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Lee
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No tips? You cheap?
| Quote: | Originally posted by losfrailes
You should NOT tip the attendant for pumping gas. Now if someone cleans the windshield and windows, thats a different matter. 5 pesos for that is a
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I doubt gas attendants feel like they are owed a tip. Maybe if they clean a windshield, they might expect something.
I tip 10 pesos whether my windshield is cleaned or not. I ALWAYS tip. Just my policy and I don't care if anybody else ever tips.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by losfrailes
You should NOT tip the attendant for pumping gas. Now if someone cleans the windshield and windows, thats a different matter. 5 pesos for that is a
fine tip. |
That's my method. If the guy or gal is super busy or at least offers to clean the windshield, it's worth 5 Ps. If he leans on the truck bed looking
at everything I just bought at Costco, he gets nothing. If an attendant got 5 Ps from each customer he serviced in a day, that would be a good days
pay.
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MrBillM
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Advice is worth what it costs.
I Tip everybody who provides a service to me.
I usually tip 10 % at the gas pump and everywhere else, except restaurants. Usually 20 % - 25 % to the waiters. They're always glad to see me
arrive.
I pay 10-20 pesos for a good window cleaning.
I also give to all of those people at the intersections collecting for charities or rehab programs.
Since it is my money, it's nobody else's business.
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DENNIS
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MrBill.........
What is "service?" Where do you draw the line? Do you tip the sales person at the clothing store when she sells you a shirt? Or the man at the tire
store when he sells you a set of tires? What's the difference between tires or shirts and gas?
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backninedan
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Dennis,, if you don't know the difference between shirts and gas, be very careful when you dress in the morning..
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MrBillM
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Difference
The difference is whatever I decide it is.
As a rule, I don't "usually" tip the clerk at the counter, BUT I have when some extra effort has made me feel like doing so. I
follow the same practice North or South of the border. I have always tipped my barber and he's the owner. He also has never refused. I tip the same
at establishments I'm unlikely to ever stop at again. I have had clerks in San Felipe refuse the offered tip on rare occasions. It might be a store
policy. Who knows ?
What I do know is that the amount of money spent tipping is a small percentage of my overall spending and it seems to be appreciated.
I don't feel obligated to explain to others what they might feel is inconsistent. Their standard is their own and so is mine.
On occasion I've had neighbors or friends with me when I filled my propane or water tanks and they've told me I am setting a bad example for others by
tipping. My response is "that's your problem, not mine".
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DENNIS
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Well, that's good, Bill. As you so defensivly pointed out, it's your money to be handed out as you see fit. It just caught me by surprise that
you, of all people, choose to be that magnanamous. I would have immagined your spending policy to be more, much more, conservative but, here you
are, a regular freakin Santa Claus. Merry Christmas.
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Lee
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Better to give than receive
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Well, that's good, Bill. As you so defensivly pointed out, it's your money to be handed out as you see fit. It just caught me by surprise that
you, of all people, choose to be that magnanamous. I would have immagined your spending policy to be more, much more, conservative but, here you
are, a regular freakin Santa Claus. Merry Christmas. |
Bill's message did not come across as defensive to me. It's possible that he is a magnanamous person, and/or recognizes a Karmic principle. What
goes around comes around.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalou
Remember though, if it's expanded in the tank, you should get a correct amount dispensed, although it looses power at the higher temperatures.
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I think the article referred to the pumps method of measuring not being able to compensate.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalou
Remember though, if it's expanded in the tank, you should get a correct amount dispensed, although it looses power at the higher temperatures.
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I think the article referred to the pumps method of measuring not being able to compensate. |
That's the point, the pumps give you the measured gallon of a product that is less potent than it would have been at a cooler temperature. In the
USA, the gasoline is sold to the stations and taxes computed at a temperature of 60 F. Those pumps do compensate for the temperature differential,
but the delivery pumps do not. Quite a to-do in Calif. about this about 6 months ago - having to do with taxes.
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MrBillM
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Jolly Saint Nick ?
No, that's not me.
We are all shaped by our life experiences. I first learned the lessons of the service industry working after school at a nearby Gas station. Later,
the oldest of my sisters moved in with me while her husband was overseas. The best paying job for a girl just out of high school with no experience
was that of a waitress. I got firsthand accounts every day of the joys of dealing with the public and being dependent on their good will.
I suppose part of it is the fact that I know I'd last about 30 minutes in that kind of job. I have never been known for my pleasant disposition or
ability to accept verbal abuse by anyone.
Those people have a hard and (usually) poorly paid job.
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I guess I tipped 200 pesos....
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