Originally Posted by
Khantahr
YGTBFKM with this BS. Van drivers are paid to drive us from A to B safely and on time. I don't know what it is, but it's at least minimum wage. Tip them if you want to, but thinking it's required it's the most asinine bull**** I've ever seen.
You think they deserve a tip because 5-15 of your lives are in their hands? We have 100-350 lives in our hands every flight, where are our tips? GTFO with your BS. You're tipping them because you've been indoctrinated to the American tipping culture BS designed to let their boss pay them less. That's it.
Yes, I tip van drivers when they toss my bags. I still think it's completely F'd up to do so.
Mostly agree. The driver's literal job is to drive us safely and on time from point A to B. So, to tip for "getting us to our destination safely and on time" feels hollow. That is the literal point/aim/goal of their job.
Also, "getting" my bags? They are literally lifting them 3 feet from the ground to the van, and doing the reverse at destination. It feels similarly hollow to tip for that reason.
I have no doubt Skyhop and other transportation companies pay the drivers $X less per hour because they assume $X per hour in tips, so yes we are subsidizing their wages to a certain extent.
Tipping culture is out of control here in the U.S, and .I have no doubt more and more employers have it in their compensation calculus.
That being said, I tip the drivers $2 each way ($1 per bag) out of rote habit and because it's what everyone else does, NOT some gratitude or altruism or sense of professionalism.
I WILL tip $10 for above and beyond things like dropping me at employee parking on a JFK/LGA intra airport transfer.
I don't care whether others tip or not (although I DO judge them in my head for nonconformity 🤣
Im always happy and willing to spot (not even "lend") an FO $2 if they're out of singles or can't make change.