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Old June 5th, 2012, 03:32 PM
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We also tip the guys/gals who run the electric carts at the airports
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Old June 6th, 2012, 09:18 AM
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Oh, you can tip everybody you meet all day long! Does anybody tip you??? Most of these people get their money for assist people. It is their job! Do you tip also a baker if you buy bread?

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Old June 6th, 2012, 11:06 AM
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Oh, you can tip everybody you meet all day long! Does anybody tip you??? Most of these people get their money for assist people. It is their job! Do you tip also a baker if you buy bread?
Wow...a bit testy are we
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Old June 6th, 2012, 03:40 PM
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I honestly believe that tipping has got out of line. It is becoming more of an obligation than a response to exceptional service. Do you tip the aide or volunteer at the hospital that wheels you around? I would guess that the aide's wages are considerably less than any airport worker and that he/she is providing much more “personal” care than the airport employee. And the volunteer does not get paid anything.

So the individual assisting (?) us through the maize at airport deserves something... we may be physically disabled however most of our minds are still functioning and we can read the signs the same as the AB. Does the AB tip if someone shows them directions?

I have and will continue to tip based on what I feel the individual has done for me, not based on what their job is. There will always be exceptions to everything. When it comes down to the nitty-gritty, tipping is a personal matter. Even if you feel obligated to tip someone, do what you are comfortable with, not what someone else expects.

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We also tip the guys/gals who run the electric carts at the airports
We will to if they are contractors and not airline employees.
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