Originally Posted by
whairdhugo
i've tried to not say anything, but i have read one too many 'rationalizations' for being too cheap to tip...a buck!
geezus people...it's one dollar. it is industry standard. it is a professional courtesy. did i mention it's only one dollar???
before you jump all over me...i am in the right seat of xyz regional making jack-diddly for pay also. so please spare me the "i can't afford it" bit.
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I've ridden in numerous hotel vans in my previous life as a commuter pilot. One day a crewmember from a USAir crew (this was a long time ago), asked the van driver what she did with her tip money. Her reply? Every year for the past eigth years she had taken her husband and two kids on a FIRST CLASS one week all expenses paid vacation to Disneyland in Florida (they lived in PVD)!!! Her tip money was ONLY for vacations. Well, when I listened to her talk about how wonderful this vacation was every year, it made me realize that it was time I needed to start saving money for ME to have a nice vacation. Problem was is that $14,500 a year after taxes just doesn't go very far. Point is, is that if you can afford to tip go for it, but otherwise save your money. Everyone has a different financial situation, so quit being judgmental about people being "cheap".