Subject: Re: More Tips (please) To: balloon@fooledya.com (260Q) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 13:29:06 -0500 (EST) From: "Steven Hayden Brown" Forwarded message: From steve Mon Mar 31 12:36:39 1997 Subject: Re: More Tips (please) To: SuzHaring@aol.com Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 12:36:39 -0500 (EST) From: "Steven Hayden Brown" In-Reply-To: <970331113947_-1604269105@emout11.mail.aol.com> from "SuzHaring@aol.com" at Mar 31, 97 11:39:48 am Reply-To: steve@theatrefx.com Organization: Theatre Effects, Inc., Hagerstown, Maryland Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1159 > Suzanne haring here: > > Patty Sorrell wrote > "Simply put, if I'm being paid a fee to be at the function, I don't wear tip > badges/signs and I don't ask for tips, but will graciously accept if > offered." > > 99.9% of my work has always been paid - I agree 100% with Patty! I usually > tell a person it's not necessary to tip, but if they still offer, I accept > and thank them for it... Same here, it's still a personal decision whether to accept or not ( how can you refuse when a 4 yr. old makes his way across a crouded restaurant.. with tip money in hand...???? )...I work mostly paid gigs as well, and do the same...I tell them that I'm paid quite well by the host/hostess/mngt and that it's not necessary to tip...but I won't refuse if they insist... ( it's kinda 3fold here..I don't want to have them feel insulted, which they might if I totally stonewall the tip..the tip money spends as well as any other money...and the part about being paid well is both to compliment the folks paying my fee, and to set up an advantage if someone attending the functions calls later and wants to book me....) -steve- Steven H. Brown steve@theatrefx.com