Tipping the movers like a restaurant tip
i had researched how much to tip the movers (my first time, i’ve always moved via uhaul in the past), and the prevailing attitude seemed to say tip $20-25 per mover. so i gave each $25. then the owner of the company called me and told me tipping movers is on the same scale as…
i had researched how much to tip the movers (my first time, i’ve always moved via uhaul in the past), and the prevailing attitude seemed to say tip $20-25 per mover. so i gave each $25. then the owner of the company called me and told me tipping movers is on the same scale as tipping waiters, 15-20% of the bill. so i tipped what little cash i still had on hand.
is this how everybody else determines tips for movers? if i had tipped at 20% of the cost i would have had to pay $60 per mover. if this is standard, i’m fine with it, i just feel kind of stupid for not knowing the deal.
I’d tip the movers if I were you folks.
You don’t want some burly dude with a baseball hat smacking you from behind on a dark winter night just cause you didn’t tip him $50 for moving your shit.
I refuse to accept the fact that tipping is a requirement. Tipping is a gesture! Poor service, you’re lucky I pay the bill. If you go above and beyond, then I’ll tip. I don’t use movers, but if I did, I’m not tipping anything, mainly because they’d probably rip me off with the pricing as it is.
And just because I can afford a brownstone and afford to renovate it doens’t mean I’m in any better position to tip. I didn’t happen to pay for my home and the renovations with CASH!!!!
you tip your kids’ teachers?
wow, we have just crossed the line into lunacy.
Moreover, a lot of the waitstaff at nice places who are young, good-looking are trying to break into the arts or are in school or are recent immigrants – they make NYC young and exciting. They choose to live here even though it’s an expensive place and they make NYC interesting for fuddy-duddies like us. $10 to me isn’t much to me, but would pay for a day’s meals for them. Oh, and I tip the teachers at my kids’ classes too, and the babysitters at the gym over Christmas, and the list goes on.
Anon 8:45 here – your payoff is different from their payoff. If you’re at biglaw, you’re making at least 140k even in 1st year, don’t begrudge someone living in a crappy little room with 3 other people, making 12k/year net their $3 tip. You have the chance to advance in your profession and make increasingly more $. When I am in a nice restaurant and being waited on by people 20 years my senior who are on their feet day in and out, I feel great handing them their $50 on a $200 bill. If I know them, $60 isn’t out of the question either.
I just can’t believe this thread. I am an associate at a law firm, and no one EVER tips me when I pull all-nighters to get their deal done. Why on earth would I tip anyone for getting the job done just the way I was told it would get done.
Anon 7:24/aka Anon 2:29 – you don’t have to tip anything, it’s discretionary, but I feel very comfortable tipping $3 on a $7 meal. Yup.
so now we have to tip 43%?
Anon 2:29 – I draw the line at what I can afford. But I always include the tip in that factor – so if I can afford a $10 lunch, it really means that the price has to be $7 after tax, leaving me $3 to tip. If I truly want to save $, I don’t eat out and I move myself or hire Russian guys off CL.