I am adamantly against a tipping culture, but when you live in one, you have no choice, and your livelihood may depend upon it.
Do you tip your instructor?
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I know, and when I fly to US I am forced to adapt.
Still considering it a really bad approach, which makes the "Rise of Meritocracy" by Young coming every day closer to be realised. A very dark future...
Meritocracy is the way the dominant class justifies their privileges and keep the others on low-paid and precarious conditions.
Unfortunately meritocracy has wide support in all political parties, and even in no-profit organisations and charities.
Never asked for tips but I have had meals bought for me, a couple t shirts that former students got for me when they were traveling, and some have filled my gas tank when I drove to the checkout site.
One bought me a bottle of what I assume is good red wine.
It must be good due to the fact that is has a cork and not a screw top! And it has gold netting on it!
Shows my knowledge of what a good wine is.
I don't drink and my GF is not into reds. So it sets on my shelf and every time I look at it, I think of the fun I had with her and her daughter in class.
As for cash tips, I have never gotten one.
One bought me a bottle of what I assume is good red wine.
It must be good due to the fact that is has a cork and not a screw top! And it has gold netting on it!
Shows my knowledge of what a good wine is.
I don't drink and my GF is not into reds. So it sets on my shelf and every time I look at it, I think of the fun I had with her and her daughter in class.
As for cash tips, I have never gotten one.
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Matt B
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Thanks everyone, some great tips!
Robert H. Diver
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I usually get them a small gift or buy them their favorite drink, but no tip.
quietlife4me
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Open water class/pool in Chicago….offered tip to my instructor. He declined.
Open water check out dives in Key Largo…offered tip to my instructor. He pocketed the tip as fast as he could
Open water check out dives in Key Largo…offered tip to my instructor. He pocketed the tip as fast as he could
Just a hunch. Your Chicago instructor does it part time as a hobby and has a regular job that pays their bills.Open water class/pool in Chicago….offered tip to my instructor. He declined.
Open water check out dives in Key Largo…offered tip to my instructor. He pocketed the tip as fast as he could
You Key Largo instructor does it full time and is struggling to pay bills.
The tipping culture always surprises me. As everything which doesn't display clearly the price you are expected to pay (i.e. not including tips, taxes and other fees) I tend to perceive it as deceptive advertising and tax evasion, but I've come to accept that's the usage at some places. (There is also the hidden inflation...: the first time I went to the US more than 20 years ago, my American colleague gave me the rule of 5% bad service, 10% ok, 15 % exceptional; nowadays it looks that 20% is the new normal).
But tipping owners as in another thread sometimes ago (perhaps on another scuba related board), or tipping instructors is strange on a totally different level. The owner is the one who decides the pricing, I shouldn't have to second guess their decision. The ethical aspect of tipping instructors as already been mentioned.
But tipping owners as in another thread sometimes ago (perhaps on another scuba related board), or tipping instructors is strange on a totally different level. The owner is the one who decides the pricing, I shouldn't have to second guess their decision. The ethical aspect of tipping instructors as already been mentioned.
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