I have used AAA several times and am generally conflicted on whether I should tip or not. I pay a membership fee, but the roadside assistance personnel are frequently working in tough conditions (i.e. terrible weather).

 

I gave the guy $5 one time when he changed a car battery in an icy rain. The last time we needed AAA, it was icy out but I didn't tip at all.

 

I have a friend whose parents own a tow truck company, which was once part of AAA. They dropped AAA because he said that compared to regular tows, they were losing a lot of money being a certified AAA company. So I imagine you did right by tipping them.

 

I always tip those guys. I know they get a pretty low rate for a AAA run.

I always tip those guys. I know they get a pretty low rate for a AAA run.

 

Yup, this was around 10 years ago. But from what I remember him telling me they generally break even after paying a driver and the fuel. Maybe it's changed, but I doubt it. The closest AAA service to Ashland now is in Portsmouth, Ohio, which is 30 minutes away. With all of the local tow services in the Huntington/Ashland/Ironton area it tells me that AAA is not treating their subcontractors well.

I always tip a server. You would have to go out of your way to not get some sort of tip from me at a restaurant.

Always tip my barber.

I always leave a tip if there is a spot on my receipt for one. I just can't make myself put a line through or a zero on the tip section of a receipt.

 

The mail lady and garbage men get some cash from me around Christmas.

 

I'm a pay it forward type of guy. If I've got a little extra money, I don't care to hand it out to the people who aren't near as fortunate as I am.

Point 1- I never tip the kids that pack my carryout bag as they generally botch my order 2 out of 3 times.

Point 2- language a little salty

 

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I'm the opposite...I'm confused so I tend TO tip. :lol2:

 

There's a place I go for sandwiches every now and then. You order and pay at a front counter, then the cooks make your order at another counter to the side, then they call you up and you grab it and leave or sit down and clean up after yourself. When you pay there's a tip line on the receipt. For what? Surely not the kid taking the order. :lol2: So I leave it blank. I'm a pretty good tipper otherwise, but I'm always confused by these situations.

I also tip the guys that finish my car after going through the wash.

I tip the barber shop every week; Always tip the guys who take pick me up at the airport. You have to screw up my restaraunt service pretty bad for me not to tip.

Local Dunkin Donuts has a tip jar sitting at the drive through window...just strikes me as strange.

Tipping as far as I know is an American practice. My dad has a buddy from Australia who was traveling somewhere in Asia. As he was carrying multiple bags through the airport, he said about 5 airport workers asked to help him with his luggage. And for the ones that he did let carry his luggage, they literally dropped it as soon as they heard the guy talk and found out he wan't American because they knew they would get no tip.

 

Anyways, I tip my barber. When I pay in cash at restaraunts with a register (Chipotle comes to mind) I usually put the coins I get back in the jar. I always give taxi/Uber drivers a few bucks as well.

 

And, the most important one: The delivery driver. I ALWAYS tip the delivery driver, and do so usually very well. And everyone reading this should tip them well too! (Half-kidding, one of my most recent jobs was a delivery driver, so I know the pain of a $6 tip on a $200 catering order - true story :ohbrother: )

I find it unusual that so many people tip their garbage man.

I find it unusual that so many people tip their garbage man.

 

I had always tipped mine until last year when I received a card on my trash can that said "Merry Christmas from your Garbologists." Inside the card were names and addresses of my garbage guys. They would have gotten their tip had they not essentially asked for it.

I will tip the pizza guy. I will tip at a sit down restaurant is the service is good. Other than that I don't really tip because I never go to places that have car parkers.

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I tip my barber $5 on a $15 shave every week. It is meticulous work, it isn't quick, and he does it very well.

 

I give the valet $20 when I give them my car, ask them to keep it close, and give nothing when I return. You're handing them the 2nd most valuable thing you own, I incent them early to treat it well. I also don't want them rifling through for change, money, sunglasses, etc., so get on their good side from jump. I had a LOT of buddies who were valets, so I have heard all of the horror stories.

 

I tip a lot for meals, always rounding up to the nearest dollar starting at a base of 20% and going up for good service.

 

If I get carryout from somewhere, or use my card in a drive thru, I always draw a line through the tip line. I get their software doesn't know the difference, but I'm not tipping in those cases unless there is a unique situation.

 

Always leave a tip for my housekeeper in a hotel if I'm staying more than one night.

 

Always tip vendors at events that are serving you in your seats.

 

Always tip the pizza guy, in cash; typically at our house our order is around $40-$45 (paid on-line on CC) and he'll get a $10 in cash. Don't want to make him have to claim that.

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Always tip vendors at events that are serving you in your seats.

 

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