Do you Tip Furniture Delivery guys or not?

Do you tip delivery guys?

  • Always Tip

    Votes: 17 23.6%
  • Don't Tip

    Votes: 43 59.7%
  • $10 or less

    Votes: 7 9.7%
  • $11 or more

    Votes: 11 15.3%

  • Total voters
    72

longtimeclone

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I wonder who decided who gets tipped and who doesn't. Why does the bartender get $1 for opening a beer bottle when the guy at McDonald's gets nothing for making my food? Why does the pizza guy get $2-3 for driving over my pizza but the guy that loads groceries when its 0 degrees at Hy-Vee gets nothing? Why does the taxi cab driving get even more money on top of a ridiculous fair to drive me somewhere when the community bus or school bus driver gets nothing?

I think you have a pretty good point. I kind of wondered about tipping barbers or hair dressers myself. I guess my family usually gave the school bus driver some sort of gift at Christmas like a box of homemade cookies. I have personally thanked my school bus driver many times since because I know it wasn't an easy job for him at times.
 

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Yes. Always, because I don't want to hall a giant bed/dresser/desk/fridge/whatever up and down stairs. Also, I'm not a cheap ******* like apparently some folks are.
 

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Yes. Always, because I don't want to hall a giant bed/dresser/desk/fridge/whatever up and down stairs. Also, I'm not a cheap ******* like apparently some folks are.


You better tip every person who does the stuff you dont want to do. That list could probably get pretty long. It has nothing to do with being cheap for a majority of people. Yes there are some folks who do it just to be cheap, but I would bet they are minority.
 

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You better tip every person who does the stuff you dont want to do. That list could probably get pretty long. It has nothing to do with being cheap for a majority of people. Yes there are some folks who do it just to be cheap, but I would bet they are minority.

I'll remember this during my next prostate examination. Lord knows I don't want to stick my own fingers in my ***.
 

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Here's another one:

Do you tip the hotel housekeeper? Until a few years ago, I hadn't even considered it and then got into a conversation with someone who says you are supposed to.

I typically do not but if I'm extra messy, then I will. But I'm already paying $100+ per night to stay there, shouldn't that be covered in the cost?
 

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Here's another one:

Do you tip the hotel housekeeper? Until a few years ago, I hadn't even considered it and then got into a conversation with someone who says you are supposed to.

I typically do not but if I'm extra messy, then I will. But I'm already paying $100+ per night to stay there, shouldn't that be covered in the cost?
I do usually.
 

longtimeclone

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Here's another one:

Do you tip the hotel housekeeper? Until a few years ago, I hadn't even considered it and then got into a conversation with someone who says you are supposed to.

I typically do not but if I'm extra messy, then I will. But I'm already paying $100+ per night to stay there, shouldn't that be covered in the cost?

Yeah I usually do $1-$2, but I usually don't have them clean my room every day. Sometimes I think they clean the room a little better too.
 

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Hm, I've never heard of tipping a hotel housekeeper. I almost always clean up after myself, though, so I don't think it's necessary.
 

bos

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Hm, I've never heard of tipping a hotel housekeeper. I almost always clean up after myself, though, so I don't think it's necessary.


Me as well. I do at restaurants to a point too to help the server clean up. My kids can destroy a table. I tend to leave a better tip when they do that. I just dont tip a whole lot outside of dining.
 

ianoconnor

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Me as well. I do at restaurants to a point too to help the server clean up. My kids can destroy a table. I tend to leave a better tip when they do that. I just dont tip a whole lot outside of dining.
I do the same. I dated a girl that was a waitress and she pretty much trained me to gather all the items on the table and set them nicely at end to make it easier on the staff. They really appreciate that.
 

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Is it appropriate to tip a housekeeper coming into your own home, if you're already paying the service for them to come?
 

VTXCyRyD

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Here's another one:

Do you tip the hotel housekeeper? Until a few years ago, I hadn't even considered it and then got into a conversation with someone who says you are supposed to.

I typically do not but if I'm extra messy, then I will. But I'm already paying $100+ per night to stay there, shouldn't that be covered in the cost?

I throw some ice in the sink with a 6 pack. I usually leave 1 or 2 for the maid when I check out.
 

longtimeclone

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Is it appropriate to tip a housekeeper coming into your own home, if you're already paying the service for them to come?

I probably wouldn't tip them but I might leave them a Christmas gift if they did a good job during the year. They probably wouldn't notice though and leave it.
 

VTXCyRyD

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Should you tip a hooker after you already paid her for services?
 

Angie

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I probably wouldn't tip them but I might leave them a Christmas gift if they did a good job during the year. They probably wouldn't notice though and leave it.

That's what I've always wondered about hotel housekeeping staffs, too - unless an envelope is specifically provided by the hotel, how do they know if the money is just being left out, or if it's for them?