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Let me Give You a Tip
| 2.15.2005
OK. Everyone knows about tipping. People usually leave 10%-20% as a standard. Maybe leave more if you’re really pleased or high maintenance such as myself. Most of us only have experience tipping waiters, taxis, barbers or delivery people. How about the postman (or women), sanitary engineers or valets? What about your auto mechanic who moves your car ahead in the queue? How much should you tip the chambermaid if you’ve only stayed one night at a hotel in a third world country? There are a whole host of people and services that we should be tipping. Remember, tipping doesn’t always have to be money. I once gave my primary care physician a gift certificate and I noticed my number of refills go up. I’m also a great tipper to my local sanitary engineers. During a pickup last year, I was getting a warning from the town for having too much garbage out at the curb. Most of it was demo from our house project. The garbage truck came down the street, picked up all the legal garbage while the inspector watched and then came back around 10 minutes later to pick up the rest once the inspector had moved on. As they threw the last bag in, they thanked me for the tip I left them the week prior. Lastly, poor service deserves nothing. I know that many of the below listed make a living off of tips, so receiving $0 for bad service is our way of providing some free important feedback on how they’re doing.
Waiter – 10%-20% (more if your kids leave a mess)
Sanitation Engineer – $25/yearly + $20/load (out of code pickup)
Chambermaid – one night domestic: $2-$3/night. Third world $5.00+/night
Auto Mechanic – $20 Starbucks gift certificate on every major visit
Post Person – $10/year
Valet – $3.00 if they take it to an offsite garage. $20+ if they leave it in front
Delivery Person – $20 for major appliance/furniture
Matrade – $5/for less of a wait, $20/for no chance in hell
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1 Comments:
WTF is a matrade?
Do you perhaps mean Maitre D'?
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