The way I feel is:

If they provided good service or did something special they deserve a tip.

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: Off Topic, How much should a person tip?


> Yes, very true, but I can tell you the people in Colorado Springs and
> Denver also expect tips.  I'm talking about the people who take me from
> check in and through security to the gate.  My brother and I were at
> Denver once and this lady pulled up on one of those little electric
> carts and asked us if we wanted a ride to the gate, and we said sure.  I
> thought my brother had tipped her and when she drove off, I asked and he
> said he hadn't, he didn't know he was supposed to, and he said he
> wondered why she gave us such a dirty look and flipped us off.
>
> 73
> Butch Bussen
> wa0vjr
> open Node 3148
> Las Vegas
>
>
> On Sun, 24
> Jan 2010, Colin McDonald wrote:
>
>> yeh, but that's vegas, and everyone gets tips there.
>> regards
>> Colin
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 1:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: Off Topic, How much should a person tip?
>>
>>
>>> I don't know about other places, but here 9in Vegas, the people who take
>>> me from the counter through security and to the gate do expect tips. 
>>> The
>>> air lines people who help me board the plane don't though.  I had one
>>> doofus guy ask me all kinds of questions.  Did I have a wife, why didn't
>>> she take me to the gate, did she give me money for tips and so forth. 
>>> How
>>> much I tip depends on how nice the people are and what kind of service I
>>> get.  Here in Vegas, almost every one expects a tip.  Cab drivers
>>> certainly do, and I usually tip ten to 15 percent.  I've never had 
>>> anyone
>>> refuse a tip.
>>> 73
>>> Butch Bussen
>>> wa0vjr
>>> open Node 3148
>>> Las Vegas
>>
>>
>