Average tip - Gas attendant- Grocery store... Average cost of labour.

sosuadr

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How much does everyone tip:
The gas attendant for pumping your gas? We normally do 20-25dop
The grocery store bagger guys? we normally do 20dop
Restraunts over and above the so called 10% ley WE DO still another 10%
Who else do you normally tip?

What do you pay for casual labour?
we normally do 800-1000dop plus lunch for occasional labour.

500-800dop for regular continued labour every day for extended time.
Not including Christmas, and liquidation pay.
 

Fulano2

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Gas attendant nothing.
Bagger guy, 50.
Restaurants, 50-100, no 10%, we are not in the US.

Labour, depends on what. Gardening, we have a Haitian, 600 and brings his own equipment.
 

drstock

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Gas attendant: 0 unless he cleans the windows, then 10 pesos
Bagger: 0 unless he carries bags to car, then 10-25 pesos
Restaurants: Don't start that one! But usually 10%
Casual labour: 100 pesos per hour
These may not seem high, but I'm not American and the recipients always seem quite happy.
 

cavok

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Gas attendant: 0 If I ask to clean the windows - 20 pesos
Bagger: 0 Never needed one to bring bags to car.
Restaurant: 10% on top of the 10% ley if service is good, but calculated on the price of food/drinks only.
Casual labor: 150 pesos/hr, for example maid cleans apto for 500 pesos. 800-1000/day.
 

Fulano2

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Bagger: 0 unless he carries bags to car, .
Of course and I dont tip for two bags like the supermercado in RSJ where everything is overpriced.
Good thing is, Aniano, from Moto tipo san, is going to open a supermarket bigger and cheaper than the well known. Just outside
GH.
 

Buffness

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Gas attendant: 0 , nada , but always a “gracias” and maybe a fist bump
Bagger: assuming he carries bags to the car, then 50 - 100 pesos max
Restaurants: takeouts 0 , otherwise 15%
Casual labour: depends on the work but usually 500 pesos
 

william webster

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Of course and I dont tip for two bags like the supermercado in RSJ where everything is overpriced.
Good thing is, Aniano, from Moto tipo san, is going to open a supermarket bigger and cheaper than the well known. Just outside
GH.

Well.... since you mentioned him.... and the topic is tipping....
A little story.

One day he and his friends were out on the weekend - dirt biking -
mud, scruffy, the works.
The posse rides in to Playa Grande beach for food/drink and live it up....
The staff isn't too interested in them.... a junior waiter gets the jobs of serving the lowlife.

End of meal - they start patting their pockets - not enough money...
they are short PLENTY !!

Now the senior staff steps up ready to resolve this physically....
The young waiter stops it all.....
I'll trust them to come back and pay me

The thugs are saved but escorted to the parking lot.

Few days later----

A Range Rover pulls in... a driven RR
Fellow steps out of the rear....
Full RD bling.. shades, chains - you name it

The seniors swarm him -
He chooses the kid for his waiter.
Has a leisurely meal - quietly pays and tips well.

As he stands to leave... he asks the kid to come with him.....

Brand new moto and full payment for the weekend meal waiting in the parking lot....

Senior staff drop their jaws..... kid jumps for joy

True story as told by staff as the beach.....
 

Fulano2

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Well.... since you mentioned him.... and the topic is tipping....
A little story.

One day he and his friends were out on the weekend - dirt biking -
mud, scruffy, the works.
The posse rides in to Playa Grande beach for food/drink and live it up....
The staff isn't too interested in them.... a junior waiter gets the jobs of serving the lowlife.

End of meal - they start patting their pockets - not enough money...
they are short PLENTY !!

Now the senior staff steps up ready to resolve this physically....
The young waiter stops it all.....
I'll trust them to come back and pay me

The thugs are saved but escorted to the parking lot.

Few days later----

A Range Rover pulls in... a driven RR
Fellow steps out of the rear....
Full RD bling.. shades, chains - you name it

The seniors swarm him -
He chooses the kid for his waiter.
Has a leisurely meal - quietly pays and tips well.

As he stands to leave... he asks the kid to come with him.....

Brand new moto and full payment for the weekend meal waiting in the parking lot....

Senior staff drop their jaws..... kid jumps for joy

True story as told by staff as the beach.....
He is very generous. He gave my brother in law a brand new Kia, just because he helped him out with something.
 

Dr_Taylor

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How much does everyone tip:
The gas attendant for pumping your gas? We normally do 20-25dop
The grocery store bagger guys? we normally do 20dop
Restraunts over and above the so called 10% ley WE DO still another 10%
Who else do you normally tip?
Ordinarily, I do not tip in the above instances. If the restaurant tip is not included, then I will tip. I generally round up to the next 100 peso mark. When I occasionally go to the beach, I will tip the poor guy who puts cardboard on the window as a sun shade 10 to 25 pesos. When I occasionally drive to the Colonial Zone in Santo Domingo, I will tip the guy who offers to watch the car 50 to 100 pesos. Generally, I tell the guy that I will tip upon returning.
 

bienamor

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have never figured out tipping the gas attendant(why). also goes for the barber. Grocery store bagger yes (he bags and takes to the car 100 peso. Restaurants 10% if service is ok, none if poor service. may the guy that is supposed to be watching the car but only if he is there when I park and there when I leave.
 

irishpaddy

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the generosity of some people is amazing ...on behalf of the lucky workers and their family who receive the 10 -25 pesos ..muchas gracias …..I do hope they don't squander it on rice and beans
 

cavok

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20 pesos for a less than 2 minute windshield wash equals 600 pesos/hr. Very few, if any, average unskilled Dominicans are making anywhere near 600 pesos/hr.
 

KateP

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In most cases (big supermarkets) grocery baggers don't earn a salary. All the money they make is from tips. I generally tip at least 35, normally 50 if my bread isn't at the bottom and a little extra around xmas.

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cavok

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Are you sure about that? Is that even legal to have someone working for you and not pay them? How about liquidation? If they're not getting any salary, they're not earning much. I almost never see anyone tip them except when they bring bags out to your car.
 

bob saunders

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the generosity of some people is amazing ...on behalf of the lucky workers and their family who receive the 10 -25 pesos ..muchas gracias …..I do hope they don't squander it on rice and beans

it adds up for doing almost nothing. How much do you give mr sarcastic?
 

Celt202

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How much does everyone tip:
The gas attendant for pumping your gas? We normally do 20-25dop
The grocery store bagger guys? we normally do 20dop
Restraunts over and above the so called 10% ley WE DO still another 10%
Who else do you normally tip?

What do you pay for casual labour?
we normally do 800-1000dop plus lunch for occasional labour.

500-800dop for regular continued labour every day for extended time.
Not including Christmas, and liquidation pay.

Gas attendant - 0 have you ever seen a Dominican tipping a gas pumper?

bagger if he carries my purchase to the car 25,dop when I make a small purchase I carry it myself

restaurants - better restaurants only whatever you want, others e.g. counter service, comedors 0

day labor 500 is acceptable 800 is generous

Check with a lawyer on Christmas pay and lquidation. The Ministerio of Trabajo has Dominican customer service with a large smattering of bored government drones. There are some situations where liquidation is not required.

the cleaning gangs on Duarte Highway get 800 per day

a skilled worker doing concrete termination work gets 1000 per day

window washers - When my windshield is really dirty I will get a gas attendant to do it and give him 25 dop

I almost never let the windshield washers at the traffic lights do it. If I do 25. NEVER the aggressive ones.
 

KateP

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Are you sure about that? Is that even legal to have someone working for you and not pay them? How about liquidation? If they're not getting any salary, they're not earning much. I almost never see anyone tip them except when they bring bags out to your car.
The ones I've been in contact with at Nacional, Jumbo and Pola have all said the same. That's why there's such a high rotation and they don't bother training them. Is it legal? No idea...

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