I have seen "little people" trash a restaraunt and mom and pop leave a buck
tip when they should leave a fifty.
Restaraunts are easy and I always leave 15%+. My confusion isn't a
restaraunt or the pizza delivery person.

What is considered normal job duties and what isn't. At a marina, is it the
dockhands job to help you in a slip when you call in? They say someone will
meet you at the slip and help you with the lines. Is that considered his
regular job and is part of the $2 a foot? Whether your boat is heavy or not?
I don't usually need help but they always send someone anyway and the guys
stands there waiting for something to pull on.

"Rosalie B." wrote in message
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x-no-archive:yes "Phil" wrote:

What happens if you order just four pints? Is their a rule of thumb how
much
one can order without feeling like he should?
The whole tipping thing is way to confusing. I think they should just pay
everyone a decent wage and forget tipping and if your service sucks you
get
fired just like any other job.
I never even know who to tip anymore.

Yes it is confusing - that's why you need to know. In the States it's
usually 15% for waiters unless it's a buffet, in which case we usually
leave less. If the wait person has done a significantly wonderful
job, or if we've got little people who have spread cracker crumbs all
over the floor or something, we might up it to 20%. Bob's method is
to take the MD state tax (5%) and multiply by 3 and then round up to a
whole number (or down in the service was bad) - that way you don't tip
on the tax. Of course it doesn't work if the tax isn't 5%.

Do you tip the guy that works at the marina that grabs your lines for you
when you come in?

We do if he or she does more than just grab the lines. If he has to
wrestle the boat into the slip against wind and current (as we have a
full keel), or if he's out there in the freezing rain, then yes. If
he drops the lines or doesn't catch them and doesn't know how to tie a
knot then no.