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How much to Tip Doormen for RENTED apartment??

Started by hol4
almost 16 years ago
Posts: 710
Member since: Nov 2008
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Apartment's in Turtle Bay neighborhood.. All staff know me as the owner as I lived in the apartment from '03-08.. From 2009 - now I've been living Downtown, and I dont go to rented apartment except when tenant needs something.. always shoot the shit with staff when I stop by.. Last year (fully rented) I tipped the same as if I lived there the whole year, my friends all laughed.. what's norm for tipping 12 months rented out or is that tenant's problem?
Response by hol4
almost 16 years ago
Posts: 710
Member since: Nov 2008

title should read "RENTED OUT" apartment to avoid confusion

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Response by front_porch
almost 16 years ago
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Member since: Mar 2008

Hol,

we encouraged our tenant to tip, as she's in residence now, and we scaled back our tips, since we're not, but we didn't eliminate them entirely.

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Response by jason10006
over 15 years ago
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Member since: Jan 2009

Bump for the idiots starting new tipping threads

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Response by westturkeystreet
over 15 years ago
Posts: 52
Member since: Nov 2010

jason10006, have you met Rhino86? You and he would get along well.

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Response by bklyn11201
over 15 years ago
Posts: 5
Member since: May 2009

Don't. You will just encourage the self-entitlement complex.

Save your tips for your waiters and bartenders.

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Response by NYCMatt
over 15 years ago
Posts: 7523
Member since: May 2009

Ditto.

Tips are for service people whose base pay is LESS than minimum wage.

Certainly not for staff employees with salaries, union health coverage, and union pensions.

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Response by nyc10023
over 15 years ago
Posts: 7614
Member since: Nov 2008

Depends on what you need from staff. I know that my old LL (small doorman condo building) tipped the staff, but did it because of ongoing services (they held mail, cleaned out his apt between tenants, etc.).

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