cbm32
Contributor
"With an inclusive tip policy (built into the rate) these people would be rewarded for being lazy or doing their job poorly, so you see, I prefer to have voice and tip accordingly."
These people shouldn't even be on the boat, and an operation that tolerates employees like this should not be in business very long.
Tipping $5 a day is not insulting, at least in my opinion, and it also does not mean that the guide/crew is only worth $5 a day. They should be getting paid what they are worth by their employer. Tipping should be extra, gravy, found money, and as such any amount should be appreciated but NOT counted on or extorted by constant reminders of the tip jar or that the employees depend on those tips.
The minute someone starts hinting at tipping being expected or whatever, I get really turned off on the idea of tipping that day.
When I was young I worked as a waiter and I never ever thought about tips until the end of the day, and I never ever felt someone was cheap or ungrateful or any of that garbage if I cleared a table and there was no tip. I knew what the pay was when I took the job and if I wasn't willing to work for what the pay was I didn't take the job.
Now I dont have to work at all, but I get really bored with being retired full time and so I am working. I bust my hump to provide top notch service and meet peoples needs in any way I can. I make a pittance compared to what I did in my first life (meaning the job I did for 25 years before retiring) and I get zero tips because what I am doing isnt something that people are guilted into tipping for. But I take pride in everything I do and the minute I dont....I will no longer do this job.
The idea that doing ones job requires a tip is somehow lost on me I guess.
With all of the above said, I usually do tip at restaurants and dive boats....usually, not always, and certainly not according to some arbitrary standard that other people try to shove down my throat. So, every time I see a thread started by someone asking others what they should tip I just shake my head. How can someone else know what kind of service you are going to get before you even get on the boat? How is someone else going to know what your financial circumstances are, or how much assistance you are going to need/want? Only people that have dove with whatever company you are going to dive with will have a good idea of how much the trip is costing (my assumption being the on the far more expensive boats the employees are getting paid more to start with...if not, why is the trip more expensive?).
Ok....excuse me now while I step down off from this soap box
These people shouldn't even be on the boat, and an operation that tolerates employees like this should not be in business very long.
Tipping $5 a day is not insulting, at least in my opinion, and it also does not mean that the guide/crew is only worth $5 a day. They should be getting paid what they are worth by their employer. Tipping should be extra, gravy, found money, and as such any amount should be appreciated but NOT counted on or extorted by constant reminders of the tip jar or that the employees depend on those tips.
The minute someone starts hinting at tipping being expected or whatever, I get really turned off on the idea of tipping that day.
When I was young I worked as a waiter and I never ever thought about tips until the end of the day, and I never ever felt someone was cheap or ungrateful or any of that garbage if I cleared a table and there was no tip. I knew what the pay was when I took the job and if I wasn't willing to work for what the pay was I didn't take the job.
Now I dont have to work at all, but I get really bored with being retired full time and so I am working. I bust my hump to provide top notch service and meet peoples needs in any way I can. I make a pittance compared to what I did in my first life (meaning the job I did for 25 years before retiring) and I get zero tips because what I am doing isnt something that people are guilted into tipping for. But I take pride in everything I do and the minute I dont....I will no longer do this job.
The idea that doing ones job requires a tip is somehow lost on me I guess.
With all of the above said, I usually do tip at restaurants and dive boats....usually, not always, and certainly not according to some arbitrary standard that other people try to shove down my throat. So, every time I see a thread started by someone asking others what they should tip I just shake my head. How can someone else know what kind of service you are going to get before you even get on the boat? How is someone else going to know what your financial circumstances are, or how much assistance you are going to need/want? Only people that have dove with whatever company you are going to dive with will have a good idea of how much the trip is costing (my assumption being the on the far more expensive boats the employees are getting paid more to start with...if not, why is the trip more expensive?).
Ok....excuse me now while I step down off from this soap box