Gas dock attendant tipping

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.

08-27-2007, 04:29 PM	#2
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	#3
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	#5
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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08-27-2007, 04:04 PM	#1
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	#6
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.