= we live on a freshwater canal; private dock/lift etc. and my husband does the fueling/dock boy work. Guess who is now looking for his $5 tip!!!
I'll bet you give money to the road beggars, too ?? Pastor friend of mine told me he always does. I asked how he knew whether their begging was justified other than feeding a drinking habit as an example. He said it didn't matter to him, because that was between them and their maker, and they would have to live with their decisions. He wouldn't risk not helping the truly needy. Now, I don't go that far, but I've offered many hungry to go inside at a restaurant, and I would pay for their meal. Never had one take me up on that yet. I've offered to fill up gas tanks when asking for gas money. No takers on that one either. So there you go. Now back on topic. Lol
I don't give to the road beggars (too many fakes), but I do follow Dave Ramsey (Ramsey Solutions) and have been successful at "living like no one else so that I can live and give like no one else". Thanks to 40 years of service with one employer before retiring this past March.
It feels great to leave a larger than normal tip (I don't mean dropping $100 all over town), I mean 30 or 35 percent for a job well done and/or a person providing customer service that is obviously living paycheck to paycheck. My favorite gift is a donation to any type of small-town animal rescue.
Hey John hope all is well at Lake Murray! We also tip often and well.......For good service and going over and beyond their normal job. My post above had to do with tipping the forklift driver and dockhands at our marina. When we went out on Mother's day (A Sunday, rarely go out on weekends) the forklift driver dropped our boat in the water and 4 different dockhands handled our boat. 2 grabbed the lines and pulled it down the long ramp and gave it to 2 more dockhands who pulled it to an adjacent loading ramp where we got on. Do we tip everybody? What do we tip? It can add up quick every time we go out! Plus we come back in the afternoon and reverse the process. Another example. Went to an outdoor concert last weekend with food trucks, vendors, the works! Bought some pulled pork, pulled chicken, brisket sandwiches and fries from a food truck. Cashier hands me his IPAD and the screen asks me if I want to leave a 15%, 20%, or 25% tip. Now I've left tips for takeout before during the pandemic showing my appreciation that they were open and serving people but I politely declined this transaction. If we were at a BBQ restaurant and we were waited on and received good service we would gladly generously leave a tip. But this was different.....
That also applies to cruise ship employees. Just got off a cruise to the British Isles. Our room steward was telling us that he doesn't directly see any of the gratuities that passengers pay daily. The majority of that goes to the workers behind the scenes that do not come in contact with the passengers. That's why we will tip him/her separately as well as our waitstaff in the dining room!
BK, 10-12 years ago when we had our bow rider in dry storage on 150, I didn’t trip every trip but at the end of the season after winterization I would hand the fork lift operator a thank you card with $50/75 in it. I figured he was just like me, getting paid for the job he agreed to do. That was a little extra.
