Tip $10 for valet

7:51 back again. I bumped this thread yesterday because I wanted to understand what is expected these days. I am downtown for a one- day event.

You folks are harsh.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, you absolutely have to tip vallets.

Is it, like, the law?

Yes, you absolutely have to tip vallets.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t tip. That’s their job

It’s their job and tips are expected. The second or third time you get your car, you may be waiting awhile.

Except how many of these same people do not tip housekeeping because it is less awkward not do so since no one is sticking their hand out. They work so much harder and I bet they get shafted on tips. Meanwhile, bellhops and valets get tipped well considering the work.

PP. it also it is not lost on me that the roles receiving the better tips are male and the worse ones are women.

Who else are we expected to tip that we have never seen? You tip people giving you a personal service. You don’t tend to tip people doing the unseen work. Like the waiter but not the chef. Or the hairstylist but not the person who sweeps the floors and cleans the hair washing bowls. I tip the nail tech but not the person answering the phone making appointments.

Should I tip my doctor?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t tip. That’s their job

Do you tip servers and bartenders?

No OP, but bartenders should not be a tipped profession.

That…wasn’t the question.

it's different because the bartender is paid below minimum wage and I assume the valet driver is paid minimum wage or higher.

Why do you assume that

Because the law allows employers to pay below minimum wage for food servers.

Exactly. We are just enabling the entire industry to not pay their employees a living wage and disguising it as "class and manners."

You’re taking your anger at society on a single person (the valet).

Yes. If they have a hard time finding people to work for pennies, they'll be forced to pay people more. It's not rocket science.

Who says they are working for pennies?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t tip. That’s their job

Do you tip servers and bartenders?

No OP, but bartenders should not be a tipped profession.

That…wasn’t the question.

it's different because the bartender is paid below minimum wage and I assume the valet driver is paid minimum wage or higher.

Why do you assume that

Because the law allows employers to pay below minimum wage for food servers.

Exactly. We are just enabling the entire industry to not pay their employees a living wage and disguising it as "class and manners."

Ok I understand this but then you should be working with local politicians to change the employment laws/minimum wage/employee classifications. For example, I don’t use door dash or uber eats because they exploit the delivery people. You should park down the street where you aren’t using/exploiting the valet.

how is the valet being exploited? They are making minimum wage? Yes the minimum wage should be increased but it doesn't mean I have to tip.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t tip. That’s their job

It’s their job and tips are expected. The second or third time you get your car, you may be waiting awhile.

Except how many of these same people do not tip housekeeping because it is less awkward not do so since no one is sticking their hand out. They work so much harder and I bet they get shafted on tips. Meanwhile, bellhops and valets get tipped well considering the work.

PP. it also it is not lost on me that the roles receiving the better tips are male and the worse ones are women.

Who else are we expected to tip that we have never seen? You tip people giving you a personal service. You don’t tend to tip people doing the unseen work. Like the waiter but not the chef. Or the hairstylist but not the person who sweeps the floors and cleans the hair washing bowls. I tip the nail tech but not the person answering the phone making appointments.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t tip. That’s their job

It’s their job and tips are expected. The second or third time you get your car, you may be waiting awhile.

Except how many of these same people do not tip housekeeping because it is less awkward not do so since no one is sticking their hand out. They work so much harder and I bet they get shafted on tips. Meanwhile, bellhops and valets get tipped well considering the work.

PP. it also it is not lost on me that the roles receiving the better tips are male and the worse ones are women.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t tip. That’s their job

It’s their job and tips are expected. The second or third time you get your car, you may be waiting awhile.

Except how many of these same people do not tip housekeeping because it is less awkward not do so since no one is sticking their hand out. They work so much harder and I bet they get shafted on tips. Meanwhile, bellhops and valets get tipped well considering the work.

If I had to deal with the same valet every day, and they went out of the way to remember my name, and get the car quickly, a tip would make more sense. But not for a one off quick transaction of handing over the key for 5 minutes of work.

i used to worry about tipping for valet. I haven't had cash on me in probably 10 years. Sometimes DH has small bills so if we're together and valeting, we'll tip anywhere from $3 to $5. When we tip $5, they usually seem pretty happy. But the rest of the time i don't tip because i don't have the cash, and i no longer feel embarrassed about it, because the entire system is so antiquated (based on cash, based on tipping) and i'm not going to go 20 minutes out of my way to get cash. The valets don't seem to care, and i have to imagine that 8 out of 10 people are in the same boat as me so i stopped sweating it.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t tip. That’s their job

Do you tip servers and bartenders?

No OP, but bartenders should not be a tipped profession.

That…wasn’t the question.

it's different because the bartender is paid below minimum wage and I assume the valet driver is paid minimum wage or higher.

Why do you assume that

Because the law allows employers to pay below minimum wage for food servers.

Exactly. We are just enabling the entire industry to not pay their employees a living wage and disguising it as "class and manners."

Ok I understand this but then you should be working with local politicians to change the employment laws/minimum wage/employee classifications. For example, I don’t use door dash or uber eats because they exploit the delivery people. You should park down the street where you aren’t using/exploiting the valet.

Most of the time when I have to use the valet it's because it's an only opinion. For example, in Manhattan or somewhere like that. The hotel already charges a TON for parking. I view that as my payment for the service they provided.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t tip. That’s their job

Do you tip servers and bartenders?

No OP, but bartenders should not be a tipped profession.

That…wasn’t the question.

it's different because the bartender is paid below minimum wage and I assume the valet driver is paid minimum wage or higher.

Why do you assume that

Because the law allows employers to pay below minimum wage for food servers.

Exactly. We are just enabling the entire industry to not pay their employees a living wage and disguising it as "class and manners."

You’re taking your anger at society on a single person (the valet).

Yes. If they have a hard time finding people to work for pennies, they'll be forced to pay people more. It's not rocket science.

I feel like no one on this thread has stayed in a hotel with valet parking in the last 3-ish years.

Almost every hotel now has a text system for their valet parking. You can tip through the app at the end of the visit. I usually do $5 a day, less if they suck. And they often do. The last one - nice hotel in Charlottesville - took 25 minutes to get my car on the day of departure and then they also left another person's keys in my car. I realized it when I was almost an hour away.

So, OP, I'd only tip at the very end based on the service!