I clean houses and I need tips at Christmas
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| I think you are completely right. Joan and I think really hard about who has done something for us and we try to compensate them as best we can.
Yes, this includes the Letter Carrier, and it includes strongly reminding my Dad to tip the lady who visits his home once a month to help with the cleaning. Thanks for pointing this out. |
| I think it's a great thing to tip at the holidays, but I have
nobody to tip except the mailman! I do a thankless job, like many other stay home moms. Do you think Vic will give me a bonus this year? 
Shellie |
Shellie wrote: I think it's a great thing to tip at the holidays, but I have nobody to tip except the mailman! I do a thankless job, like many other stay home moms. Do you think Vic will give me a bonus this year? Shellie Isn't getting to live with him day in and day out bonus enough?  As someone who worked for tips many years, I'm very big on tipping, and the holidays are no exception. I'm always very appreciative of stuff that people do for me. Even at work during the year, I get little gifts for people who have helped me with projects or something like that just so they know how important. I thank people for the littlest things because what they do is important, and they deserve to know. Any job well done deserves recognition. Quote: Most of the people who should get the tips are the ones with the crappy jobs. We are there to make your life better.
Though I agree that people deserve to be tipped for a job well done, I definitely don't believe it has anything to do with having a crappy job. I'm tipping for services provided to me. I know it sounds harsh, but I'm not going to take extra pity on you just because you chose to work a crappy job. I'd tip/gift anyone who did a good job. I'm not saying this poster doesn't do a good job at her crappy job, just that I wouldn't tip on that basis alone. |
| Certainly performance based tipping! I figure just because
someone has a "crappy job" doesn't mean they shouldn't do their best. Shellie |
| If I had someone to clean my house I would DEFINATELY give them a Christmas tip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
I agree with you. You deserve a tip(s) especially during the holidays. My husband is a barber so during the holidays he receives gracious tips from "some" of his clients, not all. Unfortunately there are a lot of tight wads out there. 
As for your house cleaning services, are you self-employed? I would like to get into this type of work. Do you mind giving me tips? Mrs. Ramirez Anonymous wrote: I clean houses for a living and when I don't get a tip for christmas it realy hurts financially. Most of the people who should get the tips are the ones with the crappy jobs. We are there to make your life better. So a little extra money will make our christmas better. |
| Another one of my favorite threads! |
| Don'tcha wonder how these things get dredged up???? |
| Wow, i didn't even realize it was from LAST December, lol. The impression i got was that this anonymous poster must work for someone who has a sheepdog, and they posted here in the hopes that the person they work for might see the message
I agree with the other members here, and I also tip well, but base it solely on the quality of service I receive. Another thing I have done (try it... it works) is make my own discounts on bills in restaurants where the service and/or food was sub-par. For example, I took my children (who are very well behaved in restaurants) to The Olive Garden for dinner once, and not only was our waiter extremely rude and lazy, but the food was all wrong, and when they got around to correcting it, the new food brought out was cold. By then the kids and I just wanted to leave. When they brought the check, they had not discounted the meal (most good restaurants will take it upon themselves to do this when they have messed up your orders). So I crossed out the total and gave myself a 15% discount and wrote on the side (wrong food, terrible service). I turned the check in with my card, thinking they wouldn't actually give me the discount, but when it came back for my signature, the manager had discounted it by 50% instead, and gave an apology. 
I wouldn't do something like this ordinarily, but the circumstances were just terrible. I know waiting on tables is a crappy job, but the waiter chose that job, and I expect to have nice service, especially since my children and I are always very pleasant. |
IheartStella wrote: Wow, i didn't even realize it was from LAST December, lol. The impression i got was that this anonymous poster must work for someone who has a sheepdog, and they posted here in the hopes that the person they work for might see the message
HAHAHAHA Well, I actually would change the answer I left almost two years ago. At least in this area house cleaners make almost as much per hour as I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If I had a regular cleaner I might give them a "gift" but a tip? Not with what they charge ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| I've always wondered what the cut-off is for giving a tip. I always look at it like this... if they get paid an hourly wage, and good service is part of their job description, then their wage is for doing their job, and doing it well. (Yet, I STILL tip well). It's like rewarding kids for doing something they are expected to do anyway. For example, my postal carrier gets paid (pretty well) to deliver my mail, and he is expected to do this every day, on time, and to be curteous. So if that is what he does year round, why would he need a bonus for doing what he has been paid all year to do?? Now before people start thinking I'm mean, just know that yes, I do leave a tip for my postal carrier, but I have often felt that I do it more out of habit (my grandparents always did this), rather than doing it because it's the right thing to do. That and I'm scared that if I don't leave a tip, he'll "lose" my mail. |
| You better believe your post man is well paid!!!! My neighbor is a post person and makes more with a High School diploma than I do with 6 years of college. NO TIP there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| We have recently employed someone to clean our house, and I was wondering what to do at Christmas. Do you just include an envelope with extra $ in it, or do you put it in a Christmas card? How much is appropriate? And we have someone who cuts our yard too, but he obviously stops prior to Christmas because the grass goes dormant.
I'm not sure how all of that is supposed to work. Should we give her a bonus that is a percentage of her normal fee, or should it be a flat amount? I waited tables when I was in undergrad for 3yrs so I definitely understand the importance of tips. I'm just not sure how it works with these types of jobs. I just hope she doesn't freak out when she finds out about the Sheepdog. We already have a super-furry cat. His hair goes floating by like tumble-weeds on our hard tile floors. I'm sure she'll hate us when Nanny gets big! |
| I start out giving an extra week's pay to the cleaning person at the holidays. I had my last cleaning person for 10 years so eventually, I bumped her up to 2 weeks extra plus small gifts for her children. After I moved, I had to try out a number of people before I found someone who met my expectations. So now I have a new, great person and she will get an extra week's pay at christmas (for starters). |
| I don't feel that it is about how much money someone makes compared to me, I feel it is about saying "thank you" to people who have done work for me. Yes, yes, I know: Their pay is their thank you. But not really because it is required. I feel that a "thank you" that is given when not required means much more -- to both parties.
When someone did/does work on our motorhome, we often tip and I usually add "Thank you for working on (or taking good care of) my home." Also, sometimes it is almost necessary to tip -- waitstaff frequently earn less than the minimum wage in anticipation of tips. In this circumstance, I tipped well even when I wasn't financially secure, and now we tip when we are travelling and will likely never see this person again. Just my thoughts on tipping  |
Quote: Guest wrote: Most of the people who should get the tips are the ones with the crappy jobs. We are there to make your life better. BUTTERSSTOTCH wrote: Though I agree that people deserve to be tipped for a job well done, I definitely don't believe it has anything to do with having a crappy job. I'm tipping for services provided to me. I know it sounds harsh, but I'm not going to take extra pity on you just because you chose to work a crappy job. I'd tip/gift anyone who did a good job. I'm not saying this poster doesn't do a good job at her crappy job, just that I wouldn't tip on that basis alone. I completely feel the same way. I don't look at my tipping as an obligation b/c someone has a low-paying job. Sorry, but that's not my problem. My tipping is in appreciation to a job well done or even hard work in general. I always tip (from groomers, cab, masseuse, the bagger at military grocery stores, and even my vets). Anyone I feel did a good job. Not always in form of money (like the vet can't accept extra cash, so we give them cookies). However, I'd like any of these people who gave me a service to tell me I did a disservice by not tipping enough when I am dissatisfied from less than average service. Heckkkk no... all hell would break lose with me. As long as they do what they're supposed to (nothing extra needed), I tip well. More if it was exceptional. |
| Wait staff have a base pay below minimum wage as they are expected to make up the difference in tips. So you say, they get paid, no, many really don't get paid even minimum wage.
I have problem with Holiday gifts because of the frequent change in personel; mail, UPS, FedEx, etc drivers. So I don't tip and feel bad. |
| While I agree on tipping well, especially waiters, many places (chain restaurants) are paid at least minimum plus tips now. When my husband worked at the same restaurants in college, they weren't, but when we ask around, they say minimum wage. |
| Also, my letter carrier (drives around in his truck) hands the mail to us if we're outside, and also gives a biscuit to an extremely rambunctious, jumping and barking Mulligan. |
Ron wrote: Also, my letter carrier (drives around in his truck) hands the mail to us if we're outside, and also gives a biscuit to an extremely rambunctious, jumping and barking Mulligan.
I'd say you are very lucky  I'm lucky if we even have the same guy week to week  I never know who the carrier will be. |
| I thinking tipping waitstaff is totally different than tipping your housekeeper or hairdresser or various other service people. Most waitstaff still only make $2 or so an hour, which comes to nothing after tax. (I know, I was just doing that a few years ago) However, I get confused on tipping, or a Christmas bonus, for people you hire who work for themselves. My yard guy, for example, sets his own rates! As does the lady who cleans, so I think this is totally separate from restaurant waiters. But it sounds like a Christmas bonus is expected. So, still the question on what amount to give. I don't think it should be an obligation though, but just a token to say you appreciate their hard work throughout the year.
On the other hand, I don't understand the tip jars that started appearing almost everywhere lately. You stand in line at Starbucks for 15 minutes, pay $4 for a cup of coffee, and then there is a tip jar staring you in the face!! I understanding tipping a server in a restaurant who waited on you for an hour, but tipping someone for handing you your drink? I don't understand the tipping at Sonic either. It's fast food! All they do is hand it to you, just like any other fast food place. I think all of the open palms probably make people more stingy when it comes to those who really rely on tips (like waiters). |
I dont know about Starbucks(I never go there) but I do always try to tip my barista at our local coffee shops. At our favorite one (Kaladi Brothers) the staff all know us by name, start our coffee orders before we even get in line (we always order the same drinks  ) and if its the drive through, have biscuits in hand for the sheepies. That sort of attention is worth an extra bit of cash to me!
I feel that EVERYONE should have to work as a waitperson, barista, fastfood employee, or something similar at some point in their life just so they can empathize with the people who do these jobs. When I worked as a waitress, it wasnt so much the tipping, or lack of that got to me as the EXTREME rudeness you often encounter. Im so grateful that in my current career, customers are, for the most part, super-nice, and if they aren't? well....my business, my rules, I dont have to put up with it!  |
| I guess I'm a tight wad but I think tipping is WAY OUT OF HAND. There are certain jobs which by tradition require you to tip but for others, to say "thank you", I say "thank you". I am not about to tip the counter person who just sold me a 30 cent coffee and charged me $4.00 for it!!!! |
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