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julie, that was a perfectly innocent, valid, and appropriate question. trouble seems to be that there are people out there who want to try and sway you and others to do what they do, instead of just offering their opinion and how they came to that opinion. who you deem tip worthy or not, and for how much or how little, is entirely up to you. staying away from the issue of instructor, coach, or lifeguard, or the details of anyones job description, I PERSONALLY, like to offer lunch, couple of beers, or 20 bucks, to someone that helps me to have a really good experience, like a river guide, surf instructor, rock climbing instructor, or waitress. whether or not they went above and beyond their responsibilities is inconsequential to me, all i care about is what i got out of it,

no, I read all of them starting with screw tipping them. as for the anonymity, I'm just lazy and didnt want to fill it out, really need to get around to that. as for your base line, your dead on, i totally agree, but no where on this thread has one person said or implied that they expect to be tipped

I was adressing the differences is responsibitiy of these two professions and what could be the worst case in these experiences. As for me I'll take a bad waitress over a bad tunnel rat any day, and I will tip or not tip BOTH accordingly.

hey squeak, would you rather have a really bad experience with a waitress or your "tunnel rat"?...lazy, incompetent, crabby waitress you might have a bad lunch, no refills, could ruin your lunch experience maybe even your whole day...lazy, incompetent, crabby "tunnel rat" you might break your neck and die. I work in both these industries and feel qualified to say that both these positions sometimes deserve good, bad, or no tip, based on the experience they provide. You've said already that your culture doesn't feel the need to tip or be tipped , so why don't you stay out of a discussion that you admittedly don't understand? As for the waitresses that get "man handled and accosted" that must be a difference in our cultures as well, because here in this day and age, that very rarely happens.