Excellent point. In these threads people will reiterate that they want to say thank you to housekeepers by tipping because they feel their jobs are hard, they don't earn very much and they perform a service for them. The fact is that they choose to do that job, the pay is above minimum wage plus perks/benefits, it probably isn't as hard as a job out in the heat of the parks which pays less and the personal service they do is no greater that say a doctor or nurse who they would not dream of 'tipping'. Basically it doesn't make any sense.
People like to tip housekeeping because it makes 'them' feel better. In my opinion they would do better to praise the efforts of housekeeping to their management and therefore give them the prospect of promotion - and give their tips to charity where they would be of more use.
Again I say that we should not encourage a system where people who work have to rely on the handouts of strangers to make a living. It smacks of a master/servant relationship which has no place in modern society.
