Drycleaners......tip or no tip???

[LadysMan10]

I've just starting going to a new drycleaners because my old drycleaners closed up shop for retirement. It was run by a friend of the family and never accepted any gratuity.....is it common practice to tip your drycleaner??? If it is, how much do you usually tip???

Thanks,

LM10

 

[sailorsix]

Tipping makes sense in a restaurent, where the server's hourly pay is adjusted downwards to reflect the fact that they will get tips. Tipping your manicure / pedicure / hair stylist makes sense for similar reasons.
Tipping a dry cleaner, a mechanic, the Loblaws check out chick etc does not.

if you must give them a tip then use this this Babylonian Stock Brocker's tip: "Buy Sheep. Sell Deer"

 

[WhaWhaWha]

Tipping your drycleaner is like tipping the guy who renews your drivers license. The service will not improve so why bother?

 

[The Daulfin]

My rule of thumb is to not tip someone not doing good hard work. Service individuals certainly qualify (waitresses, drivers, etc) but in any drycleaning establishment that I've ever been to, the person taking the money isn't the person doing the hard job and I refuse to tip the person doing the cushy job in the misguided hope it'll get to the right person. If it was something complex or out of the ordinary then maybe but for common shirts and pants type stuff, not likely.

 

[Papi Chulo]

No tip from me

 

[drrogers]

Give yourself a good shake - since when do we tip someone for doing their job - besides - if you tip the person at the counter the poor sole that is doing the work and inhaling the cleaning solvent never sees it - Tips are for someone going above and beyond the job - doing something extra - we have a mentality that has forgotten that - I have no problem tipping someone who deserves it - but I never lose site of the fact that if a person is merely doing their job there is no tip.

 

[danmand]

I will tip her when she learns to do a decent BBBJ.

 

[MuffinMuncher]

There are very few people other than restaurant servers that I tip if they already make a wage to compensate them for their work. It is implicit in the fact that they choose to have a particular job that they should do it well.

Having said that, if someone clearly goes above and beyond their duty and delivers beyond expectations, I will tip as recognition and reward for the extra effort.

If the drycleaner, replaces all the worn buttons on your shirt, or takes out the wine stain from your jacket without being asked, that might do it. Otherwise I just pay my bill and say thanks!