Thoughts on selling drinks
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Furloughd4now
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I like that take the tip -At TWA it was happy hour every flight 2 for one drinks one for pax one for FAs.Icahn nothing.
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Gone are the good ole days (at least onboard) I remember DL L10s to FLL ... champagne flights ...Ooops I just hijacked the thread....
Again we are talking about selling drinks ... as a waitress and bartender it is insulting to not offer/give a tip for a beverage served (unless your service was ugly)
So I will pose the question again (irrespective of company policy because the company obviously doesn't care about certain "policies") If we serve drinks for a cost, do we, can we get, accept tips ..... ?????
It IS a valid question that has not yet been discussed here :huh: :huh:
USCREW
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I believe that waiters/waitresses get paid minimum wage. I'm not sure about that, but I know that they get a pretty low hourly salary and depend on tips. We max out at a little under $39.00/hour. The contract would have to be amended in our favor. Highly doubtful that the company would allow us to keep what we have and allow tips too. There is no way that I would agree to a lower hourly rate for tips. I am NOT, I repeat, I am NOT a waitress--nevermind the fact that my job makes me look more and more like one!
N965VJ
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Actually below min wage. A girlfriend had a two night a week job waitressing on a dinner cruise boat in TPA. If she could’ve done that full time, she would‘ve mode more than me flying 75 hours on A Scale (except when the boat was full of European tourists, LOL).
This post is double ROT-13 encrypted to abate the snoops in Tempe.
This post is double ROT-13 encrypted to abate the snoops in Tempe.
Furloughd4now
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YOU max out at $39/hour .... Most of us juniorbees don't. I agree, waiters, get minimum wage because they DEPEND on the fact that most, if not all people tip. I also, do not agree with the fact that we are, waiters in the sky, but there is a harsh reality to now accept. We are becoming that. Irrespective of anything else, this is what we are becoming. Actually I take that back. If you don't sell beverages, you WILL become a trash queen, because our esteemed customers will bring on all the food and beverages they can muster onboard.. Harsh reality ... been there done that. Food bags don't count with the bag limit, because on most flights we don't sell food!
It's a semantic conversation now. Point being, if we are now being compared with "Allegiant" (who by the way does accept tips AND makes a considerable hourly wage ... if you are senior enough) or with other "service industries" ie. concessionaires, who's to say we cannot accept them?
Company policy dictates that if we "upset" THE PERSON OFFERING, then by no means we cannot deny the offer .... most people when paying for something do offer tips. Typically we do not accept. However, times, they are a changing.
And our Esteemed Union says what about all this????
USCREW
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I have no problems keeping our current hourly rate PLUS tips. My point is that it is not okay to give any more concessions in lieu of tips.
Furloughd4now
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Who said anything about conecessions?
USCREW
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You know Tempe would negotiate that if we brought up tips.
Furloughd4now
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This statement is such a dichotomy I want to laugh
When Skybus was around (their slogan? "Only birds fly cheaper") .... are they around now? I don't even know where the second paragraph is coming from ... it's all over the place.
And yes, as a FA doing it for quite a while I have an idea what the people want and what the airline should do because I am out there every day for sometimes 14 hours or more, hearing all day what and how people react. In a sense people are greedy and demand many things. They will have to adapt and will. The FAs are a different breed and it will take longer.
I was joking about the tips things, but we started to go too far on there as well, even talking concessions .... haven't we given up enough????????
Actually FlyGuyBWI had an idea, get what you pay for type deal. But that makes too much sense.
But raise airfares??? Oh HeckNO!
LCC_#1
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I guess I WAS playing the role of Rose Nyland. In a nutshell, the customer will adapt. WE will adapt. I think we will all be surprised at how little we will do on an airplane come Aug 1.
ITRADE
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Itll go like this...2bucks..2 bucks drinks 2 bucks....Dont be a dope by the lady a coke...come on drinks 2 bucks...
Will they give you a change belt like on the $1.98 Beauty Show?>>>
As a member of the flying public, I no longer desire or require inflight service. I bring my own food and beverage. The drink carts are now annoyances that block the ailses so I can't go the bathroom. They should sell little bottles of water for $2.00 (ON REQUEST ONLY) for those who need some water for medicine and forgot to bring their own.
FA's should stay in their jump seats and leave the passengers alone and only peform FAA mandated duties and cabin cleaning between flights....
Airlines should visit Greyhound to get some ideas on how to run a bus company (with faster buses)
FA's should stay in their jump seats and leave the passengers alone and only peform FAA mandated duties and cabin cleaning between flights....
Airlines should visit Greyhound to get some ideas on how to run a bus company (with faster buses)
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N965VJ
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Mr. Blockholder States------> Is it FAA mandated if I slip the latest issue of Maxim inside a Policy & Proceedures ring binder and read it that way?
only Stating opininons.
On the call today they said the hand-helds could be up and running as early as the 4th quarter and they are not only CC readers but also scanners. So I imagine you will scan the coke it will price it, take the credit card payment and it will also handle all the inventory issues as well as provide lots of data to load the AC and monitor the program accordingly.
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