[drunknsage]

So how much did you tip your AC repair guy?

You didn’t and don’t even pretend you did.

This policy is awesome. I actually waited tables for years and the Blacks, Women, and Euro trash really heart my pocket. TIPS are out dated. Everyone should get prompt service, period. I did not provide excellent service for tips... I did it to keep my job. There is NO OTHER SERVICE INDUSTRY on earth that relies on tips to pay their staff. IT support don’t work off tips, HVAC, Cable repair, they seem to get by just fine.

I currently work in IT and I provide a service. Are you suggesting that the model of paying me a wage is a failure because that is retarded. I always provide above the bare minimum because I want referrals and customer loyalty. The same goes for the restaurant.

So tell us, what do you do for a living? Are you in a service field? If so, how much was your last tip? Do you provide crap service?

[21twelve]

Just like ALL private business, the consumer is mostly in control (in the long run). ("Mostly" barring government rules and regulations, e.g. 48 ounce sodas, undercooked eggs, seat belts, air bags, helmets, etc......) If the waiters at this restaurant start providing poor service the existing customers won't go back, and word will get around. If the consumers don't like the setup I imagine they will let management know and/or leave.

I am a professional consultant and provide a service. Twice in 25+ years I have received a tip! The shock of getting an “at-a-boy” like that was nice. (Most of my “at-a-boys” come in the form of a call for more work from my clients, or a referral.)

[discostu]

Parking attendants get tips. And low rent entertainers, like those theme park gun shows and kid party clowns. Taxi drivers. Really tips aren’t that uncommon.

[leapfrog0202]

So how much did you tip your AC repair guy?

You didn’t and don’t even pretend you did.

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I’m not FlJoePa but we just replaced our heater and a/c that was a water based system that was no longer being made and couldn’t find parts for. The changeover from that system to the new one cost almost $12,000 and we did tip the guy and every member of his staff that worked at our home for the 3 days it took.

We’d also tipped him when he replaced our hot water heater 4 months prior to this latest time. It might have been what got him over here within 30 minutes of my call.