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Inappropriate tipping (?)

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Vombatus, Jan 28, 2016.

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  1. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    I worked for one of those joints, too. I spent six days in Florida hauling all over the state going to various spring training camps. My meal total for the week averaged less than 10 bucks per meal. Accounting kicked it back because I overtipped by 90 cents. My boss, fortunately, was cool. He told them to accept it as is or he'd have me re-do it with new receipts where I added a zero to many of the meals (this was way back when you had actual tear-away receipts and not all the computer generated stuff).

    As a guy who survived on tips for a good while, I tend to overtip for everything. But I've never tipped hotel housekeeping and I'm not sure why.
     
    Moderator1, Feb 1, 2016
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  2. Jake_Taylor

    Jake_Taylor Well-Known Member

    Moddy, was that Media General back in the day? I went to cover a state baseball tournament once when I was first starting out and was told I could get meals reimbursed, $5 for breakfast, $10 for lunch and $20 for dinner. One day I had a Pop Tart in my bag for breakfast, got a hot dog at the ballpark for lunch then got a big dinner at Outback. So I turn in $31 dollars for the day instead of the $35 I was allotted, but accounting gave me hard time because I spent $29 at dinner.
     
    Jake_Taylor, Feb 1, 2016
    #98
  3. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Yes, though I never had a per-meal limit. Just a tip ceiling of 15 percent.

    They rarely raised their eyebrows at the cost of individual meals. I did once spend three days in New York and ate for $100. Of that, 70 came at one meal and they gave me crap about that but my still-great boss pointed out the average meal cost was absurdly low and they needed to deal. Basically a lot of Dunkin Donuts coffee and one great meal.
     
    Moderator1, Feb 1, 2016
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  4. SpeedTchr

    SpeedTchr Well-Known Member

    Worked for a place at one point that would give per diem only in the stingiest of circumstances. If the hotel offered any kind of breakfast, that's what you got. If the event had any kind of "food" available to media, that's what you got. Some days featured a bagel, some popcorn and a $10 dinner.
     
    SpeedTchr, Feb 1, 2016
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  5. MTM

    MTM Well-Known Member

    Used to get per diem for biannual editors conference I attended. It was similar $5, $10, $15 and they gave us the money up front and didn't ask for receipts, so we inevitably had some left over at the end.

    One younger editor from a small paper said he was going to return the extra money and we had to explain that nobody knows he didn't spend that cash, and we were so underpaid, he should keep it.
     
    MTM, Feb 2, 2016
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  6. SnarkShark

    SnarkShark Well-Known Member

    I always tip 20% at restaurants, unless the service is really bad, then I tip 0%.

    I've never understood tipping for bad service, even though I did it for a while out of guilt. That ended a few years ago when a waitress was disrespectful to me and my family for the entire meal.

    I had the credit card receipt and I was ready to sign, and I thought, "Why in the hell would I give this person any money?"
     
    SnarkShark, Feb 2, 2016
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  7. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    Had the same experience with Media General and 15 percent. Would cry holy hell if the tip was like .60 more than it should have been. Always found that ridiculous.
     
    Cosmo, Feb 2, 2016
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  8. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Did you also ask to speak to the manager?

    I had a waitress once who was really shitty and disrespectful. Big group, round table, she semi tossed one plate instead of walking around the table and it broke. She acted very put out when we told her she was replacing the meal. Then she tried to auto-add a big tip without telling me, though it was pretty obvious. Called the manager over, I don't think this waitress finished her shift. The meal was comped.
     
    Moderator1, Feb 2, 2016
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  9. ChrisLong

    ChrisLong Well-Known Member

    Same place that deducted a few cents from my expenses because of tipping more than 15 percent, also had the policy that all receipts had to be machine-generated (except taxi cabs, at that time) and receipts were REQUIRED for everything more than $5. Every other paper in our area had more than $25 to require a receipt. I questioned it and was told that our company's corporate offices were in another city, and our sister paper in there was the biggest paper in that city, so it was always audited. Sounded like bullshit. I had a lot of listings for $4.99 Carl's Jr., $4.99 Burger King, etc. because I didn't eat breakfast back then, I'd have a decent lunch then dinner at the ballpark/arena. And then a healthy, dinner-sized receipt from the bar after the game.
     
    ChrisLong, Feb 2, 2016
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  10. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Figured this was as good of a place as any to ask.

    I'm bringing my car in to be detailed next week. Do I tip?
     
    wicked, Feb 15, 2016
    #106
  11. Fly

    Fly Well-Known Member

    I thought this was a PFM thread.
     
    Fly, Feb 15, 2016
    #107
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  12. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    You should tip a dollar for every French fry under the seat or in a cup holder.
     
    Ace, Feb 15, 2016
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