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If you don’t have a lot of cash for a tip, do you tip nothing?

Asked by JLeslie (65994points) October 14th, 2022 from iPhone

This is not about tipping in restaurants, it’s about tipping bellboys, shuttle drivers, or if someone comes to your house to fix or install something.

A few weeks ago a friend took an airport shuttle home and she said she felt bad that she only had a dollar to give the driver so she gave him nothing. She felt the dollar would be an insult.

That makes no sense to me. A dollar is better than nothing isn’t it? Plus, there’s several people on the shuttle, the tips would all add up.

I usually would tip $2—$5 for that sort of service, depending on the situation, but I would give the $1 if that’s all I had in small bills.

I thought of this Q, because of @jca2’s recent Q about tipping.

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