tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827775059325524977.post3501513258996582092..comments2023-09-09T04:20:32.902-05:00Comments on HayleysMom on Vegas: Tipping taxicab drivers in Las VegasDeannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721384887370392982noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827775059325524977.post-49112703971573021742009-07-01T12:29:43.897-05:002009-07-01T12:29:43.897-05:00I usually tip at 20% or rounded to the next five d...I usually tip at 20% or rounded to the next five dollar level. Sometimes the person benefits and sometimes the person loses a little by this rounding off.<br /><br />The big question hoever is one we all seem to over look, why are we expcted to tip in the first place?<br />I do not understand why service employees should be exempt from Minimum Wage Laws. Service people should be guaranteed (at the very least) the same minimum wage as any other worker is entitled to. <br />It seems to me that the tipping process is nothing more than an employer's means of getting the public to subsidize his cost of doing business. We (the public) do not help pay his renta, or pay 20% of his utility bill, or help pay a percentage of the cost of mus materials, so, why then are we expected to subsidize the costs of his hired help?<br /><br />Employers need to begin paying a fair wage to ALL of their employers and then if the employees want to earn extra money, they can do so by providing over and above servive to their customers if they want to receive tips.<br />There are good wait staff out there and there are bad wait staff, but they all deserve to be paid a fair wage.<br /><br /><br />RounderRounderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05523714068830850320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827775059325524977.post-70880022981203393772009-07-01T11:49:26.287-05:002009-07-01T11:49:26.287-05:00Interesting comments from a cab driver.
My though...Interesting comments from a cab driver.<br /><br />My thought processes for tipping drivers in Vegas run along the same lines as yours HM, but maybe with a slighter higher amount.<br /><br />I had an experience once where I took a cab from the airport to Paris and the fare was under 17.00. According to this 23% figure I should have tipped $3.91. What I did was give him a $20 and called it good. He started ranting at me and I just walked away.<br /><br />I couldn't believe it! What an unpleasant start to my trip! I take a lot of cabs on my trips so I really value a pleasant, safe ride.<br /><br />Thankfully, my cabs experiences are usually better than this. If they make an effort, then I do too!Blonde4everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05858890897285747813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827775059325524977.post-32239500636441661232009-06-30T14:05:14.426-05:002009-06-30T14:05:14.426-05:00Twenty Three Percent
That is the percentage of th...Twenty Three Percent<br /><br />That is the percentage of the total taxi meter the IRS assumes the average person is tipping. 23% is added to a driver's wage, and taxed.<br /><br />So on a $10 fare, the IRS is assuming an average of $2.30 tip. No allowances are made for good or bad service by the IRS.<br /><br />Tipping is about YOU in the end, not your limited judgment of service levels or quality. The average visitor to Vegas should simply allocate $50 for tips IMHO. This gives one 10 situations where tipping is normally expected.<br /><br />A trip from the hotel to the airport is a tippable event. It is up-to you to decide if a 25 second encounter with a hotel doorman is equal to spending 15 minutes with a cabbie. Sadly because of racial and other biases, the cabbie is normally the loser in this $5 equation. Cabbie is lucky if they get the same tip a doorman gets. That is wrong and results in the typically bad cab service so many whine about.<br /><br />Personally I could careless what you tip me. Whatever the amount, no matter how good the cab given, the tip is usually weak. The same person who will "tip" a dealer (who is working to take your $$$) $10 for 5 hands of BJ, will then get in a cab and throw a driver $2 for 10 minutes of their time.Unkhttp://www.lasvegas-taxidriver.comnoreply@blogger.com