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tazzygirl -> RE: Cheap Bastards!!!! (11/25/2011 2:27:55 PM)
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Why am I asked to contribute for a gift for the class teacher at Christmas and the end of the year. Teachers in my area get paid quite well, and more than I do, and get all the benefits that go with a professional's salary.
Perhaps because the teacher is someone who often spends more time with your child than you do a day? I did it because it was a nice gesture.
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Why should I tip the postal worker? Unless he does something unusual (walks through the snow and ice to deliver my mail). The rule is, if your mailbox in obstructed, you don't get mail. I have always gotten the "certified slip" in my mailbox to pick up a piece of at the post office even when I've been home, he didn't try to deliver and get a signature.
Then you should be complaining instead of tipping. You do have that option. How often do you "tip" him? I just give a gift at christmas.
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I've gone a hairdresser, and (I believe calculated because I was a good tipper), would have someone shampoo, then he'd do the cutting, then ask me if he wouldn't mind having another person do the blow drying because he was backed up. The person who did the blow drying kept whipping the chair from side to side and have me contort forward and back (didn't move a muscle herself) - so therefore I'd need to tip three people for one haircut. (yes, I still did the tipping, but found another hairdresser eventually).
Which is why customer service in such a setting can cost... sometimes towards the benefit of a great hair dresser and sometimes against them. I hate moving for that reason. It can take me years to find a great hair dresser. Last time I went, I was there for three hours for a cut color and style. I never got pawned off onto someone else. My hair cost me 70 dollars.. pretty cheap, actually... and I wont go back. She just didnt "wow" me. I tipped her ten and left without making another appointment. It wasnt her performance that I didnt like, it was the outcome.
My first one I had for 15 years. Melinda was fantastic. Told me what would work, what wouldnt, and didnt mind telling me "no". He advice was invaluable. And fix ups were never questioned, or charged for. I called, never had trouble getting my appointments, she would always make room, and sometimes she would cut other's hair between working on mine. Spiral perms were the rage and... with waist length hair, it would take her an hour just to roll mine.
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I've also heard stories from servers of the "Thank you - and thank you again" on the bill. Watch the automatic gratuity charge on bills, often the server will scrawl an embellished "Thanks for coming here, Steve" over his little part of the bill so many people will tip on the entire bill that already included the tip.
I have seen this... and I will specifically ask not to have that person again. You do have that option. You have the option to question any charge on a bill, including tip. As for myself, I always circle that part in red, write next to it, "Tip included, thank you!" and inform the customer at the table who is paying by leaning in close, handing them the book and whispering the percentage of tip included already for "his" convenience. Anytime during the process he can, and some have, questioned that charge.
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I've seen gas attendants that have tip jars now and a sign "Tips are appreciated". Sorry, unless you've done something other than pump the gas (or simply just taken the money, most are self-serve here), no tip is going to you.
Which is why I dont tip at counters. I may drop in the coins from change, but even that is rare.
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Wait staff have also been known to "do things" to your food or drink and have the last laugh. So, think twice about ordering your pizza from the same place you've stiffed the last driver - you don't think they've talked?
Thats just unfair, and has not been the practice at any restaurant I have worked at during my 30 years as a waitress. Those movies are cute, but not the norm.
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