In Reply to: Get it right! posted by Renno on Wednesday, 2. December 2009 at 22:18 Bali Time:
in thinking they are tipping the porters. They DO NOT get a wage.
THAT is the point I am trying to make.
It's NOT a tip. It's their wage.
Tell me how they can make 4 times the monthly wage without raising a sweat. Better still tell the porters. I'm sure they'd like to know. Then they don't have to rely on stingy tourists who don't want to pay them for the job they do (i.e. taking bags outside for you).
I'm glad you think you are being helpful. Misguided as you are. You are insinuating that porters should not be paid.