We're in the process of having a fence installed. It appears to be a husband and wife team that is subcontracted by the fence company. Of course there's a lot of manual labor involved. The question is- Do you tip them? I looked it up on line and most say you don't, they're professional contractors like a plumber or electrician. Some add that they might be insulted. A few say yes if they do a good job. Any thoughts?

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No tip, though I would normally offer them food and drink (not sure about that these days).

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When I had my gutters done and then later my roof, I put a cooler full of water and Gatorade out for them.
The gutter guy was a cash operation and I paid about 10% more than the quote.
The roofers were paid by the insurance company.
They cleaned out a lot of Gatorade.

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Yeah I was gonna say that too. A cooler with some bottles of water and Gatorade would be nice.

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Hopefully Herb weighs in on this.

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I wouldn't tip them unless they really did something extraordinary/went out of the way for you. But I will say that I don't know a single person who has ever been insulted by the offer of a gratuity.

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It’s no tip job....

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Agree on this. A week ago we had guys come out and clean our gutters. Two guys, they did a great job. I wanted to thank them for a job well done.

So I gave them $50 and said "Thanks for the work, let me buy you guys lunch", which is what I always say when I give someone a tip after they have done some work around the house.

Kinda on the fence on this one myself

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Thanks, I appreciate the feedback. We've been doing the water thing throughout. Probably should add some Gatorade to the mix.

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“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

When I worked at the butcher if I was caught accepting a tip I’d get fired. Had to report the three times I was tipped because the guy wouldn’t take no for an answer. Shit job, shit employer. Shit tip too to be honest.

the wife hot?

Great post.

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took a long time to get to the most important information

if so, the tip IS the tip

if not, fuck it. Ugly people were made that way because they offend god.

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