Tipping for services...

[Fire Me Boy!]

Not like restaurant tipping for the waiter, but tipping gardeners, postman, house cleaners, etc. Do you do it, and generally how much?

This is the first year we've paid a guy to handle our lawn. It's a business, but he's the only guy doing it. What's appropriate? Is cash preferred, or is a personal gift (wine, homemade goodies, or something) better?

[KCFaninSEA]

I usually tip in the 20% range unless the service is awful. I give my garbage guy a tip every year. It pays off in the long run.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

It's a fee. You were made aware of the fee before ordering, and that it does not go to the driver.

I've never been told up front that the delivery fee doesn't go to the driver.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by luv

Are we talking tipping in general or Christmas present type of tip?

End-of-year "bonus," holiday tip, that kind of thing.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

I've never been told up front that the delivery fee doesn't go to the driver.

does it say "delivery fee" or "gratuity"?

At least one of the major chains says right on the checkout page that the fee does not go to the driver. i forget which one.

[Dayze]

many moons ago when I delivered pizzas, there was a $.50 charge on the bill, but didn't go to the driver.

[luv]

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

End-of-year "bonus," holiday tip, that kind of thing.

Okay. With the talk about pizza drivers, I thought maybe it meant tipping in general. I was going to say that I do not tip my letter carrier throughout the year. I know they make a good wage and have good benefits. An end of year gift is my way of saying thank you personally. If someone hasn't been good to you, then don't give a gift. If someone has been good to you, then it's really up to you what you want to give them in order to say thank you.

[Stewie]

Originally Posted by underEJ

Mail people are different all the time or I would tip them.

This is why I won't tip. Our route seems to get a new delivery person quite often. And I have no idea if we have the same trash and recycle guys. As mentioned before it's now a one-man show with a hydraulic arm that picks up and dumps the trash.

[Nzoner]

I had a buddy that worked for Godfather's and on a delivery one night some ass told him,"here's a tip,never tip waiters and/or pizza delivery guys and maybe someday you'll have a house as nice as mine."

Steve said he had gotten a glimpse of the guy's wife and replied,"yeah but thank God I'll never a wife as homely as yours."

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Stewie

This is why I won't tip. Our route seems to get a new delivery person quite often. And I have no idea if we have the same trash and recycle guys. As mentioned before it's now a one-man show with a hydraulic arm that picks up and dumps the trash.

This.

I wouldn't even know how to tip the trash guys because they're never there at the same time. It's either 6 in the morning or they don't show up until 3 in the afternoon.

[Katipan]

Originally Posted by Nzoner

Thanks for reminding me where the majority of my tips go.

I used to get tipped with drugs but now I'm 33

[King_Chief_Fan]

Tipping for doing your job?
I don't order out but I do tip for:
waiters/servers
guy drying the car at the car wash
barber


Outside of those above at Christmas
I tip the trash guy. he is a good guy

[SuperChief]

I religiously tip the gal that does my hair around 5-7 dollars. She does a great job and always fits me into a time slot I need based on my schedule (she's also ridiculously attractive, so there's that too ).

If someone doing a service goes above and beyond to do good work for me, I feel compelled to reward them. That's just me, though. I have no qualms with others who feel the opposite.

[Frosty]

I tip at restaurants where someone comes to my table to take an order and brings me my food. If I have to order it at a counter and then pick it up, I ignore the tip jar.

I also tip my barber and will throw a couple of bucks on the pillow in the morning when I have been at a hotel/motel. No way am I tipping my lazy ass mail carrier who folds and creases my mail.

If you have one, you should always tip your paper carrier unless they are a total screw up.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Frosty

I tip at restaurants where someone comes to my table to take an order and brings me my food. If I have to order it at a counter and then pick it up, I ignore the tip jar.

I also tip my barber and will throw a couple of bucks on the pillow in the morning when I have been at a hotel/motel. No way am I tipping my lazy ass mail carrier who folds and creases my mail.

If you have one, you should always tip your paper carrier unless they are a total screw up.

I finally saw the lady that delivers papers to my neighborhood. She was driving down the middle of the street at 6 in the morning with both windows open....chucking papers onto the driveways. Bitch doesn't need a tip.

[FlaChief58]

If you appreciate their service and they go above and beyond the call to make you happy, then by all means tip. If they do the bare minimum, then **** em.

One guy who should always be tipped is the plumber.