re: How much do you tip movers?

Cooler of Bud if nothing gets F'd up

I don't get some of the posters on OT.

I seen posts about tipping movers, charter boat crew, dental assistants, etc.

But, last week there was a thread about people bitching that they would never tip a Uber driver a couple of bucks.

I don't get it.

I don't tip them or any other industry outside of the food service industry.

I was a mover for a little while. Hard work and you have to take good care of peoples' stuff but work fast enough to save them money. Here was the tip scale per mover for customers:

$0-Broke arse
$10-25-standard tip, usually nice person
$25-50 upper class
>$50-OT baller

$500

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I generally tip $20 - $40 apiece depending on my perception of the quality of work. those guys can really affect how your shite survives the trip and if I think they went out of their way, I don't mind giving them a little something.... also generally buy lunch for them.

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My friend, you understand how the world works.

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They'll still get paid, something will be broken, and you'll get to deal with the insurance company. Your furnishings won't be delivered until the moving company is paid, and you won't notice anything is broken until it's delivered.

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I will admit that I have never used a moving service, but they require full payment up front? And people are dumb enough to do that shite?

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Welders and many other professions bust their asses every single day and don't get tipped.

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Welders make a lot more than movers. Other professions make more too. I don't understand today's phenomenon with calling everything a profession. Some jobs are just BS jobs, hence where tipping probably came about in the first place. There are threads on here about which watch to buy for 5-6k...ffs...if you can afford to pay someone to move your stuff or have a job that will pay for it, you can afford a little tip.

Sad thing is that owners purposely pay these worker lower wages factoring in that the workers' will make tips. So when they don't get tipped, it hurts them.

Not saying it's right, but it's how the owners do it. That's why the worker was offering to take an hour off in return for a tip. I don't think it's right, but I guess I understand why they do it.

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And they have your possessions

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Exactly. I'm actually moving this weekend. I have 4 guys for 4 hours. I plan on buying them lunch and will let them know if they finish within the allotted time and possessions intact--they will get the money I would have paid to the moving company for an extra hour.