Originally Posted by thirdchildhood

This is why I haven't been tipping. Read this thread. You might even recognize same names from the past, like Cuda. This is the first boat to get me on the Great Lakes where tipping became an issue and I followed this (bad) advice.

How Much Should You Tip At The Gas Dock?

Originally Posted by Interceptor

I'll tip the dock help but i really dislike the whole tipping process in our society. It seems more and more places have tip jars at the cash register where all the employee or owner does is take your money and give change.
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Originally Posted by glassdave

I think its all about effort and attitude. If i pull up and its is a really easy slip with the fuel fill at easy access theres really not much a deck hand can do BUT if the effort and attitude is there its at least worth a fiver and that goes up with how ever difficult the tie up is and if they step up to other things like getting ice etc. Pumping out the head is another five minimum (that sucks). If i pull up and the dock kid sits in the booth on his Iphone or otherwise seems to be bothered by my being there . . . well guess what . . . notta. I am a big believer in tipping but also what it represents and it is never simply implied. I guess i start with the number five as i pull up and add or subtract as necessary.


oh and a hot chick dock hand needs to do nothing . . . thats at least a twenty though . . . . maybe a buck at a time if your lucky

Originally Posted by 260BR

Tipping for sure. Although...my local fuel dock is the owner/operator type operation. How do you deal with that? I realized I have never tipped him even though he helps tie up, he brings the nozzle over but you pump. I really love the concept of tipping hired help but owners?...