s/o What is with the bourgeois guilt of tipping for every little service?

[Anonymous]

No wonder so many of you are on here whining "I have a $250K HHI and I feel poor!!" You piss your money away $1-2 at a time.

[Anonymous]

Noblesse oblige.

[Anonymous]

It's a disease that afflicts New York. Some of us are trying to hold the line against it infecting DC.

People seem to forget the only people who get tipped are:

Bartenders, restaurant servers, cab drivers (but not Uber), hairdressers, bellhops, and newspaper carriers (if they are under age 15).

[Anonymous]

I agree that it's gotten out of hand. I had a piece of furniture delivered today and did not tip the guys. It was a lightweight piece and I only had to have it delivered because the store happened to have sold out of the item - otherwise I would have put it in my car and carried it in myself. I feel like if I am paying for delivery then that's the service I am getting and I don't need to pay on top of that.

[Anonymous]

I tip:

- Bellhop
- Bartender
- Server
- Peapod
- Massage / Nail / Wax / Hair Services
- Tour Guides
- The man on the corner strumming a gee-tar
- Pizza, Chinese Delivery Man

Hmm. Think that covers it. Am I missing anything?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tip:

- Bellhop
- Bartender
- Server
- Peapod
- Massage / Nail / Wax / Hair Services
- Tour Guides
- The man on the corner strumming a gee-tar
- Pizza, Chinese Delivery Man
- Cab
- Furniture Delivery People
- Casino Dealers

Hmm. Think that covers it. Am I missing anything?

I forgot a few. Updated above.

[Anonymous]

What did the leper say to the prostitute?



Keep the tip.

[Anonymous]

What about parking attendants? Some garages in downtown DC don't allow the drivers to park their cars themselves, and the car keys are handed to the parking attendants. At the end of the day, I pay close to $20 for daily parking and they still look at my hands in hope to receive tips. So annoying.

[Anonymous]

If you ever plan on going back to that garage, better tip the valet a buck.

Coat check, also a buck.

[Anonymous]

WashPost guy, $5 at xmas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you ever plan on going back to that garage, better tip the valet a buck.

Sounds scary. What happens if I don't tip him?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Noblesse oblige.

Mais non.

Only snobs and parvenus overtip.

[Anonymous]

What does parvenus mean?

[Anonymous]

I am not a snob by anyone's definition, but I guess according to these threads, I am an over tipper.

I don't feel I am. I waited tables and had a lot of similar jobs coming up and I get enjoyment in giving a little more because I think it brightens people's day just a bit.

Actually I would rather over tip, than.....GASP - give the same money to a charity, because I think it ends up right in somebody's pocket.


Give 30% at dinner every single time unless there is a serious issue (like maybe one out of 50 times if that), always tip for coffee, a haircut, a valet, hotel service, hotel cleaning, etc, etc.


If you don't want to tip, don't tip but all of these threads about the 'tipping culture' and pushing back to try to change it are ridiculous. You are still getting your coffee. Yours costs you $1 less than mine because you are choosing not to. The end.

[Anonymous]

I tip frequently and often - servers of all kinds, anyone who delivers anything to my house. the guy who parks my car in the garage, the paper delivery men, you name it.

If I'm guilty of being an overtipper, so be it. I've had all kinds of those service jobs - they suck, and a decent tip will make a big difference for the people doing them.