He said he was in a rural po dunk area, so that seems high. Then again greentext so probably bullshit anyway
Comment on Anon mows lawns
njm1314@lemmy.world 11 months ago
100 bucks? God damn.
bamfic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
My yard guy only charges $45 but I tip $15 on top. Still a great deal. I don’t have the energy for that shit after work.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
We’re supposed to tip? What the hell
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 11 months ago
No
assembly@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s a good price here in Seattle.
Isoprenoid@programming.dev 11 months ago
We don’t know the size of the section, or the quality of the job.
So that could be: “God damn, that’s cheap!” or “God damn, that’s expensive!”
If he is getting tips, then it may actually be reasonable. Genuine question, do Americans normally tip the people who mow their lawns?
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I pay $70+$10 tip for 0.8 acres. My guy seems happy with that.
Metz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Out of curiosity, how long does he need? If he manages to do that in an hour or max of 2, then this is not bad at all.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yup. We’re conditioned to tip everyone
Dasus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s crazy, really, reading about it.
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/…/3896620001/
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Tipping is ingrained into our basic economic culture. Restaurant staff (waiters and waitresses in particular) make 80%+ of their money through tips. Federal minimum wage is about $7.25 USD, and almost no states have a minimum wage that low (some places it’s easily double that), but it’s completely legal to pay wait staff $2.25 an hour and expect them to make up the difference to $15-20 per hour in tips almost anywhere. A standard “good” tip at a restaurant is 20%. Even going to a grocery store you’ll often see a tip jar on the counter that people toss their spare change into. Outside of restaurants, no other job is completely dependent on tips to live, but in many service industries it’s still customary to tip as a way to show appreciation for a service rendered (especially if they go above and beyond).
ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
You do have to earn at least minimum wage as a waiter if your tips don’t add up with your wage to at least $7.25 hourly, though. That said, $7.25 is a poverty wage. Ideally this would be solved with an appropriate minimum wage and decent pay for waitstaff/kitchen staff.
njm1314@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t know if I’d say it’s common exactly, especially since so many people use services and extended contracts and whatnot. Not at all unheard of though.