Let’s say it straight: Tipping has gotten out of hand
Dear Parents, it says. Visiting day is approaching… and please keep in mind tipping for our hardworking staff, including but not limited to: rebbi, counselor, JC, CIT, waiter, lifeguard, nurse, division head, head counselor, camp mother, janitor, sports director, mother’s helper….
And then camps do this helpful little thing where they inform you about how much the standard tip should be for each.
And my heart sinks. Because of course I want to show hakaras hatov to my children’s counselors. Especially the one who calmed her down when she was homesick, and the one who brought my child to the nurse when he fell after climbing on the rafters.
But… I’d also like to know where my $6,000-plus is going, if not to pay the people on the above list. Didn’t we finish paying camp tuition by June 1 so the camps could allocate some of those funds to their hardworking staff?
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