The other day I had a guest experience that I wish I would have handled differently. Hey, sometimes it happens. But you never know UNTIL it happens. And we all know that sometimes all it takes is one person to screw things up for everyone else. Here’s what happened?
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What’s Your Inn Guest FICO Score?
Posted in Baer House Inn, breakfast, driving, eating, food, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, money, travel, vacation, Vicksburg, writing, tagged active military, Airbnb, B&B, Baer House, Baer House Inn, bed and breakfast, discounted rooms, discounts, early riser, housekeeping, inn guests, inn hosting, inn hosts, military, military discounts, Mississippi, money, morning person, overcharging, undercharging on February 21, 2022| 2 Comments »
To Tip Or Not To Tip
Posted in Family, Fiction, food, friends, health, Holidays, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, mowing lawn, travel, Uncategorized, vacation, writing, tagged delivery drivers, drivers, employers, FedEx, garbage pick-up, gifts, housekeeping, minimum wage, money, post office, random, restaurants, salary, tipping, tips, UPS, USPS, wages, wait staff, waiters on December 3, 2018| 8 Comments »
I recently had a very intellectual debate with myself about the whole phenomenon known as tipping. Now, I’ve always believed that tipping should be done when service is over and above what might “normally” be expected. Except, of course, restaurant servers, I tip them regardless of their service because I know that they only get paid like $2 an hour and they rely on tips to even make a living. And that is where I run into a problem. (more…)