Tipping Van Drivers
03-03-2021, 06:51 PM
#442
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Originally Posted by Mainline Mulier
If you’re at a major, you should be tipping $3-$5.
We make more in a month than RJ FO’s do in a year. Some probably make less than the van drivers. Accosting them for not tipping is absurd.
We make more in a month than RJ FO’s do in a year. Some probably make less than the van drivers. Accosting them for not tipping is absurd.
03-04-2021, 06:22 AM
#443
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Originally Posted by coodrough568
I can’t believe you said that. Just wait until Rick gets here and see this!!! You’re entitled to tip! It’s your own fault you’re out at that overnight hotel anyway! Didn’t you GOOGLE the pay rates before you decided to become a pilot!?!? You make 35k a year before taxes for Pete’s sake
03-04-2021, 06:34 AM
#444
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Originally Posted by IamEssential
Nothing Rick can do about it. Horrible human being are going to be horrible human beings.
03-04-2021, 06:35 AM
#445
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Originally Posted by TiredSoul
I love the guys that start talking pay rates and contract negotiations in the van and how much they want then pull out a single dollar with the flair of a circus magician.
Like the old men at a poker table who come with a roll of fifty cent pieces because they are too cheap to toss the dealer a white chip when they rake a two hundred dollar pot.
03-04-2021, 06:59 AM
#446
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Originally Posted by TiredSoul
I love the guys that start talking pay rates and contract negotiations in the van and how much they want then pull out a single dollar with the flair of a circus magician.
03-04-2021, 07:34 PM
#447
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
Of course it's not strictly mandatory, but most of us find it distasteful to not do it (assuming good service). People come on here hoping to find validation for their poor behavior, and then get PO'ed when they don't find it.
How someone decides to spend their money is their issue. I’d hate to fly with someone who’s main concern and how they feel about themselves, are on how others tip. I would hope that when we arrive at the hotel, we have other, more important things to be concerned with (FaceTiming with family, eating, socializing with the crew, exercising, sleep, etc.)
With all the truly awful things happening around the world, especially the animosity between other human beings, I would think whether or not to tip a van driver would be pretty petty. The Western culture of over-tipping propagates threads like these with divisiveness.
03-04-2021, 07:51 PM
#448
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Originally Posted by jtsastre
If you find not tipping a van driver “distasteful” and “poor behavior,” you need to have some perspective.
If there's too much tipping for your taste here in the US, you can of course go elsewhere.
It's very very far from my main concern, but it gets noticed.
03-04-2021, 09:25 PM
#449
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
I have plenty of perspective. That's why it rubs me the wrong way.
Originally Posted by rickair7777
If there's too much tipping for your taste here in the US, you can of course go elsewhere.
Originally Posted by rickair7777
It's very very far from my main concern, but it gets noticed.
