Originally Posted by Flyinguy

This^^

Where do you draw the line? Google hotel maids, they ‘should’ be tipped $1-5$ per night. Do y’all tip them?

Tipping is a terrible American social ‘norm’ for the restaurant industry who is too cheap to pay their employees properly and expect the customer to pay them. Let’s not let it spread to everything.

It hurts them way more than it helps them. They don’t have as much stability as an hourly wage employee. But you chose to go out to eat, you could order delivery, so as terrible as it is, I do tip wait staff when I go out.

But this is part of our job. Do we tip gate agents for being on time? Bag handelers don’t get $1 for every bag they handle, pilots don’t get $1 for every passenger.

It is an insult to tip in most countries. We are professionals who do our best, we don’t need a bribe/tip to do well.

It leads to scum in various other cities, where some guy jumps on your car and starts cleaning the window and expects money for it and he breaks your window.





Exactly. I treat the van driver like I would want to be treated. I thank them, tell them to have a good day. I let them load bags because they have a method, but I will gladly load or unload my own bag, in fact prefer it.

I assume most won’t turn down a tip, but don’t expect one either. I don’t think it ruins their day or they care if they get a tip.