Emirates - pick up car etiquette?
Usually when I buy something I'm trying to get 10% taken off the price.
I have to admit it has never occurred to me to offer 10% above an agreed price and would severely doubt the sanity of anyone who did.
Do you give the Captain 10% of the ticket price too? And the FO? What about the cabin crew who have looked after you so well? Not a bad deal on an airliner with 300 seats! It's gonna be an expensive trip, isn't it?
Do you offer 10% over the till receipt at the supernarket? Or put $60 of gas in the car and pay Mr Shell $65????
Or buy a $25 shirt and pay the man $30?
It's a ludicrous idea, isn't it? Utterly, window-licking bonkers.
So why the digamma would you tip some probably barely trained contract taxi driver?
I have to admit it has never occurred to me to offer 10% above an agreed price and would severely doubt the sanity of anyone who did.
Do you give the Captain 10% of the ticket price too? And the FO? What about the cabin crew who have looked after you so well? Not a bad deal on an airliner with 300 seats! It's gonna be an expensive trip, isn't it?
Do you offer 10% over the till receipt at the supernarket? Or put $60 of gas in the car and pay Mr Shell $65????
Or buy a $25 shirt and pay the man $30?
It's a ludicrous idea, isn't it? Utterly, window-licking bonkers.
So why the digamma would you tip some probably barely trained contract taxi driver?
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My guess is 'for understanding those at the bootom of the tree'. Many moons ago, I worked in the hotel and catering trade, as did my wife, so we understood how badly paid those folk are - and not much has changed.
We all know that corporates make much of their money by overcharging at the stop but then, they also make money by underpaying at the bottom. All the problems that package delivery people have tell us how badly paid they are. In the UK we have medical support staff with 30 years experience being paid only a little over the minimum wage. Just how well do mega corporations pay to the outsourced taxi operation and how much do they pay to the actual driver?
We all know that corporates make much of their money by overcharging at the stop but then, they also make money by underpaying at the bottom. All the problems that package delivery people have tell us how badly paid they are. In the UK we have medical support staff with 30 years experience being paid only a little over the minimum wage. Just how well do mega corporations pay to the outsourced taxi operation and how much do they pay to the actual driver?
Varies from country to country - normally taxi drivers are pretty near the bottom of the economic heap
If you are unlucky you'll be in a country where the taxi driver PAYS the company for his taxi and the job is an opportunity to make it up on the extras (like Ryanair TBH) - so they use cheap fuel, they go long routes, pass counterfeit currency, make off with any baggage you forget, and, in extreme spots, deliver you to their mates in some favella who will rob you or hold you for ransom.
Some of these are unlikely in the UK ..............
If you are unlucky you'll be in a country where the taxi driver PAYS the company for his taxi and the job is an opportunity to make it up on the extras (like Ryanair TBH) - so they use cheap fuel, they go long routes, pass counterfeit currency, make off with any baggage you forget, and, in extreme spots, deliver you to their mates in some favella who will rob you or hold you for ransom.
Some of these are unlikely in the UK ..............
