Valets-Oklahomans are Cheap!!! Give a tip!!!!

[millionsrmine]

I speak for all the guys working as Valets, you think its easy, running in 100 degree weather so you can impress your date, or freezing cold***Come on guys, you wanna act like the big boys, then tip like the big boys!

I have worked at several Valet companies in the city-coming from the West Cost area---YOU GUYS ARE CHEAP______! A dollar tip, come on!!!!

Then its Hilarious when you want us to park it close and give a $5.00 tip, PLEASE!!!!!

Get Real Oklahoma!!!!

Before anybody brings this up---YES, there are some crapy valets out there but give me a break, tip the good ones!!!!!!

[feconi]

I had to valet cars at my summer job in high school. Valeting cars IS extraordinarily easy and mindless work, which is why I don't tip much. Why do you deserve $5+ for jogging to a car, parking it, and retrieving it later? What in that sequence of actions is deserving of a "good tip" by your standards?

"You wanna act like the big boys, tip like the big boys"--LOL. I'm gonna have to share that one with my colleagues.

[Luke]

How much an hour do you make? How many cars an hour do you valet? And how much is the average tip?

Just curious.

[native]

Calling people from OK cheap won't win you any fans on this site. If you want big tips why don't you go back to the West Coast.

[Pete]

I live on the West Coast and I tip Valets $1-$3 and that seems to be typical.

Considering you can be tipped 20 times in an hour, that's darn good money for completely unskilled and not very difficult work.

[millionsrmine]

No dude not typical at all, maybe at a medical clinic

[Pete]

Yes, I'm sure the typical valet in California is making over a hundred dollars an hour in tips.

[metro]

I speak for all the guys working as Valets, you think its easy, running in 100 degree weather so you can impress your date, or freezing cold***Come on guys, you wanna act like the big boys, then tip like the big boys!

Ah yes, and with a screenname "millionsrmine" you're probably not acting like a "big boy" either.......

FYI.. the wealthy don't act wealthy, the wannabees act as if. Check out the books The Millionaire Next Door, Secrets of The Millionaire Mind or Total Money Makeover.

[millionsrmine]

LOL!!!!!!


Its beyond what you can comprehend

[FritterGirl]

Thanks to this thread, you've pretty well turned me off from valet parking completely. No offense, I think I'll just walk from now on.

[mmonroe]

mmm exercise. can't go wrong with that.

[RealJimbo]

OK, let's start over...the goober makes a good point. A couple of bucks instead of one won't break anybody's bank. We use valets for our convenience and they do work for their money. I don't see many homeless people who can't afford a tip using valet parking. Recognize that most valets, like wait staff, are paid minimum wage if not even less, with the hope of getting more by doing an excellent job and receiving tips.

Doesn't that sound reasonable? Now millionsrmine - grow up and don't cry so much.

[trousers]

What defines an excellent job as a valet?

[okbjjpurple]

My wife worked at Red Lobster in Shawnee and I was dumbfounded at how poorly Oklahomans tip. Not to mention they were very needy and bossy and not only treated her but all servers there like crap. I have witnessed the rudeness and belittlement almost every time I go to eat, I just don't get it...? Now not to say every okie is socially retarded because there were a few rare exceptions were people over tipped her by quite a bit making it somewhat worth while, but most were leaving 3 dollar tips on $80 tabs after making her run her ass off to serve them.

They should maybe teach a social etiquette class in high school along with the "How not to get pregnant at 15" class, and the "How not to tailgate" class.

[HVAC Instructor]

Tipping is an interesting concept. While we were in Australia, tipping was not expected. We were told they paid their wait staff an adequate wage, therefore tipping has never been an issue there.

Australia has a "living wage" law. Folks here say it causes job losses, price increases et al, but OZ is not even in recession right now and their government is solvent. Works for them - why not here?

[Midtowner]

A valet makes at least $7-$8/hr. That's enough by my standards. I'll tip $1.00 max. You are expected to park a car and return it. That is your job. Your employer, who I pay $5+ to is paying you to do that job. Why should I have to pay your employer and then you also? That's absurd. You are not a waiter, you do not make $2.15/hr. Most unskilled wages are low. Don't like it? Get a better job.

If you think you can make a career out of valeting, you're probably mistaken.

[Luke]

Works for them - why not here?

Mainly because the government shouldn't be telling businesses how to run. Actually, it's kind of funny, the government telling a business how to run, seeing the well oiled machine that is our government. Pfff.

[mack1520]

Yeah, the unregulated businesses that got us in the current financial crisis are pretty "well oiled" too. But, I guess that's a good thing considering how may people they screwed.

[HVAC Instructor]

Mainly because the government shouldn't be telling businesses how to run. Actually, it's kind of funny, the government telling a business how to run, seeing the well oiled machine that is our government. Pfff.

But why is Australia not even in recession and we are econmically approaching dire straits? I suggest they are far more free than we are because they understand the place of government and that some regulation is in order. Here, both sides talk alot of trash, fight each other and acomplish nothing, and then reelect the same legislators term after term. In Australia, I have seen the people completely boot out a government that displeased them. In other words, they don't keep recycling the same politicians with the same failed ideas.

I suggest that we, the citizens of this country, are resopnsible for our own demise because we cannot sit down and discuss the issue rationally together and solve the problem. The problem is the federal legislature who are beholden to the various monied interests that fund their reelection campaigns. We the people, by the power of our vote, could change this, but we would rather fight the Republicans, or fight the Democrats, and we collectively allow ourselves to be influenced by these same monied interests that influence our legislators instead of thinking for ourselves.

[BailJumper]

I've always found tipping to be odd. Why is it my responsibility to pay for the food and the servers wages? And yes, I've worked in the food industry when I was younger. I depended on tips, but only because its considered the norm for the employer to pay virtually nothing.

I tip, but the amount just depends on the venue, time of day and the quality of the service. Like it or not, I do not normally tip 20% at breakfast or lunch and don't tip 20% other times unless the service is exceptional.

As for valets - I don't use them unless there is no other reasonable option. If I do, I find a $1-$2 tip acceptable.

Additionally, I really get annoyed when people complain about the customers they have chosen to serve. Its like coming face to face with a customer service agent who hates customers - it just makes no sense - get a different job already.

[Luke]

Yeah, the unregulated businesses that got us in the current financial crisis are pretty "well oiled" too. But, I guess that's a good thing considering how may people they screwed.

Unregulated?

Choosing a Business Location | Business.gov

Small Business Assistance and Training | Business.gov

Steps to Registering a Business | Business.gov

Business Incorporation | Business.gov

Small Business Taxes | Business.gov

Business Income Taxes | Business.gov

Employer Identification Number EIN | Business.gov

Employment Taxes | Business.gov

Filing and Paying Small Business Taxes | Business.gov

Managing Small Business Taxes | Business.gov

Advertising Law | Business.gov

Employment and Labor Laws | Business.gov

Environmental Regulations | Business.gov

Business Finance Law | Business.gov

Privacy Laws | Business.gov

Uniform Commercial Code UCC | Business.gov

Business Licenses and Permits | Business.gov

And this is just a fraction of the rules and regulations that the government imposes on businesses.

Unregulated? Pff...

[westsidesooner]

I've always found tipping to be odd..

To reply to the original post; I avoid valet parking like the plague. Which all started while staying at the Hyatt in Dallas one year. I spent 5 dollars every time my car was parked and every time it was retrieved. After coming and going all week I'd spent way to much on paying some kids to drive my car 100 yards. So paying for valets (I love walking) isnt my cup of tea. But its funny how some people complain about tipping a kid $3-5 for parking their $30-40,000 suv safely have no problem tipping a kid $2 for bringing their $3 sonic burger 20 feet to their car without damaging it. I dont think I'll ever understand tipping.

[bluedogok]

Tipping is an interesting concept. While we were in Australia, tipping was not expected. We were told they paid their wait staff an adequate wage, therefore tipping has never been an issue there.

I think it's stupid, there should not be a different pay scale based off paying over and above whatever the bill is, with two classes of a minimum wage and a much lower one for "regularly tipped" employees. There should just be a rate of pay and no tipping. That being said I tend to tip higher because I have known many in the restaurant and other service oriented businesses and know just how little many pay.

In Japan tipping means the opposite of what it does here, if you "tip" someone it is considered a reminder that they did not perform service up to your standards.

[mack1520]

Luke,

You're right! My eyes have been opened. I now see that it was all that regulation that forced AIG to screw the little guy. Pff...

In reality Luke, the regulations left to many loopholes allowing poor business practices. That's what ultimately resulted in the economic meltdown. Pff...

I wouldn't necessarily call for more regulations, just smarter ones that prevent the excesses that caused our current problems. Pff...

DISCLAIMER: Luke, sorry about all the "Pff's", but I know how much you like them.

[mmonroe]

I can see both sides. Employers pay a minimum of $2.15 in doing so, the employee must then perform exceptional service to get more money. In this manner, you get better customer service because the server is running around like a trained monkey (yes i've been a server) to fulfill your every dining need. In doing this, the server hopes to get monetary compensation. The employer sees it as having an employee that will give great customer service and provide a better dining experience, and why? because the servers income depends on it.

From a servers perspective, we expected a little monetary compensation for running to get your drink refilled for the 4th time without you asking for it. Weather you drank it or not, we wanted to make sure you were taken care of. We ask how your meal is, and if you need anything else. We check in on you enough that you feel you're being taken care of but not too much as to bother you while conversing over a meal. We do this not only to provide a pleasing dining experience at that particular restaurant, but to get a little extra money. Most of us are college students trying to pay our way out of school, (especially if you come from a family like mine who makes just enough money to not have any money for college, but too much that you can't get financial aide.) Or we're young parents who are trying to provide for our kids. Its a job where we can earn a regular days pay while still being able to take care of children because you cant live on a single income in a family and you can't afford the daycare so you have to take care of the kiddos while the other parent is working as well. I don't have kids, but I know plenty of servers who do, and they're just hoping for a little extra cash to pay the bills and provide better for their children.

I must say, if you've never been a server, go be one. It's a very humbling experience and great exercise to boot.

On the other hand, if you are a terrible server making 2.15 an hour and you make less per hour than minimum wage, you're employer must make up for that difference. Not to mention, do you know how much a restaurant cook is payed? Even the dish washer can make better money than a server sometimes.

anyways... rant rant rant.