Corigan:Heh, very very true. That is when you come to scubaboard and research it and see if your instructor was full of BS..
Matt
Yes, always double-check your instructors here, cause we KNOW there is no BS on SB!!
theskull
Tipping Instructors?
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Yes, always double-check your instructors here, cause we KNOW there is no BS on SB!!
theskull
Corigan
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theskull:Yes, always double-check your instructors here, cause we KNOW there is no BS on SB!!
theskull
Matt
FloppyFoot:
lol, mostly I seem to be imune to the cold, still dive all year in a semi, took a course out a couple of weeks back, the students in dry suits, were cold when they came out of the water and laughed when I was still walking about in my semi having a sly cigi.
Just buy the beer.
Rick
Rick
Tipping?
Isn't that a city in China?
Tips? Never received cash. Drinks yes, even cakes and pies. But cash? Please give me directions to this magical land where instructors receive cash tips.
Isn't that a city in China?
Tips? Never received cash. Drinks yes, even cakes and pies. But cash? Please give me directions to this magical land where instructors receive cash tips.
theskull:Yes, always double-check your instructors here, cause we KNOW there is no BS on SB!!
theskull
:lol:
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Tips...hmm...I've gotten the odd beer, a lunch, a cup of coffee and a slice of pie, a ride to the airport and on one occation a very nice bottle of '86 Bordeaux from students or from people I've taught or guided.
What brings most pleasure is when (typically younger members of a family) ask for a postal address and send me postcards when they're on a diving vacation somewhere. That gives this nice warm fuzzy feeling inside that you've succeded in transmitting enthusiasm and love for diving to the next generation -- and it beats any other "tipping" when 5 years down the road I see a postcard from a guy I dove with when he was a teenage brat, who took his new wife on honeymoon, got her hooked on diving and thought he'd share his joy with me
I've never accepted a monetary tip, nor would I know what to do if I got one offered one day. I'm not from a "tipping culture" in general.
What brings most pleasure is when (typically younger members of a family) ask for a postal address and send me postcards when they're on a diving vacation somewhere. That gives this nice warm fuzzy feeling inside that you've succeded in transmitting enthusiasm and love for diving to the next generation -- and it beats any other "tipping" when 5 years down the road I see a postcard from a guy I dove with when he was a teenage brat, who took his new wife on honeymoon, got her hooked on diving and thought he'd share his joy with me
I've never accepted a monetary tip, nor would I know what to do if I got one offered one day. I'm not from a "tipping culture" in general.
I have received meals and drinks as tips (not expected), but what I enjoy the most is an email or phone call from a past student telling me about the dive vacation they just got back from. Their excitement kinda makes it all worth while....
Tim
Tim
NauticalbutNice
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I gave my instructor a Christmas present last week and I'm taking him and a couple of the DMs out for drinks tomorrow.
I don't tip, but then I have no money! Also, in Scotland, tips (Except in restaurants/cafes/taxis etc.) is seen a bit weird.
Nauticalbutnice :fruit:
I don't tip, but then I have no money! Also, in Scotland, tips (Except in restaurants/cafes/taxis etc.) is seen a bit weird.
Nauticalbutnice :fruit:
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