Tip the marina managers ?

Being in a wet slip all year round here in the south, the only tip any marina personnel will get is if they lower my dock fees! That's the owner and he doesn't get any.
 
I don't have to tip my Marina Mgr. He's a personal friend of mine, so a friendly conversation when he comes around is all he needs. Let's get over this tipping thing!
 
My wife and I give each attendant a gift card to a grocery store for their Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. They have been very kind to us and we know that if push comes to shove that they would return the effort. It pleases us to provide for others with no expectations.
 
Wel I just handed out about $500.00 in gift cards to 13 different marina folks who have helped me out or worked on my boat in this past year. This was not just a give me, as often these folks will assist or provide answers on items at no charge, true these are mostly smaller items or not real complicated answers for questions I may have, but it adds up over a year. This also includes the manager, as he moved me to a better slip location, at the lower price then the old slip.

When one is paying $80.00 per hour for labor, a cut of 30 minutes here, or 30 minutes there adds up, plus I also look to see what the quality of work was performed.

There are some I would not offer a thing to for what they do, work wise.


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Tipping is not a city in China.....Is It?? I agree with the vast majority here, paying over $5K a year and having my water turned off mid-November and my agitators still not in my slip yet (dropping to 0 degrees tomorrow morning) he should tip me for staying in the marina and not moving.

I love the pilot rant......from Top Gun to Bus Driver what a life!!
 
In aviation, probably as well as some other vocations, timing is important. I started my aviation career back in the early 70's, (could have been earlier if it weren't for Vietnam service), when the airlines simply weren't hiring. You took any flying job you could find such as flight instructing, banner towing, crop spraying, cargo hauling, commuter airlines and charter. It's been only in the last 10 years or so that airlines have been hiring, but then I was too old. Finally, got an inspector position with the FAA and will be ready to retire in another year after being in it for the past 25 yrs. No, aviation jobs are not easy to find and the pay, except for the very few, are much less than other professions. The reason why we choose it is because we love to fly.

Sorry to keep the thread hijacking going.

That said, we tip the dock hands, but not the management at our marina. The dockhands are usually highschool kids who are highly motivated and try to help us out without asking--it's the least we can do.
 
I was lucky enough to get a taste of Part 91 Corporate aviation and some jet time, before my mentor 'flew West'. It was a blast, but made me appreciate the stability and good pay of my true profession. I never wanted to fly airliners, because I thought it would take the 'romance' out of flying. Big, round engines - now that's interesting flying !
 
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