Tonight is the fourth of four nights working a six hour shift. We lost one of our bellmen last week, so Bossman is trying to fill in hours by being creative with the schedule. He needed me six nights this week, and since he can't schedule me overtime, four of those nights have fewer hours. The only problem I have with the arrangement is that he's snipped off the two hours when I would normally be making some tip money. Couple that with having been off four of the last six Friday nights, and my income has suffered.
The ratio of tippers to non-tippers hasn't changed much (though I got stiffed seven times by a departing wedding party last weekend,) but what's aggravating me most right now is the undertippers. For some reason lately more and more people are giving $3-5 for $10-20 jobs. The worst was the two Italian guys last week who had four luggage carts worth of suits that they were taking to market in Dallas. Lrbom and I both helped bring all their stuff down and got their car from valet, and then had to split a $3 tip. $3 for a $40 job.
Anyway, the last six weeks have been dismal, and the result of all this is that I have to borrow money from my savings account to pay my phone bill this week, and I still need to put gas in the car. I'm feeling cheated.
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