jd950
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I dunno. Seems a lot of people reporting more than 5 a tank.
Couldnt that apply to anything? Like tip $5 a meal, whether it is a $10 dinner or a $100 dinner? That diner wait staff probably gets paid less than the fancy restaurant wait staff?
I suppose some of the responses to this thread may be a bit higher, but this topic comes up a couple times a year and over the past couple of years, it seems to me that $5.00 a tank is pretty common. At least in the U.S. restaurant staff don't tend to get paid more in pricier restaurants, they all rely on tips. Staff makes more money in pricier restaurants because of the higher tips resulting from the higher meal prices.
In restaurants I tip a percentage of the bill but for me it feels like a tip to the dive guys makes more sense based on a "per dive" rate than a percentage. If tipping a percentage does one then tip more if the dives cost more due to nitrox or a larger tank or if using rental gear instead of one's own gear? A lot of dive ops offer a discount for a full week of diving, so if I get the discount the boat guys get less of a tip for each dive because I get a discounted rate?
I tend to do the same with the cleaning people in a hotel; $x per day rather than a percentage of the room rate. Just what I do...personal preference...I'm not saying one approach is right or wrong. Like I said, I don't want to get into the whole tipping dispute. If you guys want to tip more, go for it...