Launch guy tip?

[bjoc2314]

Hello,

How much do you generally tip the launch operator? Do you tip every time or at the end of the season?

[HHJ]

At my club, where I use them regularly, it''s $1 per person on the homeward trip. Anywhere else, I generally tip $2 each way, more if I have a lot of baggage or am in some other way causing additional trouble.

Hans
s/v Hesper

[wmiii]

Maybe I just don''t get it. Aren''t these people paid to do this work? Aren''t the gas dock people paid as well? It seems like there is a expansion of tipping expections going on now. Do people not want to do their job well unless they get a tip? Am I missing something?

[PBzeer]

While there are jobs where tipping is part of the setting of the base pay, ie: waiters/waitress''s, I don''t know that dock help is one of those. That said, if someone goes beyond what is required, then a tip may be appropriate. Personally, I pay someone to do a job based on the price they give me, not a price plus tip. I wouldn''t pay extra, unless they did extra.

Fair winds,
John

[HHJ]

I wouldn''t tip the gas dock guy any more than I would the gas station attendant ashore (i.e., $0). However, like many waitresses, many launch drivers are college kids being paid a minimal amount in the esxpectation that tips will make it worth their while. Saves their Yacht Clubs money and spreads the expense to those who use it most.