Some truth to that. As a probationary 2nd officer on a DC-6, a co-worker was mistaken for a bellman at the Hojo’s near JFK one morning, by an elderly woman who asked for help getting luggage to her room. Having a sense of humor, said “why not”. It earned him a 2 dollar tip. Realizing the new found wealth potential, and being on probation pay of $600/mo, he hung around and picked up a few more jobs. That ended when the real bell hop caught him and threatened to have him banned from the hotel.

I think he retired from United last year.

Obviously we weren’t with United then, but a small freight operator...1979.