Do you tip hotel van drivers?
06-10-2018 | 10:06 PM
#381
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Either you’re a hotel van driver or a proponent of superfluous tipping.
Either way you’ve made your point. Move on.
06-11-2018 | 04:43 AM
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Seriously.......how is this thread still a thing?
The title may as well be “do you wash your hands after using the bathroom?”
It’s a personal choice, but decent people do it, and we all notice if you don’t. That may not bother you, which says even more about what kind of person you are.
The title may as well be “do you wash your hands after using the bathroom?”
It’s a personal choice, but decent people do it, and we all notice if you don’t. That may not bother you, which says even more about what kind of person you are.
And that observation applies to broader society as well. I have noticed that a pretty large % of males do not wash their hands when leaving the restroom. That’s just naaaasty!
It is a lot like the non-tipping thing. Too many people just don’t care that others are in the world-and their actions actually affect other people.
06-11-2018 | 04:54 AM
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06-11-2018 | 06:39 AM
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From: Sitting SC at the Five Towns
Very good analogy.
And that observation applies to broader society as well. I have noticed that a pretty large % of males do not wash their hands when leaving the restroom. That’s just naaaasty!
It is a lot like the non-tipping thing. Too many people just don’t care that others are in the world-and their actions actually affect other people.
And that observation applies to broader society as well. I have noticed that a pretty large % of males do not wash their hands when leaving the restroom. That’s just naaaasty!
It is a lot like the non-tipping thing. Too many people just don’t care that others are in the world-and their actions actually affect other people.
These same men go out and grab door handles, shake hands and pour milk at Starbucks.
06-11-2018 | 07:05 AM
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From: Embraer Systems Analyst
Nope, I don't tip. Happily load my bags into the back of the van myself thanks, I don't need someone to do that menial task for me. I've worked plenty of minimum wage (or near minimum wage) service jobs which entailed far more than just driving a van and loading bags, and never expected a tip.
I mean seriously, do you tip the person bagging your food at the store? The fueler who comes up and confirms your fuel load before darting off? The airport janitor when you're leaving the restroom? The plane cleaners that come in after the flight (depending on carrier
).
There are jobs far more deserving of a tip that don't expect one, and they don't necessarily make more than the van driver.
I've also worked as a shuttle driver by the way, just not for a hotel. Never expected any tips. Ridiculous.
Maybe I will when I'm not swimming in debt and want to share the wealth a bit. But that would be voluntarily sharing, not some arbitrary requirement that for some reason only applies to van drivers.
I mean seriously, do you tip the person bagging your food at the store? The fueler who comes up and confirms your fuel load before darting off? The airport janitor when you're leaving the restroom? The plane cleaners that come in after the flight (depending on carrier
).There are jobs far more deserving of a tip that don't expect one, and they don't necessarily make more than the van driver.
I've also worked as a shuttle driver by the way, just not for a hotel. Never expected any tips. Ridiculous.
Maybe I will when I'm not swimming in debt and want to share the wealth a bit. But that would be voluntarily sharing, not some arbitrary requirement that for some reason only applies to van drivers.
06-11-2018 | 07:56 AM
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Is that in your vast experience as an international business traveler? My wife travels for work and everyone she works with tips the parking shuttle van driver. And everyone tips the hotel van driver if they use one (of course, only if they go above and beyond). At her previous job in a different sector, same thing. Neither of those jobs are even closely related to aircrew.
06-11-2018 | 08:51 AM
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From: Baja Vermont
If the person provides a personal service, bags, serve food/drinks, clean up your mess; in the US, they get a tip. It’s a societal norm, but that varies around the world. In Russia, hand the ground crew a carton of Marlboros and they’ll move mountains to move things along. By the way, yes I tipped the fueler, the lab service guy and the driver. Expensed it, too. To Insure Promptness, works
At EAL, we had a captain who would gather up the cash for dinner from the crew, pay on his credit card bill and add a meager tip. Any place with slow service was remarked by, BOS Captain Frank was here”. Which was very true in PDX, where nary a waiter was was seen until the owner came out and said, “ask Captain Frank why you’re not welcome here”. Tipping is social lubricant.
GF
At EAL, we had a captain who would gather up the cash for dinner from the crew, pay on his credit card bill and add a meager tip. Any place with slow service was remarked by, BOS Captain Frank was here”. Which was very true in PDX, where nary a waiter was was seen until the owner came out and said, “ask Captain Frank why you’re not welcome here”. Tipping is social lubricant.
GF
06-11-2018 | 09:19 AM
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From: FAA 'Flight Check'
Are you actually saying that ONLY airline crews (and then only some according to this thread) are tipping hotel shuttle van drivers?
Being the only (or at least one of few) people participating in this thread who were actually hotel shuttle van drivers - I can tell you most tipped - and usually MORE than the airline crews (specifically the $0.50 that the SW FAs tipped in my day)
Being the only (or at least one of few) people participating in this thread who were actually hotel shuttle van drivers - I can tell you most tipped - and usually MORE than the airline crews (specifically the $0.50 that the SW FAs tipped in my day)
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