Gas dock attendant tipping

Captain Zipper · 08-21-2007, 08:31 PM

Your welcome Tom.

And perhaps more than a few of the 829 people that have viewed your post will now start tipping or at least think of it. I'm sure the dock attendants will appreciate it.

LIforrelaxin · 08-24-2007, 11:25 PM

Ok Ok maybe I am mean and unkind, but why would I tip a Gas Dock attendant? I think people have gotten over zelous when it comes to tipping. You go into Gas station, gas dock, hell I have even been in a McDonalds with a tip cup. Tipping a waitress is one thing, first off I know He/She is making a lower wage because she is supposed to get tipped and report it. Now someone working at a Gas Dock is getting paid a full wage, and if you tip them they aren't going to be reporting it. The Key is they are getting paid a full wage. I am not going to pay someone more money to do a job that they are getting paid for. If some college student needs to make more then minimum wage to have spending money for the year then they darn well better get a good summer Job.... That is what I did.... sure I wanted to work at the gas docks in the summer and be by the water but I new that wasn't going to pay the bills.... All the tipping that is going on is criminal it is showing teenagers that no matter what the job is you can make more money by fleecing the customer, by acting like your desperate....

Sorry to ramble on here folks.... but what is next tipping the attendant at the self serve Gas station.....

Captain Zipper · 08-25-2007, 08:40 AM

LI,

You're right, you ARE MEAN!

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Originally Posted by LIforrelaxin

If some college student needs to make more then minimum wage to have spending money for the year then they darn well better get a good summer Job.... That is what I did.... sure I wanted to work at the gas docks in the summer and be by the water but I new that wasn't going to pay the bills.....

So are you just mad that YOU didn't take the job by the water and had the good money to boot (due to the tips)? I'm kidding.

Mind if I ask what your summer job ended up being? I promise I won't be cruel in my rebuttal.

I understand your points about all the other service providers that "now" have the proverbial cup out. I totally agree with you.

Who knows, maybe those of us that do tip are idiots because the kids are making $15 to $20 bucks an hour AND they have a job on the water. Those son of a...................guns. LOL

Peace and inner harmony,

CZ

masssteve · 08-25-2007, 08:45 AM

Is it there job to help tie up, or get some ice from the cooler for you, or to help untie and push away from the dock, or to maybe wipe up around the gas fill instead of leaving the drip to spoil gelcoat. Thats why I tip, going beyond what they are "required" to do. For instance I was going to fill up with water the other day, I went for the hose and the attendent stopped me and said I'll do that for you sir. That deserves a alittle extra because there doing alittle extra. As I said in my prevous post, I tip depending on level of service. Do you not tip a bartender, or a taxi cab driver, or a door man, or a valet. These jobs all pay min. wage or above. Don't they get tipped?

secondcurve · 08-25-2007, 03:33 PM

LI:

I feel bad for you. So jadded. I tip these kids $5.00-10.00 for 50-90 gallon fill-ups and I enjoy doing it. Life is short, try and be a bit nicer! You'll feel better.

LIforrelaxin · 08-27-2007, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by secondcurve

So jadded............ You'll feel better.

First I feel just fine. Second I am not jaded. My view is just a bit different. I always say do what makes you happy. And hey if you happy tipping then so be it. The real reason of my post was to raise awareness to the fact that as a society we have let tipping get out of control. I tip when I feel it is needed. If a gas dock attendant Helps me dock my boat and pumps some gas I don't feel that is beyond the scope of there job..... therefore no tip..... which is not much differently then I act a bar or in a cab.... if the cabbie just drives, and doesn't offer any conversation I am likely to just pay the fair.... but why if the cabbie engages in some banter and the ride goes faster then yep he gets a tip. And hey even in a resturant, sure I always tip a waitress/ waiter..... but it stems from there level of service (which is something I see several of us agree on is important)..... In short what all this comes down to is what is in the scope of a job. As a gas dock attendant helping a customer dock, pumping the gas, and cleaning up accidental spillage is part of the job. Now if I was having a pump out or something out of the ordinary done for me that is different.

My feeling are simply that all to often these days, either tips are given, or expected for doing stuff that is within the scope of a job. Believe me I am the first to reward someone for work that is not part of thier job.... I just get irritated when people feel they should be tipped... luckily I have not seen a gas dock with a tip cup yet...... but is something i have seen so many places it irritates me.......

As for me I worked in a Meat cutter/wrapper going to college, and service was my middle name, I never once got or expected a tip..It was part of my job, even when customer asked for custom orders..... it was just all part of my job....I didn't make much more then my friends but because my job had some skill to it I made a few extra dollars an hour......

Captain Zipper · 08-27-2007, 04:04 PM

LI,

Your view is probably not so different than the majority.

I'm sure if we asked the gas jockeys how often they get tipped the answer would be, "not often enough!". LOL

Like I said, I agree with you about most of the other professions that I see with tip cups that I don't feel should be there.

I just have a warm spot in my heart for these fuel jockeys since a long, long, long time ago in a land far, far away.............I, too, was a "petroleum engineer".

CZ

jeffk · 08-27-2007, 04:29 PM

$3 to $5. 50 gallon tank. I haven't changed since the prices inflated. I expect them to come over in a timely fashion and help tie up. Also appreciated if they chat a bit.

I got tipped when I pumped car gas 30 years ago, also when I carried groceries to people's cars. I appreciated it then. For the comparative little it costs me I feel good and the recipients seem appreciative.

Coastal Laker · 08-28-2007, 02:29 PM

If you have seen the way some boaters treat these kids, you'd tip 'em just for putting up with the jerks.

Regardless, I tip $5 for pumping my gas, or $7-10 for gas and pumpout, or just $5 if it's just a pumpout - since I have yet to be charged for that service alone.

Seadoo · 08-29-2007, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Coastal Laker

since I have yet to be charged for that service alone.

yeah i know most marina the pump out is free with gas, lakeport does it free with gas or it is $5 with no gas.

CaptDan · 05-12-2008, 11:58 PM

if you can afford the boat/fuel/slip you can afford to tip a kid a few bucks.

Seeker · 05-13-2008, 03:53 PM

I ran a yacht club gas dock in Mass. thru high school and college and the tips were well appreciated. Those that tipped were remembered if you know what I mean. Back then it might have been 50 cents or a buck or two but it all counted. We only had a 1000 gallon tank and if I was running low you know who got the gas. I think we were 45.9/gal back then, about 10 cents higher than on land.

08-24-2007, 11:25 PM	#2
LIforrelaxin Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas, Lake Ray Hubbard and NH, Long Island Winnipesaukee Posts: 2,875 Thanks: 1,037 Thanked 892 Times in 524 Posts	Thoughts on Tipping Ok Ok maybe I am mean and unkind, but why would I tip a Gas Dock attendant? I think people have gotten over zelous when it comes to tipping. You go into Gas station, gas dock, hell I have even been in a McDonalds with a tip cup. Tipping a waitress is one thing, first off I know He/She is making a lower wage because she is supposed to get tipped and report it. Now someone working at a Gas Dock is getting paid a full wage, and if you tip them they aren't going to be reporting it. The Key is they are getting paid a full wage. I am not going to pay someone more money to do a job that they are getting paid for. If some college student needs to make more then minimum wage to have spending money for the year then they darn well better get a good summer Job.... That is what I did.... sure I wanted to work at the gas docks in the summer and be by the water but I new that wasn't going to pay the bills.... All the tipping that is going on is criminal it is showing teenagers that no matter what the job is you can make more money by fleecing the customer, by acting like your desperate.... Sorry to ramble on here folks.... but what is next tipping the attendant at the self serve Gas station..... __________________ Life is about how much time you can spend relaxing... I do it on an island that isn't really an island.....

08-27-2007, 04:29 PM	#8
jeffk Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,172 Thanks: 206 Thanked 437 Times in 253 Posts	I seem to be about average $3 to $5. 50 gallon tank. I haven't changed since the prices inflated. I expect them to come over in a timely fashion and help tie up. Also appreciated if they chat a bit. I got tipped when I pumped car gas 30 years ago, also when I carried groceries to people's cars. I appreciated it then. For the comparative little it costs me I feel good and the recipients seem appreciative.

08-28-2007, 02:29 PM	#9
Coastal Laker Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the Beautiful Lakes Region of course! Posts: 130 Thanks: 1 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	I tip too If you have seen the way some boaters treat these kids, you'd tip 'em just for putting up with the jerks. Regardless, I tip $5 for pumping my gas, or $7-10 for gas and pumpout, or just $5 if it's just a pumpout - since I have yet to be charged for that service alone.

05-12-2008, 11:58 PM	#11
CaptDan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oxford, MA Posts: 53 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	just do it if you can afford the boat/fuel/slip you can afford to tip a kid a few bucks. __________________ - Dan The Life of Riley

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08-21-2007, 08:31 PM	#1
Captain Zipper Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Granby, Ct. Posts: 138 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Your welcome Tom. And perhaps more than a few of the 829 people that have viewed your post will now start tipping or at least think of it. I'm sure the dock attendants will appreciate it.

08-25-2007, 08:45 AM	#4
masssteve Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: North Reading, MA & Laconia, NH Posts: 67 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 2 Posts	Is it there job to help tie up, or get some ice from the cooler for you, or to help untie and push away from the dock, or to maybe wipe up around the gas fill instead of leaving the drip to spoil gelcoat. Thats why I tip, going beyond what they are "required" to do. For instance I was going to fill up with water the other day, I went for the hose and the attendent stopped me and said I'll do that for you sir. That deserves a alittle extra because there doing alittle extra. As I said in my prevous post, I tip depending on level of service. Do you not tip a bartender, or a taxi cab driver, or a door man, or a valet. These jobs all pay min. wage or above. Don't they get tipped?

08-25-2007, 03:33 PM	#5
secondcurve Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,118 Thanks: 1,329 Thanked 559 Times in 288 Posts	LI: I feel bad for you. So jadded. I tip these kids $5.00-10.00 for 50-90 gallon fill-ups and I enjoy doing it. Life is short, try and be a bit nicer! You'll feel better.

08-27-2007, 04:04 PM	#7
Captain Zipper Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Granby, Ct. Posts: 138 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	LI, Your view is probably not so different than the majority. I'm sure if we asked the gas jockeys how often they get tipped the answer would be, "not often enough!". LOL Like I said, I agree with you about most of the other professions that I see with tip cups that I don't feel should be there. I just have a warm spot in my heart for these fuel jockeys since a long, long, long time ago in a land far, far away.............I, too, was a "petroleum engineer". CZ

05-13-2008, 03:53 PM	#12
Seeker Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Effingham Posts: 408 Thanks: 37 Thanked 19 Times in 15 Posts	I ran a yacht club gas dock in Mass. thru high school and college and the tips were well appreciated. Those that tipped were remembered if you know what I mean. Back then it might have been 50 cents or a buck or two but it all counted. We only had a 1000 gallon tank and if I was running low you know who got the gas. I think we were 45.9/gal back then, about 10 cents higher than on land.