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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tigerlily: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by dwgendy: [b]Hi there everyone! Sorry to say, I am an Ophthalmologist, (eye surgion) And I work in Egypt, Had training in the US, and my sallary is 250LE a month! And after reading through this thread, I know damn well now why the waiters almost ignore people like me, why people in the parking lot try and make it as hard as possible for people like me to park, why people at the door of the hotels run to help others with thier bags and never mond looking at people like me. I know now why our room service is never up to the standards we expect when we go to holidays in Sharm!! it's because there are people out their ruining our simple Egyptian life by extra tip than non of us can afford! so that services, simple services is not available for us any more, even the previlage of parking your own car by yourself is not available becuase there are people who doesn't want you to park because they are wiating for someone who is a tipper to come and park here! you might think I am exageration, sorry but I am not! one of the worst things also, is that people think that tipping is a basic thing here in Egypt, when I worked in Sharm, in Diving Medicine, I uased to get patients who wnate dot tip me, the doctor!! how offending could that be!! Any way, my advice, is always pay the reasonable price for the anything in any country, other wise you are sharing in makeing the lives of the native people much harder, when you think you are helpng the minority! thanks. [/b][/QUOTE] Why would you bring up the story of your salary which is only 250LE - as you try to tell us here - and even if so don't you think its time for you to look for a position in another hospital with a better salary? It sounds for me strange to believe that you have been trained in the US (with degree?) and not able to acquire a better job. Sorry, but your story doesn't make sense. Don't feel sorry for yourself, there are many studied people working f. e. in the hotel industry because they do make more money in waitering or whatever and in the end they are able to feed their families and thats all what matters. And sorry, the hotel rooms for Westerner don't get better service, the hotel makes sure that all rooms getting properly cleaned and maintained. Another factor is that we pay way more money than Egyptians who come and stay in the same hotel. And sorry to tell you this but Western guests don't get treated better than Egyptian guests. F. e. at the pool the pool boy would come up and bring the towels for the Egyptian families. When we were eating one day at Mac Donalds the waiter would bring also to an Egyptian couple and their children the food. You know how they let us know that our food was ready? The guy at the counter waved and made a sign to come on over and pick up our trays..... I appreciate service when I am on vacation, hundred of thousands of your citizens living of from Egypt's tourism industry and I don't see something wrong to tip someone if he's eager to work for it and also knowing that most salaries/wages are a joke. Without the tourism industry and us as guests many more people would live in greater poverty. Infact I am even tipping the trash people, some of them working early in the morning on the streets, some of them still working when it already getting dark. And I don't feel strange at all to tip men since these are the ones who who are working in the tourist villages. Hardly any employed women around (f. e. in Tunisian holiday resorts many women working as cleaner). Since we are going now since couple of years to Hurghada on vacation we became even friends with some employees from former hotels we stayed at. Its great to see some of them again after one or two years. I don't feel strange at all to give Bakshish because thats the way I learned while living in your country. And I prefer to give it rather than to act all gready knowing that someone can have a good meal for 10 or 20 pounds after making our visit enjoyable. If you try to blame foreigners for the misery you are living in I can just tell you again to get a grip on life and how to accomplish some things. Others do. Lastly, isn't even your religion stating to help the poor? [This message has been edited by Tigerlily (edited 24 August 2005).] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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