Tips for the crew

How much do you guys tip when the trip is prepaid (hotel and diving
bundle)? How much do you tip otherwise? 10%? 15%?

"Tomek" <tomek707@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> How much do you guys tip when the trip is prepaid (hotel and diving
> bundle)? How much do you tip otherwise? 10%? 15%?

Only as much as you feel the crew earned.

Same with food service.

In America, waitpersons get taxed at 8% of the total they served, as if
everyone they served tipped 8% of the total tab, which generally doesnt
happen, which is why they get zero dollar paychecks. Some deserve no tip,
some deserve to be tipped whatever you can swing.

Myself, I tip $5 to the barmaid for the first round, no matter what. If the
drinks are good, and she keeps track of us, she can expect that *at least*
at every stop to our table, plus a nudge at the end. If the drinks suck, and
we have to wait too long, nothing, and we leave.

Same with dive ops. If they are good, let them know it, pop them a decent
tip (20 bucks) and you will be treated like royalty.

If they are assholes, shun them, no tip, and bitch on the lists.

Tomek wrote:

> How much do you guys tip when the trip is prepaid (hotel and diving
> bundle)? How much do you tip otherwise? 10%? 15%?
Depends on the service

Locally -

The nursing student who always scores the seat right by the ladder for
me and my doubles, who is masterful at cat-herding newbies and their
gear out of my way, who brings me hot soup as soon as I am out of my
gear, who pours hot water into my hood before I don it for the second
dive, gets $20. The other DM kid who learned the routine from her gets
the same. The kid who does the basics minus the cat-herding and soup
service gets $10.

Thus spake Tomek <tomek707@earthlink.net> :

>How much do you guys tip when the trip is prepaid (hotel and diving
>bundle)? How much do you tip otherwise? 10%? 15%?

Depends on where you are and what kind of service you get. I tend to
tip higher in places like Hawai'i because the cost of living is higher
than in places like Cozumel. Of course, I also think I get better
service there.

When I was a Unix sysadmin, the answer to a bunch of questions was
always "It depends". The proper answer to any "why did you do that"
question is "because it seemed like a good idea at the time".

--
dillon

Linux, it's not just an OS, it's a way
of life.

And a damn fine one, at that.

"Dillon Pyron" <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Thus spake Tomek <tomek707@earthlink.net> :
>
>>How much do you guys tip when the trip is prepaid (hotel and diving
>>bundle)? How much do you tip otherwise? 10%? 15%?
>
> Depends on where you are and what kind of service you get. I tend to
> tip higher in places like Hawai'i because the cost of living is higher
> than in places like Cozumel. Of course, I also think I get better
> service there.

For me it was opposite. I found the service at Scuba Club Cozumel excellent and the
Mexican divemasters friendly and helpful so I tipped there; even donated some scuba
gear. Otherwise I don't usually tip. Most of the time locally the staff seem to do
the minimum and don't even appear friendly, so I see no reason to reward that.

Adam

Thus spake "Adam Helberg" <sendspamhere@yahee.com> :

>
>"Dillon Pyron" <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
>news:65lff1hsba3ljuc09leqobffjrlujbkgst@4ax.com.. .
>> Thus spake Tomek <tomek707@earthlink.net> :
>>
>>>How much do you guys tip when the trip is prepaid (hotel and diving
>>>bundle)? How much do you tip otherwise? 10%? 15%?
>>
>> Depends on where you are and what kind of service you get. I tend to
>> tip higher in places like Hawai'i because the cost of living is higher
>> than in places like Cozumel. Of course, I also think I get better
>> service there.
>
>For me it was opposite. I found the service at Scuba Club Cozumel excellent and the
>Mexican divemasters friendly and helpful so I tipped there; even donated some scuba
>gear. Otherwise I don't usually tip. Most of the time locally the staff seem to do
>the minimum and don't even appear friendly, so I see no reason to reward that.
>
>Adam
>

I did get great service at Scuba Club, and tipped accordingly. Any DM
that will let me burn a whole tank gets a good tip from me.

--
dillon

Linux, it's not just an OS, it's a way
of life.

And a damn fine one, at that.

Scott wrote:
> "Tomek" <tomek707@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>
>
> Same with dive ops. If they are good, let them know it, pop them a decent
> tip (20 bucks) and you will be treated like royalty.


But if they were good, it's *after* the dive. Then they can't treat you
like royalty for the tip!

Conundrumly,

redcat