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[Kachina624]

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@gertrudecloset wrote:

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@PINKdogWOOD wrote:

Why tip? This is their job, take one out and leave the new one - no matter what the appliance is or piece of furniture. This thought doesn't even cross my mind ever. These people get paid to do this work, if the deal wasn't to remove the old piece, why would they offer this service? You don't think they're already getting paid to do this? I do - no monetary tipping here.

My BEST tip - please do not bump, scrape, scratch my 100+year old oak woodwork, here in my house or anywhere. This is my tip!

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@PINKdogWOOD Ever been to a hotel and stayed and received wonderful service from the housekeeping staff?  Do you tip them when you leave?

If you order room service while there, do you tip them?  Of course, they are getting a salary.  So, since they are getting a salary you shouldn't tip?  The tip is not to say, here you need this $$$.  I always thought of tipping for service provided for me that was good service.  When you tip, it says I appreciate how well you took care of me. 

@gertrudecloset    Hotel workers like housekeepers, bellhops, room service workers etc. are classified as service workers by the US Department of Labor.  As such they are paid only STATE minimum wage and are dependent on tips to subsidize their earnings.  Delivery drivers are not service workers, they are transportation workers,  and are paid a good salary so there is no need to subsidize their earnings.

By law, drivers and helpers are paid FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE.  Anyone doing delivery of heavy merchandise is normally paid well above the minimum wage.  They are well paid for what they do.  It doesn't matter if they're paid by a store or work for a contractor.

[gertrudecloset]

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@Zhills wrote:

My washer and dryer took about 35 minutes.  If they make $10 tip per item they are WELL paid.  Even if they get $10 plus pay per hour they do very well!

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How many items do you think they can deliver in a day?  If you say $10 for every deliver and think that's a lot of money you must think they live in third world country.  $10. for a tip per job ain't a lot of money @Zhills 

[sunshine45]

yes, i would tip them $10 each and offer them a cold drink (soda, water, iced tea cans or bottles.)

just recently had a furniture delivery in an upper floor condo. it was a lot of work for them to remove some of the old furniture and bring in the new furniture. just dealing with the elevator alone is a huge issue at times. i tipped each of those men $30 each and they were VERY appreciative. i dont presume to know how much they make, but their care and efforts were greatly appreciated and i told them so.

[gertrudecloset]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

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@gertrudecloset wrote:

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@PINKdogWOOD wrote:

Why tip? This is their job, take one out and leave the new one - no matter what the appliance is or piece of furniture. This thought doesn't even cross my mind ever. These people get paid to do this work, if the deal wasn't to remove the old piece, why would they offer this service? You don't think they're already getting paid to do this? I do - no monetary tipping here.

My BEST tip - please do not bump, scrape, scratch my 100+year old oak woodwork, here in my house or anywhere. This is my tip!

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@PINKdogWOOD Ever been to a hotel and stayed and received wonderful service from the housekeeping staff?  Do you tip them when you leave?

If you order room service while there, do you tip them?  Of course, they are getting a salary.  So, since they are getting a salary you shouldn't tip?  The tip is not to say, here you need this $$$.  I always thought of tipping for service provided for me that was good service.  When you tip, it says I appreciate how well you took care of me. 

@gertrudecloset    Hotel workers like housekeepers, bellhops, room service workers etc. are classified as service workers by the US Department of Labor.  As such they are paid only STATE minimum wage and are dependent on tips to subsidize their earnings.  Delivery drivers are not service workers, they are transportation workers,  and are paid a good salary so there is no need to subsidize their earnings.

By law, drivers and helpers are paid FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE.  Anyone doing delivery of heavy merchandise is normally paid well above the minimum wage.  They are well paid for what they do.  It doesn't matter if they're paid by a store or work for a contractor.

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The premise is the SAME.  Good service.  WE TIP for good service.  I tip for good service.  Good service (for me) is wrangling a heavy item and maneuvering it in the door and down a flight of stairs to get it to the spot I want it set up.  They didn't break the door + Plus it was heavy and it took men to bring it in.

Bell hops and maid services should be tipped too.  One has nothing to do with the other.  It was an analogy for someone who said they don't tip nobody @Kachina624 

[Jaspersmom]

I've lived on the EC my whole life and yes, I tip.  However, I have relatives from other parts of the country who are mortified to think someone who's providing a service should be tipped.  What they leave for waitstaff is embarrassing, but apparently, that's what they do where they live.  Here standard tipping in a restaurant is 20%.  Some pay a bit less and maybe more.  I've done both.  As far as deliveries, I make my decision on what is being delivered, what kind of set up there is AND how the delivery people treat ME.  I had a fridge once delivered and brought up to my second floor.  The delivery guy was one of the nastiest people I've ever had to do business with.  He not only complained, he insulted me and told some electricians who were working in my renovated kitchen to help him.  The electricians flat out refused (I didn't blame them).  Here's the BEST part - they got the fridge up to my second floor and found it was dented, so back out it had to go.  The delivery guy (not his assistant) was p*****.  When they got it back out, the electricians and I had a good laugh.  Karma.  Anyway, when the next fridge was delivered, I had two different guys who were wonderful and YES, I tipped them.   

[Kachina624]

@gertrudecloset    If you think they work just for tips, you're sadly mistaken.

[gertrudecloset]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@gertrudecloset    If you think they work just for tips, you're sadly mistaken.

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No one said they just work for tips!  I didn't say that.  I'm not sorely mistaken about anything.  I know they get a salary.  But we don't know if they are living the high life on that salary.  Many fields include salaried people who get tips.

Kind of like taking care of your mail person or door man around Christmas time.  They all get salaries and are not waiting to be tipped to buy food @Kachina624 .

[hckynutjohn]

I have always tipped anyone that delivers any of my many heavy exercise equipment. The same with all of our appliances. My exercise equipment all has to be carried down 17 steps, as did our washer and dryer.

Our new range and fridge however are on the main level of our true ranch style home. I base each tip partly on the basement level or the main level. Along with that how careful and concerned they were with our present furniture and such.

I have never based my tip on the cost of the items. I worked several jobs when I was young where tips you earned were 95% of what you made. Why would anyone tip based on what any company charged for their hamburgers or furniture? The delivery people see none of that money!

So, difficulty of delivery, and the care and disposition of those delivering the items, equals amount of their tip.

hckynut  🇺🇸

[gertrudecloset]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

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@gertrudecloset wrote:

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@PINKdogWOOD wrote:

Why tip? This is their job, take one out and leave the new one - no matter what the appliance is or piece of furniture. This thought doesn't even cross my mind ever. These people get paid to do this work, if the deal wasn't to remove the old piece, why would they offer this service? You don't think they're already getting paid to do this? I do - no monetary tipping here.

My BEST tip - please do not bump, scrape, scratch my 100+year old oak woodwork, here in my house or anywhere. This is my tip!

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@PINKdogWOOD Ever been to a hotel and stayed and received wonderful service from the housekeeping staff?  Do you tip them when you leave?

If you order room service while there, do you tip them?  Of course, they are getting a salary.  So, since they are getting a salary you shouldn't tip?  The tip is not to say, here you need this $$$.  I always thought of tipping for service provided for me that was good service.  When you tip, it says I appreciate how well you took care of me. 

@gertrudecloset    Hotel workers like housekeepers, bellhops, room service workers etc. are classified as service workers by the US Department of Labor.  As such they are paid only STATE minimum wage and are dependent on tips to subsidize their earnings.  Delivery drivers are not service workers, they are transportation workers,  and are paid a good salary so there is no need to subsidize their earnings.

By law, drivers and helpers are paid FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE.  Anyone doing delivery of heavy merchandise is normally paid well above the minimum wage.  They are well paid for what they do.  It doesn't matter if they're paid by a store or work for a contractor.

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The Federal Minimum Wage is different in evry state.  Your understanding of the Federal Minimum Wage law is flawed.  You think that the government said $7.25 an hour is what all employers have to pay their employees?  You would be wrong about that.  The Federal Minimum wage is a guideline for the States to use and for the least amount of money a government contractor can pay his/her employees who have a contract (won a bid to do work) for the Federal Government.

Every state in the Union has a different minimum wage @Kachina624 .  How could you not know that N.J. min wage is different from Alabama's?  How could you not know that New York's minimum wage might be higher than Florida's?  It's different for every state.  There were a few state's whose minimum wage is below that of the Federal minimum wage.

[Kachina624]

@gertrudecloset    As usual, you're off on a tangent about something of which you have no knowledge.  Its called "Federal Minimum Wage"  because it covers all eligible workers in the USA.  I'm not going to argue with you as you seem unable to comprehend what you read.