New rules for end of the year tipping

[dreamin_disney]

I came across this article and I thought of the DIS MB. I didnt know all the rules about tipping until I came here. Normally I only tipped food servers, for hair cut and that it.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/The-New-Rules-for-EndofYear-usnews-1978037488.html?x=0

I didnt realize the garbage man is also should be included. Ours doesnt get off the truck. He had one of those mechanical arms on the truck-lol! I still dont tip everyone just the food servers, stylist, porters. I'd be broke tipping everyone on the tip list.

 

[RooRach0906]

I just read that article. I really did not know I was supposed to tip some of them. Good thing to know for the future.

 

[JeannieNM]

Interesting article. I tip everyone on the list; I was fortunate to learn this from my parents. Though I have to beg to differ with the article when it comes to tipping delivery people. We had a bed delivered today, yes it was included in the price we paid but the fellows delivering deserved a tip as they are the ones that carried it in, moved the bed that was in the way and attached the headboard. We tipped both men. JMHO

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[Belle0101]

Regular hairstylist, trainer, aesthetician, and other service providers: Similar to the cleaning service recommendation, consider giving a tip equal to the value of one visit. This guideline only applies to people you see regularly (more than once a month). Otherwise, a 20 percent tip per visit without an additional holiday boost is standard.

I was reading some of the posted comments at the end of the article. A hairdresser posted that the salon she works at cuts are $17. She feels that $5 is the proper amount to tip for a regular visit where she is employed. That's just barely shy of 30%.

I guess that's why tipping confuses me. I go by the guidelines, giving more if I feel like service was exceptional, and then read that people doing the service don't feel it's enough.

Did anyone notice the link in the middle of the article for an article / blog with money saving tips?

 

[SandrA9810]

Whatever happened to some one just doing their job? That's what they're paid to do.

If people get "tipped" all this money, then what's the point of them having a salary? Seems like their paychecks are a drop in the bucket compared to the tips they earn. Servers are the only exception for me, I do tip them based on service.

And I mean it's nice an all to give people who are friendly, nice, and provide outstanding service to you a small gift or token of appreciation around the holidays.

 

[wtrmlnlabs]

Whatever happened to some one just doing their job? That's what they're paid to do.

If people get "tipped" all this money, then what's the point of them having a salary? Seems like their paychecks are a drop in the bucket compared to the tips they earn. Servers are the only exception for me, I do tip them based on service.

And I mean it's nice an all to give people who are friendly, nice, and provide outstanding service to you a small gift or token of appreciation around the holidays.

Glad I'm not the only one that feels this way!!! Other than people that are paid because they get tips do I tip. I'm sorry, but paying $20 for someone to cut my hair for 15 min is crazy enough... that's $80 an hour! (Okay, I did find a better person, great prices and I do tip some each time). I could not afford to do anything if I had to tip everyone. And yeah, we don't do a lot of the things on the list so no need to worry about door men or cleaning people. I just wish more people had the attitude that they do their job for their pay and not expecting tips....

 

[VAfamily1998]

I think we have about 5 garbage workers....

1 drives the truck and 2 hop on and off to put the garbage bins on the little mechanical arm that hoists it into the truck, the the 2 workers put the bins back at the curb

also

1 drives the recylcing truck with another worker that hops on and off to dump the recyle bins into the back.

I guess, according to the article, I should be tipping out $100 on garbage workers alone?

 

[Skatermom23]

Regular hairstylist, trainer, aesthetician, and other service providers: Similar to the cleaning service recommendation, consider giving a tip equal to the value of one visit. This guideline only applies to people you see regularly (more than once a month). Otherwise, a 20 percent tip per visit without an additional holiday boost is standard.

I was reading some of the posted comments at the end of the article. A hairdresser posted that the salon she works at cuts are $17. She feels that $5 is the proper amount to tip for a regular visit where she is employed. That's just barely shy of 30%.

I guess that's why tipping confuses me. I go by the guidelines, giving more if I feel like service was exceptional, and then read that people doing the service don't feel it's enough.

Did anyone notice the link in the middle of the article for an article / blog with money saving tips?

It is confusing! If I ever got a $17 haircut, I would leave $20 and think I was doing good. I was glad to read that hairdressers don't require an additional holiday tip if you don't see them more than once a month. I go to the hairdresser every 6-7 weeks and spend about $135 each visit. I give my lady $20. I feel that is plenty and she seems to genuinely appreciate the amount. I think people would like us to think that 20% or more, is the new norm, but I don't think so. That's not to say I don't tip 20% but the person is really going to have to do something more than just "their job."

 

[msmayor]

Glad I'm not the only one that feels this way!!! Other than people that are paid because they get tips do I tip. I'm sorry, but paying $20 for someone to cut my hair for 15 min is crazy enough... that's $80 an hour! (Okay, I did find a better person, great prices and I do tip some each time). I could not afford to do anything if I had to tip everyone. And yeah, we don't do a lot of the things on the list so no need to worry about door men or cleaning people. I just wish more people had the attitude that they do their job for their pay and not expecting tips....

Same here.

I don't hand out any "holiday tips" and quite honestly haven't noticed anyone get annoyed that I 'skipped' them. I continue to get the same service from folks as always.

Most incredible request I got was a few weeks ago. We had just started a newspaper subscription and two-three weeks into it we got a note from our carrier telling us that she was quitting the route. She included a self-addressed envelope and a note telling us we could forward her share of the Christmas Tip once December rolled around.

I don't think so.

 

[kiddo76]

If your garbage collection is provided by your municipality and the collectors are municipal employees, they probably should not be tipped. I am a municipal employee and we are not allowed to receive any cash gifts at all. If we receive any gift cards or other gifts they must be shared with the whole office. Anything worth over $20 we are not supposed to accept at all. Residents are already paying taxes for our services and everyone should be getting equal treatment. Accepting tips is too close to accepting bribes for special service.

 

[shortbun]

If your garbage collection is provided by your municipality and the collectors are municipal employees, they probably should not be tipped. I am a municipal employee and we are not allowed to receive any cash gifts at all. If we receive any gift cards or other gifts they must be shared with the whole office. Anything worth over $20 we are not supposed to accept at all. Residents are already paying taxes for our services and everyone should be getting equal treatment. Accepting tips is too close to accepting bribes for special service.

Good, because I never see my garbage collectors so I was wondering how I was going to tip them. I have no idea who they are or what truck they drive. We take the large receptacle to the end of the drive and mysteriously it gets emptied sometime that day.

The rest of it, I'm on board with. I make a gratuity trip around town one afternoon to make sure my 'people' get something from me. They appreciate it and always have time for me year round.

 

[RitaE]

Really it seems like that article gets run every year.
I don't have a doorman or a cleaning service or anything like that so I have no clue if most people give them a holiday tip. If I had a regular housekeeper I guess I could see giving a Holiday bonus, the way many employers do. That one is at least reasonable.

I have never tipped my postal carrier. From what I can tell, I have about 3 or 4 of them that regularly service our route anyway. I don't have a clue how I would even get the tips to each of them. I doubt if I would even recognize most of them if I met them out and about.

I pay out the wazoo for garbage service and if they aren't getting a fair wage from their employer, they need to take it up with them.

And again, what am I supposed to do, take off work on a Thursday afternoon and stand out on my curb waiting for them to show up so I can hand them an envelope? Leave it taped to the top of the bin?????

I tip regularly for waitstaff and my hair appts etc. I'm not going to run in and give them extra during the holiday. The wait staff is especially confusing for me. Should I keep a notebook of every waitress we've had over the year and in December run in and say "You waited on my 3 times in 2010 so here ya go! Happy Holidays!" and hand her a $20 bill? I'm sure most waitresses would be thrilled to have that happen but I suspect it doesn't happen a whole lot.

 

[lovetheduck]

I tape an envelope to the top of the garbage can. Same for the recycling.
Our garbage person is really great. Every time the can gets knocked over by an animal he cleans up the mess in the street.

I also tip a bunch of people not on the list. DD's violin teacher, horseback riding instructor, etc. Anyone that I pay per lesson every week.

 

[SaraJayne]

The only people I tip are waiters/waitresses (and that's at time of service) and the woman that cuts my hair (and at Christmas, I'll maybe give her double the tip).

That's it. That's why people get a wage for what they do.

 

[SaraJayne]

This line,inserted in the middle of the article, cracked me up

[For more money-saving tips, visit the U.S. News Alpha Consumer blog.]

Yes, after telling me I should hand out tip money left and right, you bet I need some money-saving tips!!!

 

[PrincessSuzanne]

This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. I only tip Waiters/waitresses and the girl that cuts my hair, and none of them get extra b/c it is a holiday.

The garbage men in Ga, at least Columbus are prisoners, I don't think it would be wise to give them a tip. And I have a tip for our garbage collectors here in AL and it isn't DIS friendly, b/c he won't continue to have a job if he is just going to leave the trash in my yard.

Postal workers probably make more than I do and have better benefits (and mine isn't too shabby for our area), why do they need a tip?

The UPS guy usually comes before I get home from work if I order anything and he is certainly gone before I can get to the door after he rings the bell, last week he just waved from the street. I order something maybe once a year.

Next thing you know, we will have to tip the cashier and the bag boy at the grocery store, and I know some places allow this, but not around here, with the exception of the Commissary and they work for tips only, but that was 5 years ago.

Suzanne

 

[Heidict]

Tipping has gotten way out of control. We are expected to tip everyone and their dog these days. How about people do the job that they were hired to do. I assume that the pay was agreeable at the onset of employment or they would not have taken the job to begin with.

I didn't get a raise this year, my DH didn't get a raise this year. Christmas bonuses are non existent. I budget and bend over backwards to give my family a nice Christmas. The $100 or more dollars that they are expecting me to dole out to everyone else can and will be used to buy gifts for family members. If I had money coming out my ears, then I would be more then happy to spread the wealth with those on the list, but since I don't it's not happening.

With the economy being as it is, businesses closing left and right, you would think that people and companies would just be happy to have your business.

 

[msmama]

My garbage collectors usually leave a note around this time of year telling us the appropriate way to tip them (basicially, run outside and flag them down. NO taping things on the underside of the lid). Frankly, I find that so offensive that I skip it.

Although I usually buy a couple of extra boxes of candy to give my postal worker - especially if it's already snowed. Last year she had to dig through a lot of snow to get to my mailbox before I was able to get it shoveled.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Expected? No. But for people who want to tip service people at Christmas but don't know what's customary - because it is customary but not required - the article is helpful.

Customers who think $20 for a fifteen minute haircut means the stylist gets $80 an hour and don't need to be tipped really should investigate further. Probably half or more of each cut goes for chair rental, more goes to supplies, taxes, etc. These people make you look GOOD. Sometimes they attempt/achieve the impossible (come in looking like Ugly Betty, leave looking like Catherine Zeta-Jones). Not every cut takes just fifteen minutes; the chair isn't constantly full.

 

[RitaE]

But honestly I really don't think customers should have to investigate anything further. Add up your costs and figure out a reasonable profit and charge me a fair price. It really to me isn't so much that I mind paying a fair price, it just gets to the point this time of year where you feel like everybody around you has their hand out for cash because they "work hard." Really? Its a religious holiday, not a salary stimulus incentive scheme.