Tipping Van Drivers
03-09-2021, 05:02 AM
#511
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Originally Posted by 123494
I used to bring a Zip-Lock bag of loose change with me on trips that I’d use to buy coffee. They’d tell me how much and I’d get my little baggie out and start counting. I distinctly remember a look of disgust from several customers waiting in line behind me.
Either way, you’re going on the blocked list because I don’t find that you contribute anything of value to these forums.
03-09-2021, 05:14 AM
#512
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Originally Posted by jaxsurf
Trolling is a little too obvious with this one.
Either way, you’re going on the blocked list because I don’t find that you contribute anything of value to these forums.
Either way, you’re going on the blocked list because I don’t find that you contribute anything of value to these forums.
03-09-2021, 06:14 AM
#513
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Originally Posted by 123494
I don’t do this anymore. It became a PITA. Some of us are instilled with frugal habits from a young age. I’m sorry you don’t see eye to eye with me on everything.
And I can use that word to describe the line much as I feel about this thread
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03-09-2021, 06:28 AM
#514
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Originally Posted by Swakid8
Restaurants are bit different as the waitstaff don’t even get min wages, their income is heavily reliant on tips and bar tenders and bussers getting a percentage of those tips. Having working in that industry many years ago, it became apparent that I need to tip otherwise my waiter won’t make money I am pretty sure van drivers make more than your typical restaurant workers.
Back in 2001-2002, a waiter in a Jones’s Crab shack got paid 2.13/hr plus tips...... Let that sink in.
Back in 2001-2002, a waiter in a Jones’s Crab shack got paid 2.13/hr plus tips...... Let that sink in.
Originally Posted by TrojanCMH
I’d probably ask you if you had run out of cash while handing you a few dollars so you could tip the van drivers like a respectable adult. Or just tip for you.
Originally Posted by R0GER BALL
Blown away by some pilots on this thread.
My son has aspergers (now called social-pragmatic disorder). He'll never follow in my footsteps and fly mil or 121. He will drive vans. Giving is about helping the less advantaged vs some daily adjusted monetary value or long term net worth. Worship your stuff I guess. Maybe it comes down to how you value yourself.
I tip $5. SHOCKER! Over the holidays I tip more. Including minority folks cleaning up my table at the restaurants. Not because I have it, but because they need it more then I.
If this resonates with one young pilot then I'm glad I got on a soapbox.
My son has aspergers (now called social-pragmatic disorder). He'll never follow in my footsteps and fly mil or 121. He will drive vans. Giving is about helping the less advantaged vs some daily adjusted monetary value or long term net worth. Worship your stuff I guess. Maybe it comes down to how you value yourself.
I tip $5. SHOCKER! Over the holidays I tip more. Including minority folks cleaning up my table at the restaurants. Not because I have it, but because they need it more then I.
If this resonates with one young pilot then I'm glad I got on a soapbox.
03-09-2021, 08:03 AM
#516
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Originally Posted by TiredSoul
I’ll bet you a dollar that all you bleeding heart Proud to Tip Boys voted against increasing the minimum wage.
An increase in min wage will permanently eliminate some jobs, at some point people will just make their own coffee, mow their own grass, etc. Many min-wage jobs involve services which are are discretionary, not essential, and price-point drives business volume in a big way.
So you have to find the sweet spot where the net benefit to society outweighs the cost of the inevitable lost jobs. That equation varies by location, which means a federal min wage is probably over-kill, unless set to the LCD.
Also... it's a fallacy that you need to be able to raise a family of four as single mom on min wage. There are people who don't need or want a full-time professional career (students, seniors, non-primary breadwinners, etc), but rather some supplemental income. A high min wage basically bans a lot of those kinds of jobs.
03-12-2021, 06:57 AM
#518
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Originally Posted by at6d
Waiting tables wages are not old school anymore. In AZ my daughter makes over $7/hourly plus tips. She will make $200-300 per day in tips. They ain’t starving.
03-12-2021, 01:02 PM
#519
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Originally Posted by coodrough568
It’s actually hilarious. When a new hire FO divides his or her paycheck by TAFB, the hourly pay drops to like $6-8 bucks an hour.
that year one republic pilot brings home about $6.75 an hour after taxes
that year one republic pilot brings home about $6.75 an hour after taxes
03-12-2021, 03:29 PM
#520
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Originally Posted by coodrough568
It’s actually hilarious. When a new hire FO divides his or her paycheck by TAFB, the hourly pay drops to like $6-8 bucks an hour.
that year one republic pilot brings home about $6.75 an hour after taxes
that year one republic pilot brings home about $6.75 an hour after taxes
A better comparison would be gross pay per duty hour, which can actually get pretty low. Perhaps about half your published hourly rate, or even worse without rigs. That's why more seniority is better, so you can do longer legs and fewer of them. Also why transcons, over-water, and widebody flying is even better... you can get between 85% to 95% of your rate per duty hour.
