etiquette re moving crew

[Anonymous]

I have moved a lot and I personally always provide lunch and plenty of water or other drinks. The rule of thumb is you consider how many stairs they have. Ground floor to ground floor move? Probably only $20 per person. Up one flight of stairs? $30. Three level townhouse - $40 or $50 depending on what's on either end.

[Anonymous]

There are other threads on this same topic from back in the day and the consensus is usually to give food and tip...and beer. The last being a little sketchy, I think. Anyway, I provided water, gaterade, and cooked a pizza for them. They ate it when they reached some stopping point that made sense to them. I offered beer once they arrived with my stuff, but they didn't take it. I don't remember what I tipped, but I think it was a percentage split between them. I gave it to the foreman, although I've read the other guys hate that because sometimes it doesn't get shared.

Good luck on your move!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what? we have to tip movers now????????

Please describe in detail what your major malfunction is-it would give us all a lot of insight into the All About Me demographic in this country. You aren't so foolish to think that the fee you pay the moving company goes entirely into the worker's pockets, do you? Are you also affronted about tipping in restaurants, hair salons, when you have food delivered, when someone parks your car for you or takes your coat for you or washes your car for you? Do the right thing, even if no one sees you doing it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tip if I'm given good service, but what's up with the food and drink? Is this a woman thing?

Not necessarily. I know lots of men who are human and have good manners. Well, maybe not lots, but they're out there.

[Anonymous]

We provided lunch and drinks during our last move, but I think to tip depends. on who you're hiring If you are using a major moving company, tipping doesn't seem customary. If you're hiring a few guys with a truck, I guess that's another matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what? we have to tip movers now????????

Please describe in detail what your major malfunction is-it would give us all a lot of insight into the All About Me demographic in this country. You aren't so foolish to think that the fee you pay the moving company goes entirely into the worker's pockets, do you? Are you also affronted about tipping in restaurants, hair salons, when you have food delivered, when someone parks your car for you or takes your coat for you or washes your car for you? Do the right thing, even if no one sees you doing it.

you quoted me and i didn't know we were supposed to tip them. the food delivery guy too?????? OMG soon we won't be able to afford things anymore. why nobody tips me then?

what's the rule for tipping? who do you tip and who you don't? please enlighten me here.

[Anonymous]

You don't tip the food delivery guy either? Oy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tip if I'm given good service, but what's up with the food and drink? Is this a woman thing?

Not necessarily. I know lots of men who are human and have good manners. Well, maybe not lots, but they're out there.

Yes, the gay ones.

[Anonymous]

Do you tip if one of the crew members took something? How do you tip the other guys without that guy knowing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what? we have to tip movers now????????

Please describe in detail what your major malfunction is-it would give us all a lot of insight into the All About Me demographic in this country. You aren't so foolish to think that the fee you pay the moving company goes entirely into the worker's pockets, do you? Are you also affronted about tipping in restaurants, hair salons, when you have food delivered, when someone parks your car for you or takes your coat for you or washes your car for you? Do the right thing, even if no one sees you doing it.

you quoted me and i didn't know we were supposed to tip them. the food delivery guy too?????? OMG soon we won't be able to afford things anymore. why nobody tips me then?

what's the rule for tipping? who do you tip and who you don't? please enlighten me here.

Are you being silly? I can't tell. If not, here's a tip-if you can afford to have food delivered, you can afford to tip the delivery person. You can also avoid the annoying habit of tipping by cutting your own hair, cooking all your food at home, moving your own furniture (rent a U Haul, you don't have to tip the person at the U Haul counter), parking your own car and never using a cab, doing your own nails, never having a babysitter, carrying your own bags at the airport and well, that's about it.

[Anonymous]

We've moved more times than I can even remember.

I always have a cooler full of water. Sometimes I'll add cokes. But they usually just want water.

We always tip. I think $20 per mover is standard. And you give it all to the crew leader. He'll divide the money up.

[Anonymous]

We had a local move (10 miles) on the hottest day of the summer. We provided water, gatorade and lunch (providing lunch actually ensured a short lunch break --- I got it ready for them, they took a quick break to eat, and then back to work). We also tipped $50 pp. FWIW, we moved from a 4 bdrm house, so we had a bunch of furniture (two trucks).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had a local move (10 miles) on the hottest day of the summer. We provided water, gatorade and lunch (providing lunch actually ensured a short lunch break --- I got it ready for them, they took a quick break to eat, and then back to work). We also tipped $50 pp. FWIW, we moved from a 4 bdrm house, so we had a bunch of furniture (two trucks).

What did you make/get them?

[Anonymous]

Interesting.

I've moved all over the country--and all over the world-- and it has never ocurred to me to tip movers. They're paid by the company, and I've never thought of them as being in the same sort of vein as hairdressers, servers, bellman, etc. When do you tip them? Before you start moving, or after? I've always provided food and drink, though. In some countries, I've had over 15 people for moves--that would have made tipping pretty pricey.

We're moving again in a couple of months, so it would be good to get some sort of consensus on what people expect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what? we have to tip movers now????????

Please describe in detail what your major malfunction is-it would give us all a lot of insight into the All About Me demographic in this country. You aren't so foolish to think that the fee you pay the moving company goes entirely into the worker's pockets, do you? Are you also affronted about tipping in restaurants, hair salons, when you have food delivered, when someone parks your car for you or takes your coat for you or washes your car for you? Do the right thing, even if no one sees you doing it.

you quoted me and i didn't know we were supposed to tip them. the food delivery guy too?????? OMG soon we won't be able to afford things anymore. why nobody tips me then?

what's the rule for tipping? who do you tip and who you don't? please enlighten me here.

Are you being silly? I can't tell. If not, here's a tip-if you can afford to have food delivered, you can afford to tip the delivery person. You can also avoid the annoying habit of tipping by cutting your own hair, cooking all your food at home, moving your own furniture (rent a U Haul, you don't have to tip the person at the U Haul counter), parking your own car and never using a cab, doing your own nails, never having a babysitter, carrying your own bags at the airport and well, that's about it.

not being silly. i'm trying to learn the rule, and by your post i can tell there's none. you just tip whoever you feel like then.