01-07-2009, 06:17 AM
all the best to you and your wife, tom!
we did not have quite the experience as your wife upon departing honolulu and arriving in hilo. the hawaiian airlines' employees transfered mom from her personal wheelchair to theirs, of course with our assistance--they didn't seem to know how to maneuver her into their chair. the same thing happened when they tried to get her out and transfer her into the handicapped seat. we absolutely did not feel obligated to tip. if the porter was not employed by the airlines and capable of transferring mom without hurting her, we would have tipped.
don't get me wrong. we do tip when it's warranted. take for instance the porter that checked in our 6 bags and two boxes. we all know that hawaiian airlines (and i think most other airlines) is still charging a fee for every checked in piece. the porter told us that he had, "taken care of it" and we didn't pay anything except a huge tip to him.
"chaos reigns within.
reflect, repent and reboot.
order shall return."
microsoft error message with haiku poetry
we did not have quite the experience as your wife upon departing honolulu and arriving in hilo. the hawaiian airlines' employees transfered mom from her personal wheelchair to theirs, of course with our assistance--they didn't seem to know how to maneuver her into their chair. the same thing happened when they tried to get her out and transfer her into the handicapped seat. we absolutely did not feel obligated to tip. if the porter was not employed by the airlines and capable of transferring mom without hurting her, we would have tipped.
don't get me wrong. we do tip when it's warranted. take for instance the porter that checked in our 6 bags and two boxes. we all know that hawaiian airlines (and i think most other airlines) is still charging a fee for every checked in piece. the porter told us that he had, "taken care of it" and we didn't pay anything except a huge tip to him.
"chaos reigns within.
reflect, repent and reboot.
order shall return."
microsoft error message with haiku poetry
"a great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
w. james
w. james