Comment on Is it rude to go through the car wash with a bunch of snow on your car?

• dhork@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh, well it definitely is, at least in the US. They’re not getting paid below minimum like waiters are, but tipping is still customary. Normally it’s only the ones with the towels on the other end getting tipped, though. I always assumed that they all split the tips equally, but I guess I don’t know.

  If I were taking a car there knowing it needed extra work on the front end, I definitely would bring tips for both ends.

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  • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ah ok, mine doesn’t have towels.

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  • 0ops@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve worked at multiple carwashes with the towel drying service and yeah they all split tips

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• Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In the US it is absolutely a tipped position, and has been for decades.

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Car wash? I’ve never heard of that and there’s never even an option to tip. You pay list price ahead of time, then when they’re done you drive away.

    It’s probably different if you get your car detailed, but that’s already not something I’m willing to pay for

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• morphballganon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t know where those people are, but in my state I’ve never heard of that. There’s no tipping option when you pay, no tip jar etc. Not everyone carries cash around.

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  • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah I’m new to getting my car washed, but I don’t see any tipping, don’t see a tip jar, etc.

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