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Old 12-26-2011, 10:15 AM   #55
Marin
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Tipping a dockhand

Quote:
skipperdude wrote:
T=To

I=insure

P= Prompt

S=Service.

Especially if you are a regular.

SD
I never tip anyone other than restaurant employees and taxi drivers and I feel I get prompt service everywhere I go--- fuel dock, boatyard, gas stations, stores, hotels, marinas, car washes, lumberyard, box stores, our yard service, haircut people and on and on and on.* I think most people who work in service industries grasp the concept that prompt, good service is what their job is all about.

There's a ton of competition out there and I think they inherently know that if I'm not satisfied with what they do for me, I'm not going to tip to try to make it better, I'm going to take my business to someone else.* I've never gotten a sense from anyone that I can remember--- even the people that I do tipe--- that I would get better service if I tipped them.* I will thank them, sometimes profusely if I think they did a really good job, but their monetary reward is in their paycheck.


-- Edited by Marin on Monday 26th of December 2011 12:17:41 PM
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