Facebook has been down in my area (and apparently in many others) for about a half hour. Others here affected?
Its back now, but the outage map was HUGE
Oops- spoke too soon. Its down again… wait- some functions are working but not all.
Facebook was out for me, too, for a little while this morning.
I had a flat tire and called Triple A. The guy came and put the spare tire on for me. Am I supposed to tip him??
Yes. Tip him.
yes, tipped $10 last week–he could not change the tire as there was a piece missing from the tool kit. But I still gave him $10.
In my opinion, nope. I didn’t tip the guy who came to my house to look at my water heater today. I don’t tip the guy who changes my oil. I put it in the same category as that. They are paid for the job. They aren’t paid a tipping salary like a waiter is. If the guy goes above and beyond, I’d consider a tip but otherwise I would not.
Different opinions. Now you see my conundrum.
We tend to tip if they’re underpaid, not trained specialists, haul heavy objects to our house or do a special request. If I ever ever tipped for a tire change, it would be when they came fast, got it done quickly. Definitely, the time one guy went to bat for a new battery that died (long story about the warranty) and got it approved for a free replacement.
It’s discretionary. ButI 'll add this: a nice underpaid guy I know used to deliver pizzas. He said the richer the neighborhood, the poorer the tip. Interesting.
I will tip if the weather is foul, the person is prompt, efficient and courteous. Often, I do NOT tip, but I offer a bottle of water. Some folks can be subject to firing if they accept tips for doing their jobs–just saying.
I get stuck when I want to tip but it is the owner and worker doing the job. I was taught you do not tip the owner of a business. I have taken to handing the owner the tip and telling him to give it to his workers. The owner always tells me that he/she appreciates his workers being acknowledged. When it is a number of workers (no owners) I frequently give it to the main person.
I do not always tip–it depends on the work, attitude, level of professional position. I am more likely to tip someone I know to make very little in general. The AAA guy came on a dark and rainy night and really worked hard to fix the problem. At home I keep $5 bills so that I am not stuck with $20 from the ATM.
I have had some say they are not allowed to accept tips.
I truly enjoy acknowledging hard work.
Tipping is not a hardship and I realize it is a choice that I make.
I am mainly talking about workers who come to the house and go the extra yard.
Random Question: When it comes to college sports, do you root for teams on the same level of prestige as your university if its not in your conference? For example for me as a Cal student, I somewhat like northwestern being in the Big 10 championship and may want to root for them/watch the game, but I feel like I am not being a true fan/being a fan for elitist reasons is not good morally for the sport. Im just asking if others do it and see the T25/T20 as sort of a grouping for sports fandom (when not competing against your school directly or in conference), rather than not root for them at all? Sort of like Ole Miss fans will root for MState if MState is in a bowl and they arn’t. Is that common among T25 schools?
We almost always tip and tip well, though admittedly more at restaurants/delivery and motels more than other things. No regrets. For planned service work like an oil change I don’t recall tipping. For someone coming to assist me on the spot (unexpectedly), I probably would if they did a good job. It actually doesn’t happen often enough for me/us to have a set pattern on that.
This does not surprise me at all. Whenever tipping has come up in conversation I hear about it. This can be kids at school who work in the restaurant industry or it can be a thread on a message board. I have my theories as to why this happens, but there’s no need to start a battle on a message board. The other group that can really undertip are the senior generation. Sometimes this is probably due to being on limited income. At other times (like with my FIL) it’s just their idea of what a tip should be comes in very low (5% or less). When we’re with him I always hang back and add more. At lower priced restaurants (like he generally chooses), we’re in the 30%+ category. I think people who truly work for a living (as servers tend to do) ought to be paid reasonably well for it. Those I know who work in these places tell me they get between $10-$12/hour in tips on average. I don’t consider that decent pay for the amount of work. I like to think that at least for the hour (or so) that we’re there, they get a raise. I get the bonus of not having had to cook or clean.
I’d be curious how much AAA (and similar) workers make on a call as that would affect my thoughts about adding a tip.
ps Can’t answer the sports question. I’m not a sports fan… I only casually root for my Alma mater and even more casually root against their rival. No care in the world about any other team and I usually don’t even watch my own team - seeing scores the morning after (or later) is plenty.
The AAA guy who can to help me when my car stalled on the highway said he makes more as an AAA driver than he was offered as a paralegal in HI. He made good money as a paralegal in TX but couldn’t get a comparable salary in HI so decided to be an AAA driver instead. It was a sad conversation about how little out HI paralegals get. 
Random question: what do others in New England/Northeast set their thermostats at, day vs night, when home? I recently converted to a gas boiler, but after they replace the thermostat (tomorrow, I hope,) I need a way to see whether the system is properly heating the house. (Right now, it’s 4-5 degrees off. Set to 68 and the temp guage reads 63.)
With the former system, forget it. We just ran it at under 60, it was 40+ years old and used so much oil.
64 during the cold weather months.
And does the house feel warm enough or this is a concession?
Does your boiler have an outdoor temperature sensor?