that's the way it is. I don't know many hairdressers/barbers who went to school for 6 plus years to be a professional. You don't have to tip the hairdresser in NZ and I promise you when I am there I won't either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivalrygirl Posted July 14, 2007 #160 Share Posted July 14, 2007 The custom in the US is to tip hairdressers, barbers etc. It is also correct that you don't normally tip the owner of the shop. Yes I know its not the way down under but frankly if you are here you should follow here's rules if not you are giving your country a bad name as a bunch of cheap stiffing ANZACS. I know you don't like this but that's the way it is. I don't know many hairdressers/barbers who went to school for 6 plus years to be a professional. You don't have to tip the hairdresser in NZ and I promise you when I am there I won't either. Whoa, hold on mate! Once again, the cultural difference is showing up. You guys just don't seem to recognise "tongue in the cheek" :( and if I went around here stiffing other Anzacs I would be under lock and key, 15 years to life :p Just another cultural difference . ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted July 14, 2007 #161 Share Posted July 14, 2007 The custom in the US is to tip hairdressers, barbers etc. It is also correct that you don't normally tip the owner of the shop. Yes I know its not the way down under but frankly if you are here you should follow here's rules if not you are giving your country a bad name as a bunch of cheap stiffing ANZACS. I know you don't like this but that's the way it is. I don't know many hairdressers/barbers who went to school for 6 plus years to be a professional. You don't have to tip the hairdresser in NZ and I promise you when I am there I won't either. We also have a reputation here of not stiffing our employees by paying them a proper wage. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivalrygirl Posted July 14, 2007 #162 Share Posted July 14, 2007 We also have a reputation here of not stiffing our employees by paying them a proper wage. Cheers, lol, and I can see you are straight out of bed and right into it :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted July 14, 2007 #163 Share Posted July 14, 2007 lol, and I can see you are straight out of bed and right into it :D Actually, just winding down, ready for a sleep. Problems with machines at work and got called in to solve. The mongrels didn't even tip me! (Oh, nearly forgot - they paid me double my hourly rate, who needs tips):rolleyes: Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzerfornow Posted July 14, 2007 #164 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Actually, just winding down, ready for a sleep. Problems with machines at work and got called in to solve. The mongrels didn't even tip me! (Oh, nearly forgot - they paid me double my hourly rate, who needs tips):rolleyes: Cheers, With all that double time you'll have plenty of cash to tip you waiters now!!:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZbeachboy Posted July 14, 2007 #165 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Thank you all who made me an honorary aussie. You have given me the strength to fight this horriable need to tip because that is the way it is. Now I can just tell the pursers office(and everyone else with their hand out) that I am aussie and we do not tip. Thanks very much. I feel freed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeyer418 Posted July 14, 2007 #166 Share Posted July 14, 2007 We also have a reputation here of not stiffing our employees by paying them a proper wage. Cheers, yes I wouldn't mind a change here but I am not going to change it by not tipping the employees whose major income is made up of tips. Maybe they should become unionized and strike for higher wages and make it mandatory as part of the cruise fare...until then however if I don't tip I'll just say I am from New Zealand. But if you are in a place that does tip and you say I don't tip because tipping if not the custom of the moon I am from....shame on you. Since there are only 4 million from NZ and 20 million from Australia I must say the chances are you will be in the minority any way. Americans are know for being generous...loud but generous...and on the ship there will be 90% of us. I still hate these threads.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeyer418 Posted July 15, 2007 #167 Share Posted July 15, 2007 I am killing myself thinking about Americans, millions of them, that are happy to pass over their hard earned dollars on which they have paid very hansomely their share of the taxes of the USA. Now if that does not make you wonder who the hec is the loser here then I give up. BTW Smeyer you can sling off as much as you like, but I have spent days on a ship with at least 80% mostly very loud Americans, a whole heap of which the crew totally detested, how do I know, because they told me so. They were so happy to be at sea with a more than usual contingent of Aussies and Kiwis :cool: Oh well lets live and forget, I call it QUITS :eek: yes we are loud but at 301 million of us they would go out of business with out us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZbeachboy Posted July 15, 2007 #168 Share Posted July 15, 2007 yes we are loud but at 301 million of us they would go out of business with out us. Try 320 million with the illegals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeyer418 Posted July 15, 2007 #169 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Try 320 million with the illegals.They don't cruise they can't leave the country.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeyer418 Posted July 15, 2007 #170 Share Posted July 15, 2007 But I am sure they can get a job on the cruise ships and earn their wages through tips just like all the other hard done by crew!!LOL!!! TIC they get tips? not from many people on this board...:) don't you think they should close this thread already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZbeachboy Posted July 15, 2007 #171 Share Posted July 15, 2007 They don't cruise they can't leave the country.... Neither can many of the 302,000,000 here legally. They cannot afford it because cheap companies will not pay a decent wage! Besides, many here illegally can go back to their home country and get hired for the cruise ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyscot Posted July 15, 2007 #172 Share Posted July 15, 2007 You're all illegals (charming word) since you unlawfully usurped the established government of good King George, who sought only to please, and never once invaded Iraq. OK, stretching it a bit, it's early, got sent to make early morning tea and saw the computer. "Turn me on, 300 million yanks to upset, turn me on........". Thought it was DW, but sadly no........... Yawn. Don't the people on Cunard speak posh? :D xxxxxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest012 Posted July 15, 2007 #173 Share Posted July 15, 2007 You say tipping is the way of your country.. and i respect that.... so I pose the question when it comes to cruising why are you tipping foreign workers in international waters......... cheers shiona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseKidz Posted July 15, 2007 #174 Share Posted July 15, 2007 ROFLMAO Watch out George W here come the ANZACS :D No offfence mean't Chivalrygirl but I really do not think ANZACs should be bandied about on the boards, you are being quoted by yanks who do not understand the meaning hubby's dad was an ANZAC so we respect that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseKidz Posted July 15, 2007 #175 Share Posted July 15, 2007 The custom in the US is to tip hairdressers, barbers etc. It is also correct that you don't normally tip the owner of the shop. Yes I know its not the way down under but frankly if you are here you should follow here's rules if not you are giving your country a bad name as a bunch of cheap stiffing ANZACS. I know you don't like this but that's the way it is. I don't know many hairdressers/barbers who went to school for 6 plus years to be a professional. You don't have to tip the hairdresser in NZ and I promise you when I am there I won't either. Hmmm a hairdresser/barber a professional??? I don't think so, hubby spent 5 years at uni getting his degree, now... he's a professional and he doesn't ask for a tip!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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