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MitchMan
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Tipping at a Pemex
In Baja, when you get gas at a Pemex, you get semi full service. That is, there is someone there who puts the gas into the gas tank for you, then you
pay him directly.
Is there any protocol on tipping them? If so, how much?
On a couple of occasions, they have voluntarily put air into a low tire and on a few other occasions, they have sort of cleaned my front windshield.
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JESSE
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you don't tip a dime unless they clean your windshield or check the oil.
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DENNIS
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I tip 10 Ps if they wash my windshield, or at least offer to. I don't consider pumping the gas which I paid for service any more than I see somebody
handing me my bag of burgers at McDonalds as service.
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rts551
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Windshield or other "extra" help
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lookingandbuying
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Tip
While you should probably receive some type of "extra" service than just pumping the gas a tip is always appreciated by these guys. There are times I
tip even when they are having an off day and have not gone beyond the call of duty. I actually appreciate the fact that they are even there to help
in merely pumping the gas and a few coins or a buck is not going to break the bank or me.
Do whatever you feel is appropriate.
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mojo_norte
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Spare change up to 10 Pesos depending on my mood , service and their attitude. They're poor - I'm not .
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Woooosh
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10 pesos if they show me the zero'd out meter before they pump and clean the windshield.
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irenemm
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we always give 10 and sometimes 20 when they do the back windows too.
mojo-norte we feel the same way.
If your getting gas 10 times a week well OK it is a little much but hey what is 10 or 20 pesos.
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Russ
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If I know the station is an honest one and the attendant is friendly and stays with the nozzle and talks a bit I go 10 pesos on a tip. It's not much
but the good ones really light up with that. There's a really sleepy guy in El Rasario that I really hate to have pump my gas but another guy really
hustles and speaks English about as well as my Spanish we have fun while I fill up. That sleepy character has been then there a long time so I suspect
there is a story with him.
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mojo_norte
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Most of the El Rosario attendants have been there a long time and are honest - DK? I think I know the 'sleepy guy' he's OK - just his personality.
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norte
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Now there is a new one for me. Speakiing nglish warants the tip
Guess thats why its Rasario
/ | Quote: | Originally posted by Russ
If I know the station is an honest one and the attendant is friendly and stays with the nozzle and talks a bit I go 10 pesos on a tip. It's not much
but the good ones really light up with that. There's a really sleepy guy in El Rasario that I really hate to have pump my gas but another guy really
hustles and speaks English about as well as my Spanish we have fun while I fill up. That sleepy character has been then there a long time so I suspect
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by norte
Now there is a new one for me. Speakiing nglish warants the tip
Guess thats why its Rasario
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Thanks. Plain nglish supports your observation. 
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jak
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by norte
Now there is a new one for me. Speakiing nglish warants the tip
Guess thats why its Rasario
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Thanks. Plain nglish supports your observation. |
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| Quote: | This is the best advice on this thread and a terrific rule of thumb. |
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
10 pesos if they show me the zero'd out meter before they pump and clean the windshield. |
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Hola, i'm sure they don't receive a lot in pay and if they " go out of their way " and clean the front and back windows, i give them 10 pesos. if they
go beyond the call of duty and ask to open the hood and check everything, definitely 10 pesos, maybe more if i'm in the mood. also, if i take
additional gas cans and they fill them up and put them in the back of the suv, still 10 pesos. maybe i'm cheap, i dunno ? that's the discussion here,
right ?
if they get a 100 customers in the course of a day that do the same, i'll ask for a job pumping gas !!!! figure that out in the U.S., undeclared
income !! that's a lot of rat food !!!
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tjBill
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5 pesos is the rate with my neighbors; only if they wash the windows.
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fixtrauma
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I needed this thread! Something that I have always wondered about. I have usually tipped 10 -20 p. Thanks for the information.
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mulegemichael
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10-20 pesos depending on my mood...always at least 10...that's WITH my windows washed1
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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bajabass
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I always tip 10 pesos, more if she's cute
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rhintransit
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in a similar vein, the guys at the propane plant get 5-10 pesos if they carry my small tank back to the car, 10 if they come to the car and carry the
empty one in. every one of them seems to have learned to rush out to my little GEO when they see me regardless of how busy they are...
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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