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Who do YOU tip? How much, and why?

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Maris
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03-28-2002

Monday, December 20, 2004 - 6:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I never understood tipping a postal employee. Your average mailman earns over $40,000 a year (mean). A mail carrier starting out gets 13 days vacation and 13 sick days a year. If a postal employee works on a sunday they get 25% premium. They also get a night differential if they work evenings. They have excellent retirement benefits and are government employees.

There arent many people out earning that much. Why do they merit tips?

I got a 22, was considered scrooge because of my view on mail carriers.

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Monday, December 20, 2004 - 6:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good question, Maris.. but I just like my particular carrier and I get lots of books (i.e., small but heavy packages) for her to deliver.

Now the trash guys, they are unionized and definitely don't need any of my meager net worth

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Tuesday, December 21, 2004 - 8:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My postal carrier got a small basket of homemade cookies last year, and I got a thank you card from him and the wife! He had only been our carrier for a couple of months at that time. Since then he has helped carry groceries in, pet the cat a time or three, picked up a piece of trash out of the yard, etc. This year he is getting homemade cookies with a gift card attached.


Fabnsab
Member

08-07-2000

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - 4:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
As far as Emily Post is concerned, she can kiss my butt...lol.

When I read in her book that the easy way to figure out how to tip your server is by doubling the tax, I was not happy.

People look to their books as the bible of etiquette and to have that "rule" out there is such bad news to servers. We have a county here with 5.5% tax. If those folks go by her rule then they are tipping 11% and thinking they're doing a mighty good job with it because Emily Post said so. I find it irresponsible of them to write such a thing.

This was a recent book I bought with her daughter doing the updating so this wasn't something really old I read.

People should tip on the quality of service first and foremost. Most of us do have a certain percentage we go by as a standard but this rule is ridiculous to me.




Max
Member

08-12-2000

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - 7:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, we don't have tax in Oregon, so I guess Emily would stiff the servers here, eh?

I tipped my trainer the cost of one session and she was pleasantly surprised. Most of her clients don't tip at all, although a couple of them gave her small gifts.

Sticky
Member

02-15-2005

Saturday, March 26, 2005 - 9:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I don't know is will help or not once me and my wife was out eating at some place we go about 2 times a month they have great food when wen got done i forgot add for the tip and all i had was .50 so i left it so a few days later a letter came to my house and she mail it back me tell me if that all i have just keep it . THAT WHEN I CALL HER BOSS AND ASKED HE GIVE HER MY MANE. if you your nice 15% min if good 20% if great 40% tops thanks sticky

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Saturday, March 26, 2005 - 9:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well,that is interesting. My opinion has always been if you do not have the money to tip,you should maybe go elsewhere.
Where did she get your home address?


Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Saturday, March 26, 2005 - 10:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow sticky!! That's crazy that she found your address. Hmmm...I think that's illegal SOMEHOW. Not sure how, but it's grounds for being fired for sure!!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sounds like drama to me (and if not illegal to get your address, should be) especially if you go there twice a month, they SHOULD know that and know that you usually can afford a tip.. sheesh!

Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 10:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree with Seamonkey, if you are at a restaurant 2 times a month for any extended period of time, servers should DEFINITELY know who you are. We have regulars that come every 6 weeks that we still know who they are. Sure, they have names like "Hogue Cellars man" because of the wine he orders, or "Big tipping Buddhists" for the family that comes in with the two guys in their Monk outfits, etc.

But we definitely get to know people, and two weeks is a pretty short interval between restaurant trips. Her behaviour was uncalled for. We've had people who are regulars forget their wallet, and we've honored them for sure. We know they will be back, they know they will be back, we afford them that luxury.

Sticky, are you in Quebec? That is the ONE PLACE I would say that attitude for a bad tip is COMMON. I lived in Montreal for 3 years, and WOW will those ladies ever curse you out if you don't leave a tip, let alone a large enough tip. Tipping is unusually important in Quebec, even at places like Dunkin' Donuts, you'd leave 50 cents on your one dollar coffee!! Restaurant work is very lucrative out there, and many of the "older" servers have no beef about cursing you out if you don't tip correctly. LOL

Shadoe
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11-04-2004

Thursday, March 31, 2005 - 6:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I should add that in Quebec, there are two minimum wages, or there were. Any persons working in a tipping kind of job got less of a base salary, so the tipping was kinda expected so these employees could make up the difference.
The coffee thing shocked me when I first moved to Montreal. I was lucky enough to work closely with a native Quebecer and Sylvain filled me in on the ways of surviving the wrath of local serving personnel. He even went so far as to suggest I tip MORE when I received sort of poor service; then that lousy server would remember me and treat me like gold the next time. I was doubtful but it did work while I was in that city. I did not feel badly if I did not tip to their expectations as I knew another fella who worked at a Red Lobster in Montreal and each year he used his saved tips for exotic holidays. Something I sure could not afford.

Sticky
Member

02-15-2005

Thursday, March 31, 2005 - 7:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
to all the people i'll been sick sorry
latey but thanks for the feedback happy to hear from all of you .Eeyoreslament i don't live
in canda i lve in the usa i live im missouri