How much to tip packers/movers?

20% total cost

$50 per mover, $100 if you're moving out of or into a walk-up.

NYCMATT,

I am pleasantly suprised by your response since it seems contrary to your stance about Holiday tipping.

Of course you should follow the usual rule of tipping: Determine what you think would be a reasonable tip, and then double it.

"I am pleasantly suprised by your response since it seems contrary to your stance about Holiday tipping."

Tipping people who provide you a one-time service is completely different than tipping people who are technically in your employ.

different from

Eat me. It was like 4:00 AM when I wrote that.

no, actually it was 8 hours ago. midnight. usually insomniacs are highly alert at night, and less so during the daylight hours.

but if you are an insomniac, i'm very sorry. it's a tough condition. as is asthma.

matt...both people are doing a function for a regular salary...so what is the logical difference?...wouldn't it be more logical in terms of positive reinforcement to argue that one should give (and the receiver strive to receive) a tip when there is a continuing relationship?

manhattanfox
about 23 hours ago
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...was that joke?

100 per mover is correct unless it's a super-easy move.
Matt's a puzzle wrapped in an enigma ....

"..wouldn't it be more logical in terms of positive reinforcement to argue that one should give (and the receiver strive to receive) a tip when there is a continuing relationship?"

Using that logic, everyone who does any work for anyone else, regardless of position or pay, should be getting a tip.

isn't that the logic behind ending decent salaries and replacing them with short term contracts?

Matt.. maybe there is no logical difference,so we cannot justify who gets a tip and who doesn't based on pure logic, and it boils down to tradition...in which case, you should tip those who traditionally get a tip, especially since those are situations where there may be a legitimate expectation for a tip

"it boils down to tradition...in which case, you should tip those who traditionally get a tip, especially since those are situations where there may be a legitimate expectation for a tip"

Using THAT logic, all small businesses should continue to "tip" the Genovese crime family, since those are situations where there have been legitimate expectations for "tips" ... because of "tradition".

that wasn't a tip...it was extortion, and was illegal...

so..try again

"that wasn't a tip...it was extortion, and was illegal..."

And that's different from building employees coercing residents into tipping because ... ??

lol..get me an example of a doorman that "roughed-up" a resident?...do you think the genovese family relied on people feeling a little uncomfortable?

"lol..get me an example of a doorman that "roughed-up" a resident?"

It's not about "roughing up" the residents.

It's about withholding services ... services that are already PAID FOR by the tenants through their rent or maintenance ... to residents who DON'T tip.

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