It's custom for service people to get tips for the holidays.
Hair dressers,school teachers,mailmen,waiters etc all expect a little more before the holidays.
One way to encourage is when presenting your bill to the home owner is to leave your other hand open palmed like a baggage porter at an airport or hotel.
Another way is to enclose a small discreet envelope in with your Christmas card.
A more noticeable way is to wear a "Money Belt" with exposed 5 and ten or even twenty dollars to give them the hint.
Other local cleaners have told me that they bring their family in to a clients house to sing christmas carols with a "Gift" donation box held by one of their children.
Of course their family members are dressed in their poorest selection of clothes to encourage more dollars.
A more profound way is to simply ask for a holiday tip.
It is not considered good manners to demand a holiday tip.
How do you encourage tips? :shock:
Hair dressers,school teachers,mailmen,waiters etc all expect a little more before the holidays.
One way to encourage is when presenting your bill to the home owner is to leave your other hand open palmed like a baggage porter at an airport or hotel.
Another way is to enclose a small discreet envelope in with your Christmas card.
A more noticeable way is to wear a "Money Belt" with exposed 5 and ten or even twenty dollars to give them the hint.
Other local cleaners have told me that they bring their family in to a clients house to sing christmas carols with a "Gift" donation box held by one of their children.
Of course their family members are dressed in their poorest selection of clothes to encourage more dollars.
A more profound way is to simply ask for a holiday tip.
It is not considered good manners to demand a holiday tip.
How do you encourage tips? :shock:
Merry Christams James
