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Originally Posted by foxtrot uniform
Do you always tip a dollar to everyone who provides a service?
You probably tip your cab driver, who provides (you) a service. You probably do not tip your bus driver, subway operator, or flight attendant, each of whom provides (you) a similar service. There are differences between the situations, which probably account for your tipping one profession and not the others, but do you see from these examples that your "reasoning" as expressed itt is poor?
We don't tip the bus driver because he/she is more than adequately compensated. Check out what a MUNI driver gets in wages/benefits. Most transit operators belong to a union, are well compensated. Flight attendants don't pay for flights, also belong to a union.
The cab driver?? Depends on tips, no union, lousy wages and working conditions.
I tip the girl at Togo's when she makes a sandwich.
I don't have to tip them, but knowing they make lousy wages and depend on tips to supplement their income, I do it. That dollar or two won't determine if I can make my mortgage payment.
For those that say..."look at all the money I save if I don't tip dealers"......count all of the money you tip food servers. Do you stiff every waiter/waitress because you would save that money too??
Before you restart the "mgmt should pay them more" debate, that has been beaten to death. Higher wages, higher rake.
You can try to rationalize non-tipping all you want. Its cheap, its selfish, its thinking about just yourself.
Its too bad you can't see past the tip of your nose. Its all about you, and your ongoing quest to be a millionaire.....1 dollar at a time.
Since you are on a personal crusade to keep every last dollar that you have, I'm sure you don't tip ANYBODY. And that is your choice. It also leads to a very self centered, shallow life.
I hope your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, and nobody stops to help you. Why would they?? There is a cost to stopping and helping you. I'm sure after being stuck for a few hours, you would wonder why won't anybody stop and help?? Its because they want to keep every last dollar they own. It costs money to turn off the engine, and restart it...takes more gas instead of just cruising by. I'm sure you would understand.
This attitude of yours, the self centered me me me, not caring about anybody but yourself, is one reason this country is where its at today. We have a housing market collapse because brokers gave out crappy loans to anybody, reaped the commissions, and could care less that these people are now underwater. Hey, they got there money, good luck with the house. They didn't care about anything but getting a commission.
So good luck climbing towards that mil, thankfully most people don't think like this. The cheapskates that don't tip at all, yes you're cheap, are outnumbered by those that do. Nobody is telling you to tip 5 bucks a hand, but not tossing a buck is selfish and cheap.