Wednesday, September 24, 2008

I just remembered a previous post of mine

Today morning, I went to a hospital. When I came out, my bike was hidden and covered from all directions with other bikes. Realizing that it was literally impossible for me to take it out, I took help from a security guard. I was very impressed by his help, and decided to tip him. I gave him a ten rupee note. AND HE REFUSED TO TAKE THE MONEY. :-) -> This reminded me of my previous post: http://vandyhasablog.blogspot.com/2008/03/one-rupee-tip.html.

I liked the guard's sincerity, but, one of my friends(to whom I narrated this incident) actually got me thinking "if accepting a tip is bad". Well, if, someone tips for a service after being happy with it, it might be his way of encouraging the person performing the service.

Comments are open on this. This looks like a topic to debate on.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

lol its something with u and the tips. try a 100 rupee note next time. May be it will work ;)

Vandana Shenoy said...

haha.. So, you think I am generous ? ;)

harsha_kn said...

but there is a thing called 'ego' ... And I believe that it doesn't go with the service industry. Not talking about this specific case though.

Mohit Lohia said...

TIPS stands for To Invite Prompt Service

Vishwa said...

Lol!! The problem is, Tips funda is the most top reasons for corruption. The moment you pay extra for nice work, that worker may treat it as courtecy or appreciation, however another guy who may not do nice work, will start demanding that! Thats when corruption starts :-) Neways, its my openion.