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Old Nov 14, 2008, 5:44 am
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DeafFlyer
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: IAD
Programs: United MP
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Originally Posted by dee_loc
you know hilston....... you are very shady if you dont want to tip, for good service that is. because as bad as it souunds, maybe the airport should give free wheelchairs and everything , but the reality is we do get told that our job is a tip job. majoity get payed 6 dollars an hour , whichis under minimum wage. and the average tip is 5 dollars. i dont consider working very hard worth two dollars especially because our job is to get people from gate to gate and such, and sometime they are very demanding. taking someone to shop in a store is going out of our way as is taking them other places not to include the bathroom, that is a given because they cannot help it if they have to use the rest room, but other places is going out of our way.
I live on Social Security (hopefully not for much longer though). Trying to make me feel bad about not tipping is not working. Are you saying that wheelchair pushers can't find better jobs?
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