On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:25:08 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> Now I'm wondering if the requests for the employee holiday gift fund
> could have been applied towards the dining minimum. I found it rather
> odd they were requesting money to give the island employees holiday
> bonuses. Final talley, they'd collected over $75,000 so they could
> split it and cut bonus checks for the landscapers (not that they take
> care of our yards), security guards, the folks who work in accounting,
> etc. Allegedly divided equally.
>
> Were these out-of-pocket donations? Or could that have been deducted
> from the dining minimum, too? I sent an email asking about it. I'm
> waiting to hear back.

They're sounding like Walmart and them asking customers to contribute
to Thanksgiving baskets for needy employees! Why don't they pay their
employees enough to tide them through the year, so you can tip those
you may wish to tip on your own?

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