Tip for a gas station attendant

[shmalik]

Is it customary to tip the gas station attendant when getting gas on the water? How much?

 

[rickdb1boat]

Re: Tip for a gas station attendant

I do. Usually a buck or two, depending on how much they do and how they act....

 

[rodbolt]

Re: Tip for a gas station attendant

a tip for a gas station attendant?<br /> get a better education.

 

[delsol]

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rodbolt good one.so true

 

[bomar76]

Re: Tip for a gas station attendant

Then again, I know a couple kids that work the gas docks as a summer job on the Erie Islands.They make pretty good $$$, get to meet a lot of people, are in a cool enviroment, and generally have a good time. They also work the finger docks as dock hands. I ALWAYS tip them well. Oddly enough they always have a nice dock for me.

 

[Dunaruna]

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Raised the deposit for my first house with a job pumping gas. I was 14 when I started, bought the house 7 years later.<br /><br />A job is a job.

 

[gr8rg8r]

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$2. $5 if they help you launch or retrieve the boat.

 

[rickdb1boat]

Re: Tip for a gas station attendant

Something wrong with a kid working?? Get a better education?? Better than stealing your boat..................

 

[rodbolt]

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spent my times on the pump islands myself, stated working at a shell station in vallejo CA in high scool then at griffin shell in mobile AL for a bit. by the time I worked at an Exxon station in cleburne TX for a few years it downed on me as a station attendant I would never make enough to support a family.<br />its not a bad gig, just never paid enough.

 

[QC]

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Yes, a couple of bucks for the guys at the gas docks if they help me tie off and bring me the hose etc. Recently I flipped a guy a fiver as he helped with the hose, the lines and he brought me a spray bottle to wash down any spillage . . .

 

[thunderroad]

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My uncle had a small marina on the Lake of the Ozarks years ago and I'd spend a couple weeks there each summer helpin my cousin on the docks. I remember the scenery as being excellent...and the lake wasn't bad either. I assume we got paid....

 

[DJ]

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If they help-ABSOLUTELY. If not-nada.

 

[jaymasta]

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sometimes not much though as Iam a starving student, but I base it on service and attitude....

 

[Mark42]

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I firmly believe that any attendant lucky enough to be able to assist in fueling my boat should feel truly blessed. 8)