Originally Posted by
bhatnasx
My main reason is that my corp card impacts my credit history & I want to make sure it goes through in a timely manner. I spend about $3-4K a month on it & want to ensure it's paid off. My secondary reason is the faster I can submit my expenses, the faster I can close out a client file, which is important to me & the people who I'm billing my expenses out to (another department within my company).
Regarding tips - I agree with GoingAway - 20% seems a bit much when I'm getting charged an arm & a leg & the cabbie isn't even getting my luggage out of the trunk...I'm definitely more of a 10% kind of guy - and even less when they take a route other than the one I direct them on (which happens in DC city all the time...)
20% is too high for most cabs in DC. Many if not most are individually owned and operated by the owner. Thus they are keeping the whole fare, plus the tip. As I understand it, in other places most of the fare goes to the cab owner and the driver earns an hourly rate plus tips. In most industries, you don't tip the owner.
DC flyer, the cab of topic for this thread does not appear to have owner/operated cabs, so a tip is probably appropriate.
On a lower fare< $10, a buck and the round up feel right to me. That could push the tip up to or over 20%. It's the coffee theory, do you tip $.20 on a cup of coffee in a diner? For you cheapskates out there, no you don't.
