Do you tip the shuttle driver?
Mar 5, 2018 | 2:28 pm
#92
Formerly known as tonivitanza
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 70
Mar 5, 2018 | 4:48 pm
#93
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 80
The only time I haven't tipped a shuttle driver in US was in Minneapolis -
I believe he was unaware that my wife and I were from UK when a made a crack to the couple in front about the British not tipping.
Felt I had to live up to his stereotyping.
I believe he was unaware that my wife and I were from UK when a made a crack to the couple in front about the British not tipping.
Felt I had to live up to his stereotyping.
Feb 11, 2020 | 8:41 pm
#94
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 4
skywest stiffs shuttle drivers
I started driving flight crews to and from the airport 30 years ago. It was $1 from the pilot(s) and .50 from each flight attendant. You could bank on it. My rent then was $240 per month.
Today I drove 12 crew members and received $3. I am on a break before the last two crews I am scheduled to pick up tonight. Who knows how long I may have to wait for them. I check frequently, and have a near perfect record of being there when a crew walks out the door.
I have called the airport curb the most #@%-forsaken land on Earth. My job is to be there when you walk out the door and safely transport you to your hotel. I am a tour guide, and full of funny and historical knowledge. I like to share that info, but will not interrupt a conversation a crew member is having on the phone or with another.. I only bring this up because when a crew of three to four totally stiffs me, or I get $1 total, it pisses me off. I try not to; but I tend to take it out on the next crew with curt responses, and a general tone of quiet disrespect.
This is so unhealthy for me, I quit three months ago and went on a SOUL SEARCH. Was it me? A bartender who doesn't care when a customer stiffs him once or twice because somebody is going to give me much more than I deserve. I don't remember all the $100 tips I have received in these 30 years as a tour guide, limo driver, or sometimes for a simple airport transfer.
Am I the guy who is only acting like he is service oriented? Who pretends to be of service to others, but inside his behavior is contingent on being EXTRA rewarded.
I got a job at the Capitol Hill Senior Assisted Living Community. I serve breakfast lunch, and sometimes dinner to some of a group of 50 Octogenarians plus. I do so without anticipation of any financial remuneration. I don't mind. I think of these people as having paid their dues.
You guys, many in the prime of your life, do not get the same pass.
Today I drove 12 crew members and received $3. I am on a break before the last two crews I am scheduled to pick up tonight. Who knows how long I may have to wait for them. I check frequently, and have a near perfect record of being there when a crew walks out the door.
I have called the airport curb the most #@%-forsaken land on Earth. My job is to be there when you walk out the door and safely transport you to your hotel. I am a tour guide, and full of funny and historical knowledge. I like to share that info, but will not interrupt a conversation a crew member is having on the phone or with another.. I only bring this up because when a crew of three to four totally stiffs me, or I get $1 total, it pisses me off. I try not to; but I tend to take it out on the next crew with curt responses, and a general tone of quiet disrespect.
This is so unhealthy for me, I quit three months ago and went on a SOUL SEARCH. Was it me? A bartender who doesn't care when a customer stiffs him once or twice because somebody is going to give me much more than I deserve. I don't remember all the $100 tips I have received in these 30 years as a tour guide, limo driver, or sometimes for a simple airport transfer.
Am I the guy who is only acting like he is service oriented? Who pretends to be of service to others, but inside his behavior is contingent on being EXTRA rewarded.
I got a job at the Capitol Hill Senior Assisted Living Community. I serve breakfast lunch, and sometimes dinner to some of a group of 50 Octogenarians plus. I do so without anticipation of any financial remuneration. I don't mind. I think of these people as having paid their dues.
You guys, many in the prime of your life, do not get the same pass.
Feb 11, 2020 | 9:35 pm
#95
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: New York, NY
Programs: DL Gold. UA Silver, Marriott Gold, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt (Lifetime Diamond downgraded to Explorist)
Posts: 6,777
Do you feel better after letting that out? I'm not asking sarcastically or anything. Sometimes you need that cathartic release.
I do tend to tip shuttle drivers particularly ones that make effort to announce stops clearly, help with luggage if I have a lot though I'll usually travel lighter or handle it myself and are pleasant. Then again I am from NY so coming from a tipping society helps make it automatic.
I can see crews maybe seeing it as something corporate is supposed to cover for their layovers/turnarounds and the days of 30 years ago when pilots were still seen as kings of the sky is generally over.
I do tend to tip shuttle drivers particularly ones that make effort to announce stops clearly, help with luggage if I have a lot though I'll usually travel lighter or handle it myself and are pleasant. Then again I am from NY so coming from a tipping society helps make it automatic.
I can see crews maybe seeing it as something corporate is supposed to cover for their layovers/turnarounds and the days of 30 years ago when pilots were still seen as kings of the sky is generally over.
I started driving flight crews to and from the airport 30 years ago. It was $1 from the pilot(s) and .50 from each flight attendant. You could bank on it. My rent then was $240 per month.
Today I drove 12 crew members and received $3. I am on a break before the last two crews I am scheduled to pick up tonight. Who knows how long I may have to wait for them. I check frequently, and have a near perfect record of being there when a crew walks out the door.
I have called the airport curb the most #@%-forsaken land on Earth. My job is to be there when you walk out the door and safely transport you to your hotel. I am a tour guide, and full of funny and historical knowledge. I like to share that info, but will not interrupt a conversation a crew member is having on the phone or with another.. I only bring this up because when a crew of three to four totally stiffs me, or I get $1 total, it pisses me off. I try not to; but I tend to take it out on the next crew with curt responses, and a general tone of quiet disrespect.
This is so unhealthy for me, I quit three months ago and went on a SOUL SEARCH. Was it me? A bartender who doesn't care when a customer stiffs him once or twice because somebody is going to give me much more than I deserve. I don't remember all the $100 tips I have received in these 30 years as a tour guide, limo driver, or sometimes for a simple airport transfer.
Am I the guy who is only acting like he is service oriented? Who pretends to be of service to others, but inside his behavior is contingent on being EXTRA rewarded.
I got a job at the Capitol Hill Senior Assisted Living Community. I serve breakfast lunch, and sometimes dinner to some of a group of 50 Octogenarians plus. I do so without anticipation of any financial remuneration. I don't mind. I think of these people as having paid their dues.
You guys, many in the prime of your life, do not get the same pass.
Today I drove 12 crew members and received $3. I am on a break before the last two crews I am scheduled to pick up tonight. Who knows how long I may have to wait for them. I check frequently, and have a near perfect record of being there when a crew walks out the door.
I have called the airport curb the most #@%-forsaken land on Earth. My job is to be there when you walk out the door and safely transport you to your hotel. I am a tour guide, and full of funny and historical knowledge. I like to share that info, but will not interrupt a conversation a crew member is having on the phone or with another.. I only bring this up because when a crew of three to four totally stiffs me, or I get $1 total, it pisses me off. I try not to; but I tend to take it out on the next crew with curt responses, and a general tone of quiet disrespect.
This is so unhealthy for me, I quit three months ago and went on a SOUL SEARCH. Was it me? A bartender who doesn't care when a customer stiffs him once or twice because somebody is going to give me much more than I deserve. I don't remember all the $100 tips I have received in these 30 years as a tour guide, limo driver, or sometimes for a simple airport transfer.
Am I the guy who is only acting like he is service oriented? Who pretends to be of service to others, but inside his behavior is contingent on being EXTRA rewarded.
I got a job at the Capitol Hill Senior Assisted Living Community. I serve breakfast lunch, and sometimes dinner to some of a group of 50 Octogenarians plus. I do so without anticipation of any financial remuneration. I don't mind. I think of these people as having paid their dues.
You guys, many in the prime of your life, do not get the same pass.
Feb 11, 2020 | 9:36 pm
#96
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: PDX
Programs: AS DL
Posts: 9,038
Not rational I know....
car rental shuttle. Never
hotel shuttle. Always, even if only a carry on bag that I handle. More if luggage that they handle. Less if I have to wait a long time even after calling the hotel.
car rental shuttle. Never
hotel shuttle. Always, even if only a carry on bag that I handle. More if luggage that they handle. Less if I have to wait a long time even after calling the hotel.
Feb 11, 2020 | 10:28 pm
#97
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 4
actually yes, I feel better having released that. I was pulled away from the thread to pick up a single flight attendant, but she gave me a dollar, and the next crew stood up with $3/4. One more crew tonight and if all goes well, McDonalds
Feb 12, 2020 | 1:46 am
#98
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 4
ended the night with $9 from 21 flight crew members in 7 "legs". While I was happy with the late night splurge, and many, many kind greetings from these professional travelers, aaaand I enjoy providing a safe space for them to vent about their passengers. That is locked up behind lawyer-doctor-shuttle driver confidentiality agreements. Too bad my final stiff was the captain of flight 3465. I didn't notice her face when I carefully loaded her belongings into my SUV, but watched her walk away, noticing 3 stripes, a JLO hairstyle, and no dollar bill in my hand