Tipping Cab Drivers on Set Fares
 

So I take a out of city fare. Meter is off, me and the cab driver have agreed upon the fare upfront. Do I give him the exact amount we agreed upon or do I give him a few bucks extra. I've been tipping but I've been thinking that a set fare should make the tip unnecessary.

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I'd still tip.


My biggest gripe about tipping cab drivers is when its a $10ish fare (back from bars) and I hand them a $20 and they mumble something about not having change. I usually tell them the only other bill i have is a ten and that I'm not giving them the whole $20. They usually then cough up the change...like its some kind of f-ing miracle.

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Not to go off on a long tipping thread, but my rule on tipping cabbies is that it totally depends on the service. If the guy does ANYTHING wrong--takes the long way, goes too easy on yellow lights, sits in the cab jabbering away in Hindi instead of loading my luggage in the trunk, keeps a dirty cab, is rude, gets lost, whatever--I zero him out on tip. OTOH, if he gets me to where I want to go, as efficiently and quickly as possible, I tip 10% of the fare including tolls. The quality of service from cabbies these days is so appallingly low, I hate tipping them for awful service.

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OTOH, if he gets me to where I want to go, as efficiently and quickly as possible, I tip 10% of the fare including tolls.

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Wow, you go all the way up to the double digits?

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OTOH, if he gets me to where I want to go, as efficiently and quickly as possible, I tip 10% of the fare including tolls.

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Wow, you go all the way up to the double digits?

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yeah this feels right. for an airport run its going to be 3-4 bucks to LGA, and maybe 5-6 to ewr. around town, a 10% tip will rarely exceed $1.50, which is pretty close to the result you get under the "round to the next dollar, unless < 30cents, in which case add $1 and round up" rule

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If it's a meter cab, and he's leaving the meter off, you don't have to tip him. He is not recording the fare and is keeping the whole thing instead of giving a cut to the cab company or owner.

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If it's a meter cab, and he's leaving the meter off, you don't have to tip him. He is not recording the fare and is keeping the whole thing instead of giving a cut to the cab company or owner.

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In most places,cabbies don't give a cut to the company.They pay a flat daily rental fee.

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If it's a meter cab, and he's leaving the meter off, you don't have to tip him. He is not recording the fare and is keeping the whole thing instead of giving a cut to the cab company or owner.

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In most places,cabbies don't give a cut to the company.They pay a flat daily rental fee.

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I dont see how it matters. I cant think of any services that negotiate a fee and then expect a tip.

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I dont see how it matters. I cant think of any services that negotiate a fee and then expect a tip.

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hookers and strippers

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OTOH, if he gets me to where I want to go, as efficiently and quickly as possible, I tip 10% of the fare including tolls.

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Wow, you go all the way up to the double digits?

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yeah this feels right. for an airport run its going to be 3-4 bucks to LGA, and maybe 5-6 to ewr. around town, a 10% tip will rarely exceed $1.50, which is pretty close to the result you get under the "round to the next dollar, unless < 30cents, in which case add $1 and round up" rule

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Hahhaaha, what an awesome response. So oblivious...

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I dont see how it matters. I cant think of any services that negotiate a fee and then expect a tip.

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hookers and strippers

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not in asia.

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I dont see how it matters. I cant think of any services that negotiate a fee and then expect a tip.

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hookers and strippers

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not in asia.

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OMFG TELL ME MORE ABOUT THYLAND PLZ DOES ANYONE SPEAK ENGLISH THERE??>!!? DO THEY HAVE ELEVATORS AND [censored]!!!

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If it's a meter cab, and he's leaving the meter off, you don't have to tip him. He is not recording the fare and is keeping the whole thing instead of giving a cut to the cab company or owner.

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No this isn't true. I always hear them on the radio talking to their dispacther even when the meter is off. They turn the meter off on any out of city trip and you agree upfront.

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WTF kind of cab are we talking about here? I thought everyone was assuming that it was an NYC cab. No yellow NYC cabs have dispatchers.

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WTF kind of cab are we talking about here? I thought everyone was assuming that it was an NYC cab. No yellow NYC cabs have dispatchers.

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Loc: jersey city

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I assumed Jersey City, but I guess it could be NYC. And you are correct, no NYC cabs have dispatchers

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meh, he said "out of city" so i just assumed we were talking about "the" city.

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I dont see how it matters. I cant think of any services that negotiate a fee and then expect a tip.

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hookers and strippers

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not in asia.

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You should tip them anwyays u cheap bastard

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you should give at least 15%, like to anyone else