After a week, at a hotel, of tipping doormen, bell boys, waiters, hatcheck girls, ad infinitum, a traveler was completely fed up with the whole system.
Excuse me, sir. Hi, you come in here all the time. I was just wondering, do you think there's a possibility that you could give me an advance on my tips?
So ideally, you would be able to pay them online, tip them online or whatever platform you're using for ordering food and then have then leave it outside your door.
To the piano player she said hoarsely, " Can you imagine, Joseph, soup on Christmas Eve? " He pointed to his empty tipping plate. The young sailor finished his meal and got up to leave.