GL: Fw: Tipping Mechanics

[Elaine Reib]

>I don't tip my car mechanic when he changes my oil.  When did tipping get
>to be required for everything in boating but not on land? Just because a
>person lives on a boat does not mean that they are rich and throwing around
>money. I bet you get charged extra for them to come out on their day off
>and they get paid overtime.  Same as the tow truck gets paid if I have a
>crash on the road and have to have my car towed.  Where does it stop? It is
>getting to be that people think you are rich if you own a $125,00 boat but
>what they don't understand is that we did not own a house too.  It was our
>home.  When the furnace man comes out on a Saturday night to repair a
>furnace in my house we get charged extra because it is Saturday night.  We
>don't tip him for doing his job that he is charging me extra for.  I'm just
>not getting all this tipping expectation thing.
>
> Elaine
> 717-479-5012
> ELReib at comcast.net
> Be Yourself, Everyone else is already taken.
> Oscar Wilde

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Btlifes2short at aol.com>
> To: <great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 2:31 PM
> Subject: GL: Tipping Mechanics
>
>
>> Greetings Again,
>>
>> I was just involved in some discussions with a couple of mechanics and
>> they
>> asked me why boaters are no longer tipping a mechanic, providing they did
>> a
>> good  job.  They wonder why boaters don't even tip when the mechanic
>> comes in on
>> their day off or stays late to make sure a boater is taken care of.  I
>> told
>> them I would ask the group to see what each of you come up with.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Brenda &  Todd Lanning
>> M/V Life's2Short
>> 40'  Oceania
>> btlifes2short at aol.com
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>>
>>
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