Tipping the Van driver....

[Victor120]

Hey, Here's an oldie but a goodie:

" What the difference between pilots and canoes? "

" Canoes just might tip! "



-vic

p.s. - I give em a buck for luggage handling

 

[Speedbird34]

Please gentlemen tip the van driver! Captains have zero excuse for not tipping.
First officer's I know it is hard but we get per diem and FA step up to the play please.

 

[-9Capt]

Justify it however you want. If you don't tip the driver, you're a cheap ass.

 

[ex j-41]

Tipping

http://www.tipping.org/TopPage.shtml


My wife tips regardless of service. (I think that dumb).
I tip based on service.

But a first year F/O should not have to dig into that
empty pocket to tip some driver who is making twice
his pay.

Charity begins at home!

 

[Ty Webb]

Ty Webb is a f-cking moron!

Y-e-a-h, buddy . . . . . you're right. I'm a big fool. That's why I'm Ty Webb, and you're some freaking pathetic pile of puke that can't even cough up a buck for the van driver.

I'm sure you're a real class act in all other aspects of life, though .

I guess some of you guys don;t get the whole picture . . if you're a cheap sumbitch who goes through life thinking that a freaking van driver has it better than you . . . well, that is pretty much a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I have never seen a major airline pilot stiff the van driver . . . now, I'm sure you non-tipping swine think that they tip because they have money, but but did you ever stop to think that maybe they got hired at a major because at their interview they showed a sense of decorum, of professionalism, and behaved in a manner consistent with being a professional pilot?

Nah, that couldn;t have been it.

 

[turbodriver]

Interview question at united circa 1997.......

Interviewer: Do you give a buck to the van driver?

You: Yes.

Interviewer: Ok good. Whew! We knew there would be something about you that we would like. You failed the sim ride, the line captains the interviewed you didn't like your personality, and you just failed the aptitude test. But since you tip the van driver and subsidize his meger pay, YOU'RE HIRED!!

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Deduct your tips on your IRS tax return......

If you need tip money then when at the resturaunt...don't tip in the tax...only the subtotal...... hows that?

 

[reject007]

I haven't read the last 867 posts in this thread but I usually tip about 400 million dollars to the van drivers.

 

[210FR8DOG]

I guess some of you guys don;t get the whole picture . . if you're a cheap sumbitch who goes through life thinking that a freaking van driver has it better than you . . . well, that is pretty much a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I don't know if they have it better, but I do know they make more money than me. I have a daughter, and every dollar I hand out is like taking it away from her. That aint gonna happen Jack!

That being said, I DO TIP if the guy/gal is extra helpful, nice or especially if they take us somewhere other than the airport like out to dinner later, the mall, etc. then yes, of course. But I don't tip just to be tipping for someone doing their job.

 

[210FR8DOG]

oops, that first part is suppose to be a quote. Shows how smart I am, huh?

 

[Tram]

What I want to know is who is that girl in scangadah's avatar?

 

[Le Douche]

Tram why don't you piss off some senior airline guys today? you seem to be good at it.

 

[KQRdr]

Here's from someone who used to drive a van for a major hotel back in collage.

12:30 am...I'm the only doorman/bellman on. I get a call from front desk that there is a crew at the airport (probably running late, tired and already upset)


As I'm about to get in a van for a 25 minute trip to the airport, my phone rings. It's the VIP's room. He wants me to get him a pack of smokes and a soda. He just gave me 10 bucks tip 30 minutes ago, when I parked his Benz. Now I know that I will make another 20 by taking a 10 minute round trip to local 7/11.

So...
I make $4/hour, I can make $20 in a next 10 minutes or drive to the airport and get $5 (or possibly less) from a rude crew. So I choose the VIP. By the time I get to the airport it's really late and only CA and the lead tip. The way I see it, I made out. Hey, how else am I supposed to make money on the night shift to pay for those flight lessons?


That was a long time ago. Now, on the receiving end of that, if the hotel is 10 minutes away and the van shows up 45 minutes after I called them, than I don't tip. Why, because the guy made a choice and already made his money elsewhere.

Edited for typo.

 

[-9Capt]

Off the topic but...

our contract says we can take a cab or limo if the hotel transportation has not arrived within 30 mins of the cabin door opening. The company will reimburse you within 10 days.

 

[KQRdr]

-9Capt,
I've tried that, Say BWI, you know, you wait upstairs by AT counter. The FA's finally talked me into a cab idea, so we go downstairs where the cabs are. Guess what, about 100 people in line. Now we pull our bags back upstairs and I call the hotel. Guess what, the van was just here and left with another crew because we weren't at the curb....Now we all feel like real winners as we wait for another 30 minutes





Never again.