I can agree with some of what you wrote, but not all. We have become friends with our barber and I always overtip him. I'm also happy to give the gas station dudes and moto taxis an extra 50 or 100 pesos, depending on what they did and what's in my pocket. Same with the bagger boy. I would normally give them 30 pesos but if I don't have change, 50 is not a big deal.
Really? You're supposed to tip the gas station guys? Never knew that. Is there anyone here that isn't looking for a tip? I never knew you had to tip the motoconcheros either.
If the gas station guy cleans the front and back windows I tip him............
Just to be clear, all within reason, I agree with you fully... All what you write above is fine in my opinion, I have done that myself as well... Before the pandemic, I used to overpay my barber always with 50-100 pesos... the thing is, he was/is a good and hard-working person... The guys at the supermarket who loaded all our 10 botellones to our SUV, I always gave them 100 pesos each... All these people are humble, do not ask for anything and really do their work well... I was only referring to this "throwing money" part with things that make no sense...
I'm from the EU, where you DO NOT tip... We had one single gas station in POP that we filled up in and I was also always, without fail, guilty of tipping the guy... The service was simply always reliable and courteous and again, the type of people you see that are not doing what they do and expecting something... The humble type, not the "tiguere" type if you will... I can see from a person's face pretty much what kind of a person they are... if anyone ever would put their hand out for me to give them something, that would end our business relationship...
Just a tip for you. You did right, but you should have taken a cell number of one. If I have any problem I have one or two I can call and they work in the area so they show up pretty quick for a nice propina. Beats calling the company and having to stay home for someone that can show up or not show up any day of the week...........XMAS they get liquor..........
Exactly. Just where do you draw the line? Who doesn't deserve a tip? If your heart surgeon saves your life, he deserves a huge tip!
I pay for service and results, good service and good results. If you choose to stiff the wait staff, taxi driver or other service worker and disguise it as "going rate" that is on you to brag about.
you tip your barber less than 1.50 U.S , why dont you just give him the middle finger.
So for example paying the public published rates by taxi companies for their drivers are "stiffing the driver"?
Yes! I can see we are miles apart on this. If I driver circles around the block to keep me out of the rain, yes, double bonus, he will get a tip. Lol, tipping the barber one dollar. I bet he talks about you before you hit the street.
And yet another example for today. Went to the taxi moto stand and asked someone in my broken Spanish to find me a place to make keys, wait for me, and take me back. Dude told me 200 pesos. He did everything I asked for. He got an extra 50. The keymaker was obviously the business owner. He got nothing extra. He was very nice though.
Dollars are not the currency here, and we are not in the US, where overtipping seems to be rampant.
