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Not a pilot, but I've seen this FA on YouTube, who goes by flywithstella. I wonder how Van drivers feel about a person like her. Screaming on top of her lungs at 4:00 am in the van. What a hassle the rest of the crew has

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Originally Posted by Brit43 (Post 3207111)

Its a general understanding that if the sun isnt up yet, you need to stay quiet in the crew van lol. This typically works, but there is the occasional one off that violates the status quo. Even still, I would rather have someone happy and chatty than quiet and angry.

Just got 100 singles from a local bank. I'm gonna be good for a couple months fam. See how hard that was cheapskates? "waaa waaaaa I only make minimum wage!!!!" lol

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Originally Posted by greatmovieistar (Post 3207267)

Just got 100 singles from a local bank. I'm gonna be good for a couple months fam. See how hard that was cheapskates? "waaa waaaaa I only make minimum wage!!!!" lol

Did they ask you if you wanted them for the strip joint?

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Originally Posted by greatmovieistar (Post 3207267)

Just got 100 singles from a local bank. I'm gonna be good for a couple months fam. See how hard that was cheapskates? "waaa waaaaa I only make minimum wage!!!!" lol

Just think how much you’d have if you invested that $100 instead of tipping it. You’ve missed out on years of compound interest in your favor. I hope come retirement age, you will not have to get a part-time job.

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Originally Posted by 123494 (Post 3207600)

Well that's the beauty of it, that $100 is not income so no need to invest it. It is part of my per diem which my company provides to cover expenses while on the road. You may want to check to see if your company provides per diem.

I'll be perfectly fine during retirement tyvm. Have fun taking all that money to the grave with you.

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Originally Posted by greatmovieistar (Post 3207664)

Well that's the beauty of it, that $100 is not income so no need to invest it. It is part of my per diem which my company provides to cover expenses while on the road.

See this is where your thinking goes wrong.
Tipping is not an “expense”, it’s a gift.

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A gratuity (normally called a tip) is a sum of money customarily given by a client or customer to certain service sector workers for the service they have performed, in addition to the basic price of the service.

Then we have this:

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However, studies of the practice in America suggest that tipping is often discriminatory or arbitrary: workers receive different levels of gratuity based on factors such as age, sex, race, hair color and even breast size, and the size of the gratuity is found to be only very weakly related to the quality of service.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...check-please-3
Should Tipping be Banned? (Ep. 129): Full Transcript - Freakonomics Freakonomics

That's a shocker, an AOC progressive calling yet another thing "racist". Make sure to tell your next van driver that you are not tipping them because you are helping the fight the good fight. lol

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Originally Posted by greatmovieistar (Post 3207746)

That's a shocker, an AOC progressive calling yet another thing "racist".

Speaking of AOC, do you think if they audited her taxes from the time she were a bartender they'd find she wasn't tipped?