Originally Posted by
aztimm
Normally I don't carry small bills around with me, but last week while in the office (I work at a bank), I changed a $20 so I'd have some small bills for travel.
I park my car at an off-airport parking lot. The driver picks me up at my car, loads my bag into the bus, drops me off at the airport, puts my bag onto the curb. I tip him/her, so figured i should tip the Uber driver for doing the same.
Was I wrong to tip?
first off, nice, most of us only get large quantities of 1s from the strip club and bill breaker at the casino
my gut reaction would be the following:
-uber driver is a freelance driver, that's herhis job. a driver drives you and nadda else. taking a bag from a trunk is not worth that to me unless i have lots of bags/complex stacking job needed/heavy/etc
-shuttle driver is an hourly driver whose job is to drive and drop. not take your bag out and curb it. same logic but i'm a bit more sympathetic because they're hourly.
i only travel with carry on so...yeah
but you have a logic to it and honestly i cannot say that i'm right and that you're wrong. so maybe i need to re evaluate my tipping system
to say you were "wrong" to tip is silly, it's more of "are these the same situations". and frankly they are, although i do not perceive them to be due to these small differences. further you have expensing but that's another moral issue (treating co's money as if it's your own).