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patfla06
11-29-2023, 04:27 PM
How much do you tip private car service to the airport?? Thanks.
Gpsma
11-29-2023, 05:02 PM
At least enough tht the next time you call to schedule an appt they dont tell you they are buay.
adirenzo010
11-29-2023, 06:20 PM
Well said
Keefelane66
11-29-2023, 07:20 PM
I'm quite generous I tip myself $50 each way.
Rylee
11-30-2023, 05:35 AM
I always give at least twenty dollars.
Two Bills
11-30-2023, 05:53 AM
Tipping.
10% here in UK .....20% if in US.
Nothing if they do not help with cases.
frayedends
11-30-2023, 06:58 AM
I generally stick to 20% of the fare. If I have a group of people and they have to handle more bags I'll tip a bit more.
ThirdOfFive
11-30-2023, 07:21 AM
20%. Less, if the service is lacking in some respect.
patfla06
11-30-2023, 04:40 PM
I haven’t flown in a while so I’m glad I asked.
Thanks!!
defrey12
12-01-2023, 07:24 AM
How much do you tip private car service to the airport?? Thanks.
Nothing. I drive myself.
msilagy
12-01-2023, 09:31 AM
If the car service is a one man operation and the owner of the car is the driver - he gets all the money? Not sure what to think of that?
DonnaNi4os
12-01-2023, 09:46 AM
$20 for a car that picks me up at home and drops me off at the airport, then another $20 on the return trip.
Golfer222
12-01-2023, 10:15 AM
depends on whether they get out of the car to load luggage (20%) or if they just sit in the car and pop the trunk (0%)
Less if they add a credit card surcharge
Lisanp@aol.com
12-01-2023, 10:20 AM
$20 in cash to the driver as the ride is over $100. They are usually very appreciative so I do think this is more then most people give them. If I take Groom it's $5 cash to the driver (per person) - never in advance to the online booking system.
Fastskiguy
12-02-2023, 08:43 AM
Tipping threads on TV are so funny, everybody claims to tip ridiculous amounts of money and "if you can't tip at least 25% then you shouldn't be eating at that restaurant". Well I've watched and the average person doesn't tip much. And the whole concept of tipping is also ridiculous in this day and age.
Having said all of that, at least one private car company tracks customer tips so, as noted above, you need to tip enough to stay on their "good customer" list. I've tipped $10 each way on a fare of $70 and they still pick me up. Might have to up it a little though.
BrianL99
12-02-2023, 10:37 AM
Tipping threads on TV are so funny, everybody claims to tip ridiculous amounts of money and "if you can't tip at least 25% then you shouldn't be eating at that restaurant". Well I've watched and the average person doesn't tip much. And the whole concept of tipping is also ridiculous in this day and age.
I just got home from picking up my dog at the Spa & getting a haircut.
The haircut was $18 & I tipped the guy $5. He thought he hit the lottery.
I only had 1 smaller bill in my wallet, so I tipped the staff at the Pet Resort $10. She acted like a put a $100 in the tip jar.
Leads me to believe, Villagers are not the biggest tippers around, except when they're posting on TOTV.
Fastskiguy
12-02-2023, 11:07 AM
I just got home from picking up my dog at the Spa & getting a haircut.
The haircut was $18 & I tipped the guy $5. He thought he hit the lottery.
I only had 1 smaller bill in my wallet, so I tipped the staff at the Pet Resort $10. She acted like a put a $100 in the tip jar.
Leads me to believe, Villagers are not the biggest tippers around, except when they're posting on TOTV.
Truth!
Golfer222
12-03-2023, 08:49 AM
Difference between a canoe and a villager?
BrianL99
12-03-2023, 11:16 AM
Difference between a canoe and a villager?
A canoe is prone to tipping and a Villager isn't?
Velvet
12-03-2023, 07:39 PM
I usually tip 15% everywhere in the world (where people tip) if the service is up to par. If it is better than expected then I increase the amount, if it is less then I decrease it. I like 15%. It is easy for me to remember.
Two Bills
12-04-2023, 03:07 AM
Best tipping discussion my wife and I were party too, was at the old Sonrise Cafe one lunchtime.
6-8 lady golfers were near arguing whether to leave 50 cents each or a dollar. Some thought a dollar was to much. It was unreal!
Rainger99
12-04-2023, 08:01 AM
Best tipping discussion my wife and I were party too, was at the old Sonrise Cafe one lunchtime.
6-8 lady golfers were near arguing whether to leave 50 cents each or a dollar. Some thought a dollar was to much. It was unreal!
Wouldn't it depend on the size of the check? If the check was $10, an $8 tip would be too much. If the check was $20, a $4 tip would be generous. If the check was $50, $8 would be a 16% tip and $4 would be only 8%.
Bill14564
12-04-2023, 08:14 AM
Wouldn't it depend on the size of the check? If the check was $10, an $8 tip would be too much. If the check was $20, a $4 tip would be generous. If the check was $50, $8 would be a 16% tip and $4 would be only 8%.
Sometimes the size of the check is less important. Personally, I will not tip less than $5 for a meal regardless of the check. This usually comes up at breakfast which just might cost less than $25. Someone working to take my order, fill my coffee, bring my meal, and ask if everything came out okay deserves at least $5.
Similarly, for a drink at a bar or a cup of coffee I will likely leave $1 or $1.50 per drink for the effort involved. I have a little trouble in bars that charge $12 for a beer but I try to avoid those venues anyway.
I haven't taken many rides from the airport but I would probably consider tipping around $10/person.
biker1
12-04-2023, 08:15 AM
At our favorite after-golf watering hole, we sometime like to prank a new bartender. Within ear shot, we will discuss whether we should leave a 3% or 4% tip. The reactions are priceless and we come clean after a bit. Our tips on drinks is normally about 100%. Bartenders work hard.
Best tipping discussion my wife and I were party too, was at the old Sonrise Cafe one lunchtime.
6-8 lady golfers were near arguing whether to leave 50 cents each or a dollar. Some thought a dollar was to much. It was unreal!
Golfer222
12-04-2023, 08:57 AM
I usually tip 15% everywhere in the world (where people tip) if the service is up to par. If it is better than expected then I increase the amount, if it is less then I decrease it. I like 15%. It is easy for me to remember.
Good policy- I would only add to subtract any credit card surcharge from the above amounts
Two Bills
12-04-2023, 10:03 AM
Wouldn't it depend on the size of the check? If the check was $10, an $8 tip would be too much. If the check was $20, a $4 tip would be generous. If the check was $50, $8 would be a 16% tip and $4 would be only 8%.
Whatever the bill, it could have been in the hundreds, the server was only going to get $4 or $8.
Percentages never entered the argument. Several argued that a dollar each was to much.
BrianL99
12-04-2023, 10:09 AM
At our favorite after-golf watering hole, we sometime like to prank a new bartender. Within ear shot, we will discuss whether we should leave a 3% or 4% tip. The reactions are priceless and we come clean after a bit. Our tips on drinks is normally about 100%. Bartenders work hard.
A good friend of mine always used to ask the Server: "Is tipping allowed?" and then he'd respond with ... "the standard 3%?"
Always shook up the server and was good for a laugh.
JSR22
12-04-2023, 10:12 AM
Good policy- I would only add to subtract any credit card surcharge from the above amounts
Punishing the server is mean, and 15% is a cheap tip.
biker1
12-04-2023, 03:10 PM
Priceless.
A good friend of mine always used to ask the Server: "Is tipping allowed?" and then he'd respond with ... "the standard 3%?"
Always shook up the server and was good for a laugh.
Two Bills
12-04-2023, 04:28 PM
Punishing the server is mean, and 15% is a cheap tip.
15% is very reasonable.
Ask servers what the average tip is in TV.
I bet most would snatch your hand off to average that amount.
Velvet
12-04-2023, 06:59 PM
Just remembered what Dale Carnegie wrote:
“A man convinced against his will,
Is of the same opinion still.”
JSR22
12-05-2023, 08:28 AM
15% is very reasonable.
Ask servers what the average tip is in TV.
I bet most would snatch your hand off to average that amount.
Tipping 15% is being cheap.
Two Bills
12-05-2023, 09:33 AM
Tipping 15% is being cheap.
......and over tippers are the "look at me" egotists.
JSR22
12-05-2023, 09:37 AM
......and over tippers are the "look at me" egotists.
15% is undertipping. I am not an egoist. I believe in providing a good tip for good service. The servers work very hard and deserve to be rewarded.
Keefelane66
12-05-2023, 09:41 AM
15% tip is more than fair.
JSR22
12-05-2023, 09:57 AM
15% tip is more than fair.
Absolutely not. t is being cheap.
JMintzer
12-05-2023, 10:20 AM
......and over tippers are the "look at me" egotists.
Who knows what one leaves, save for the recipient of the tip?
How is that "look at me"?
JSR22
12-05-2023, 10:29 AM
Who knows what one leaves, save for the recipient of the tip?
How is that "look at me"?
Exactly. The cheap tppers are always looking for an excuse to be cheap.
BrianL99
12-05-2023, 11:13 AM
15% is undertipping. I am not an egoist. I believe in providing a good tip for good service. The servers work very hard and deserve to be rewarded.
By their employer, not by their customers.
JSR22
12-05-2023, 11:27 AM
By their employer, not by their customers.
In order to do that they need to raise their prices, and the cheapskates will be screaming.
Golfer222
12-05-2023, 01:57 PM
I put a stack of dollars bills on the table (estimating what the tip will be)
excellent service they get it all
I take a bill off of the stack for every mistake.
They get what is left
Two Bills
12-05-2023, 02:03 PM
I put a stack of dollars bills on the table (estimating what the tip will be)
excellent service they get it all
I take a bill off of the stack for every mistake.
They get what is left
Bit like how the Rabbi and the Priest divied up the weekly collection.
The Priest said the Bishop gave him a percentage back for the church and his keep.
Rabbi said he puts it all on a plate, throws it in the air, God take what he needs, all that comes down is his.
Bill14564
12-05-2023, 02:56 PM
Who knows what one leaves, save for the recipient of the tip?
How is that "look at me"?
Ask and you shall receive??
I put a stack of dollars bills on the table (estimating what the tip will be)
excellent service they get it all
I take a bill off of the stack for every mistake.
They get what is left
Bill14564
12-05-2023, 03:00 PM
I usually tip 15% everywhere in the world (where people tip) if the service is up to par. If it is better than expected then I increase the amount, if it is less then I decrease it. I like 15%. It is easy for me to remember.
20% is easier for me to calculate but the process is the same.
I do get annoyed at the suggestion that 22%, 25%, or even 28% should be the new norm. In those cases I fight the urge to under-tip on general principles.
Rainger99
12-05-2023, 04:10 PM
Whatever the bill, it could have been in the hundreds, the server was only going to get $4 or $8.
Percentages never entered the argument. Several argued that a dollar each was to much.
That is my point. It depends on the size of the bill. If it was under $20, they were being generous and if it was in the hundreds, they were being cheap.
Gpsma
12-05-2023, 05:26 PM
$5 tip at any restaurnt is more than enough. Tipping encourages these uneducated wait staff to not seek a better job.
Those who overtip are trying to play Frank Sinatra. Big timers tipping 50%…while sharing the chepest meal with their spouse while drinking nothing but water.
JMintzer
12-05-2023, 07:21 PM
$5 tip at any restaurnt is more than enough. Tipping encourages these uneducated wait staff to not seek a better job.
Those who overtip are trying to play Frank Sinatra. Big timers tipping 50%…while sharing the chepest meal with their spouse while drinking nothing but water.
WOW... Your distain of waitstaff workers is astounding...
JSR22
12-06-2023, 08:11 AM
$5 tip at any restaurnt is more than enough. Tipping encourages these uneducated wait staff to not seek a better job.
Those who overtip are trying to play Frank Sinatra. Big timers tipping 50%…while sharing the chepest meal with their spouse while drinking nothing but water.
Please stay out of restaurants and eat at home.
Golfer222
12-06-2023, 09:02 AM
$5 tip at any restaurnt is more than enough. Tipping encourages these uneducated wait staff to not seek a better job.
Those who overtip are trying to play Frank Sinatra. Big timers tipping 50%…while sharing the chepest meal with their spouse while drinking nothing but water.
Agree- Must be nice to have a business where you can have the customers pay the employees wages
JMintzer
12-06-2023, 03:22 PM
Agree- Must be nice to have a business where you can have the customers pay the employees wages
Customers always pay employees wages... One way or another...
retiredguy123
12-06-2023, 03:34 PM
Customers always pay employees wages... One way or another...
I would prefer them to pay income taxes on their wages like most people do.
Bill14564
12-06-2023, 03:42 PM
I would prefer them to pay income taxes on their wages like most people do.
You seem to be implying that tipped employees are not taxed on their tips. Didn't a previous discussion on that topic show that they *are* taxed on tips to include an amount calculated from the total receipts of the business?
retiredguy123
12-06-2023, 03:55 PM
You seem to be implying that tipped employees are not taxed on their tips. Didn't a previous discussion on that topic show that they *are* taxed on tips to include an amount calculated from the total receipts of the business?
They only pay tax on 8 percent of the restaurant's reported gross income. That is an IRS rule. But many posters are suggesting that people who tip 15 percent are undertipping. I go with the flow when tipping because money is not a consideration, but tipped employees are not paying income tax on their total income. I could be wrong, but I think restaurants are losing business because of mediocre food and service. I know that my visits to restaurants have significantly declined because of it. I think restaurants could provide better service if they had more control over their employees' income.
JSR22
12-06-2023, 04:12 PM
They only pay tax on 8 percent of the restaurant's reported gross income. That is an IRS rule. But many posters are suggesting that people who tip 15 percent are undertipping. I go with the flow when tipping because money is not a consideration, but tipped employees are not paying income tax on their total income. I could be wrong, but I think restaurants are losing business because of mediocre food and service. I know that my visits to restaurants have significantly declined because of it. I think restaurants could provide better service if they had more control over their employees' income.there are anumber of restaurants with good food and service:
BlueFin. Chop House Coastal del Mar, Harvest, Havana, Lopez Sakura Mezza Luna Bamboo Bistro Tequila Cantina and more.
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