How much to tip dive masters and boat crew in Cozumel?

[ReefHound]

I would certainly vote for a candidate who advocated such change, even if I disagreed with many of their other policy stances. Would you or do you just want to place the burden of reform where it is most easily placed? Are you willing to forego spending money at any place that subsidizes employee wages with our tips, which, done en mass, would have a much great impact than simply not tipping? How about the raindrops of your vote for candidates who advocate reform or voting with your wallet based on where you spend money?

To answer this, no. No I do not place this single issue at such high importance that it supercedes a candidate's stance on issues such as crime, inflation, energy, local/national security, etc.

And when I go to a restaurant I make the decision based on the quality and price of the food with respect to what I want to eat. I'm not there to dictate how the business is run. If someone wants to run a restaurant then they can buy or start a restaurant and run it in whatever glorious way they see fit. Of course, then they might get slapped in the face by economic realities.

 

[brsnow]

At the end of the day enough people tip and tip well to make up for those that don’t see value in the service being provided for them. I do observe on here that many people who don’t tip seem to complain quite a bit so perhaps tipping is tied to a person’s happiness in general.

 

[scubadada]

You don't know a damn thing about his finances.

Whose finances? This was a general comment. I would have used reply or quotes if it pertained to a single or multiple specific ndividuals.

 

[drrich2]

The problem with 'a livi

If this is to change, it needs to come from employers paying a living wage to all of their employees by either the reform of the min wage laws that currently allow them to pass the cost of their wages onto us or by them just doing it on their own without any gov intervention.

That raises the questions of what a 'living wage' is (e.g.: enough to exist on isn't the same as affording an independent rental dwelling, home appliances and a car, much less raising a kid), and whether every job is reasonably expected to support such. Some jobs amount to side-hustles for extra money. Older teens have long taken short-term summer jobs for spending money. Not every job is reasonably expected to be an adult blue collar service worker's primary means of existence.

 

[ggunn]

At the end of the day enough people tip and tip well to make up for those that don’t see value in the service being provided for them. I do observe on here that many people who don’t tip seem to complain quite a bit so perhaps tipping is tied to a person’s happiness in general.

My take on it is not that people who don't tip do not see the value in the service provided for them, but rather they feel that they have already paid for it.

 

[brsnow]

My take on it is not that people who don't tip do not see the value in the service provided for them, but rather they feel that they have already paid for it.

That is my point, they don’t see it.

 

[chillyinCanada]

That is my point, they don’t see it.

Not so.

 

[ggunn]

That is my point, they don’t see it.

That's not what I said. They see it but they don't think they should have to pay extra for what they believe they have already paid for.

 

[scubadada]

That's not what I said. They see it but they don't think they should have to pay extra for what they believe they have already paid for.

Who would be diving in Cozumel and not know that it is a tipping culture? Certainly, not anybody from the US. Who thinks they have already paid for all services on a boat dive trip? Is this the Europeans and Asians who are not used to tipping?

My wife and I lived in Switzerland for two years and traveled extensively, we got used to the local customs.

 

[Lorenzoid]

Has anyone in this thread admitted they "do not tip"? I thought the argument was over how much to tip, and that no one was taking the position that dive crew should receive no tip at all. I agree with @scubadada that Cozumel is too close to America (in terms of tipping customs) for me to give no tip at all. Other places, I may feel differently.