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look - i really dont give 2 hoots either way. tip or dont

this is like the whaling thread - you have the believers and the opposers

i would REALLY like to know what exactly im paying for when i get on a dive boat out your way.

i will tell you in sydney;

dive boat A, double boat dive $60.00
you will be allowed on the boat
you will be expected to be geared up and ready to go
you will have very little assistance with getting your gear on the boat but they will ensure it is secure.
you will be given a dive brief
on surface, you will be assisted back into the boat
they will return you to shore, you will be expected to remove and change your own tank and return it to the boat for dive #2



dive boat B, double boat dive $80.00
you will be allowed on the boat
you will be expected to be geared up and ready to go
if you require tanks, they will be available on the boat for you to set up your own gear
you will be given a dive brief
on surface, you will be assisted back into the boat
during your SI, you will be giving coffee, tea, water, soup & bickies
they will return you to shore where you remove your own gear without assistance


how does this differ to what you guys do??
 
Where did i say once in this entire thread that i have suffered a bad experience or complained about service?? not once would be the answer

Well, you're right. You certainly didn't say it once.
 
for the life of me, i dont understand how i go to my local and get a sausage rolll, she puts it in a bag and i pay and there is a tips jar by the register - tip for what? taking my money and giving me change?

Despite what people say, in the US, tipping at cafes and for take-out/take-away/togo food is NOT expected. Sure, many people still do it, and for some it's a convenient way to get rid of coin change, but nobody gives you funny looks for failing to tip for a biscotti at Starbucks.
 
The way I tip is always how friendly the crew is, if they make a point to know who you are, maybe not your name but they know your face and know who you are with. If I see they are doing their jobs like making sure everyone is back on the boat. If they come over an offer you something to drink or to eat. Give a good presentation on where we are going and what to expect.
And most of all my kids are the ones who tell me who they would like to tip at the end of the boat trip. Of course we tip the boat, but we always tip that one person that my two sons and I felt comfortable with and who made a point to come over and see how we were doing. My boy's have given out $100 tip to that one person who they thought did a wonderful job on the boat. If they cannot make a decision between them it is split between however many they feel needs to be split with.
They too can tell if someone really loves there job and wants to make the boat run smooth.
We don't use dive boats all the time only because we have our own boat but when we do go out we make sure the boat and crew are taken care of. ALWAYS!!!!!!
It is not cheap to live here in the Key's.
Boat get's $25
And let that one person know how lucky the dive op is to have them on their boat. Tip them something extra when you get off the boat. Make their day a happy one.:D
 
Don't let anyone kid you, these DM's are most likely NOT reporting their tips, so they don't have to pay tax on what they are getting from the boat passengers from tips.

Oh ya. Thats what's up. Rolling around in all that tax-free loot. Your $5-$10. Bigtime loot.
 
There is pretty much only one place I see a real need to tip (in the US) a waitress or waiter at a less than 5 star restaurant, because they are paid less and need those tips to make up for it, and the US taxes them as if they got a tip, whether or not they did

Service above and beyond? ... would not include setting up my gear, or getting us to the site ..
it would include things like going out of the way to find some special wreck not normally visited, etc

And I do think that you should try be aware of the customary tipping in the country you are in, so you can better decide when to tip, or not

.... Calling Almity cheap shows that you have no knowledge of her ... there are many people around the world that know her generosity first hand :jump:

I'm with you DB, Almity is one of the most generous person I have ever known. I know this personnaly.

What I find annoying about tipping in restaurant is the % thing. When I go to a family restaurant and pay 10$ for a lunch, I would be expected for a good service to give 15% which is 1,50$ I usually give more than that if The service was good. But if i go at a fancy restaurant and pay 50$ for my dinner, I would be expected to give 15% again which would be 7.50$. Why should I give so much more to a waiter (ress) who makes 10 times the salary of the one in the family restaurant for an equivalent service? That bugs me.
 
btw, I usually tip the DM anywhere I go wheter it's Canada, the US, Cuba, etc. but the quality and quantity of the service influences the tip amount.
 

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