Tipping Van Drivers
01-19-2020, 06:37 PM
#81
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Originally Posted by HeavyDriver
IMHO...A pilot not tipping a hotel van driver is the same mentality as airline management not paying pilots what they are worth.
do the van drivers work for pilots? Is it the responsibility of the pilot to pay them what they’re worth?
01-19-2020, 07:16 PM
#82
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Originally Posted by CLE to IAH
I tip the drivers so don’t lump me in that group but I must say, this argument makes no sense.
do the van drivers work for pilots? Is it the responsibility of the pilot to pay them what they’re worth?
do the van drivers work for pilots? Is it the responsibility of the pilot to pay them what they’re worth?
01-19-2020, 07:25 PM
#83
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It’s simple, the van drivers job is to drive the van. If they do just that they are filling their exact job description and I don’t tip. The hotel payed them to drive the van. If they get out, and load my bags or attempt to help they are going above and beyond their job as a van driver and they get a $1.
01-20-2020, 02:40 AM
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Originally Posted by tonsterboy5
It’s simple, the van drivers job is to drive the van. If they do just that they are filling their exact job description and I don’t tip. The hotel payed them to drive the van. If they get out, and load my bags or attempt to help they are going above and beyond their job as a van driver and they get a $1.
01-20-2020, 03:09 AM
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Van drivers are supposed to help load and unload your bags. Why do you think so many of them get out of the van and help with the bags? They're not doing it out of the kindness of their heart. If it wasn't part of their job requirements, I'm sure most would just stay in the driver's seat. This whole conversation reminds me of that diner scene in Reservoir Dogs.
01-20-2020, 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by HeavyDriver
IMHO...A pilot not tipping a hotel van driver is the same mentality as airline management not paying pilots what they are worth.
Isnt that exactly what airline management thinks.
i think it’s embarrassing and condescending to tip a dollar.
01-20-2020, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by TiredSoul
So the van driver is worth a dollar?
Isnt that exactly what airline management thinks.
i think it’s embarrassing and condescending to tip a dollar.
Isnt that exactly what airline management thinks.
i think it’s embarrassing and condescending to tip a dollar.
Conservative...
8 hour shift
3 trips to airport/hour
4 pax average/trip
That's about $100 per day. Maybe more if they consistently carry pax both directions, maybe less if they drive few trips.
You and I make that in the time it takes to read section A of USA Today, but van drivers don't.
01-20-2020, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by TiredSoul
So the van driver is worth a dollar?
Isnt that exactly what airline management thinks.
i think it’s embarrassing and condescending to tip a dollar.
Isnt that exactly what airline management thinks.
i think it’s embarrassing and condescending to tip a dollar.
