Should I tip the cable guy?
 

Do I tip him for setting up my service? my roomate says its -EV

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Did your roomate really say its -EV? Cause if so....



To answer your question: no.

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Just offer to be his friend.

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Do I tip him for setting up my service? my roomate says its -EV

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Based on the other thread, you're supposed to tip a pizza guy like 8 bucks for walking a damn pizza to your door. So, I'm gonna go with yeah, you should tip the guy connecting your cable. Did I win?

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Do I tip him for setting up my service?

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[censored] no, you do not tip the cable guy.

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if it was dirt cheap then yea id throw him a bone, but most of the time these companies rip you off like none other so i have no problem telling him to take a hike after i pay the bill.

its kind of like at this local burrito place (chipotle, if anyones heard of it, amazing mexican IMO)....if the cashier finds out they put guacamole in my burrito and charges me the standard 1.50 extra, i steal a soda. if she doesnt, i use the water cup just for water. its a give and take.

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Actually, everyone I've ever known has tipped the cable guy when he sets up your service. Typically you dont tip him if its for a repair, its not like they are electricians or phone repair, those guys wont even accept tips most of them, they already make enough. yes tip him, $10 no big deal.

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If he "hooked you up", then yes.
If just standard hook up, no.

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So do you tip the garbage man when he picks up your trash twice a week? Or the guy who mows the lawn?

Cable guy = No tip. His company is sucking out over $1000 per household every year. That's enough to for them to pay him a very nice salary. He is not working for min wage liek a pizza guy or a bartender.

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its kind of like at this local burrito place (chipotle, if anyones heard of it, amazing mexican IMO)

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Nope, no one has heard of a nationwide chain with atleast 500 stores.

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If he "hooked you up", then yes.
If just standard hook up, no.

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If he "hooked you up", then yes.
If just standard hook up, no.

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Ya good point. When I ordered cable internet at my parents house, I lived in the basement, there were windows out to my backyard in my room, they were open. All of a sudden I hear this guy gagging and throwing up outside my window. WTF, i looked out and there is this small asian guy who spoke very broken english gagging and yelling something. I went out to see what the hubub was, there was a stinky dead cat near the cable box, and he freaked. I didnt tip him though, I just put the cat in the trash and gave him one of my dads beers.

My theory on heavy tipping though:
I never tip the pizza guy more than 1 or 2 bucks, saame for the valet, etc. The only people that I do tip extremely extremely well is the type of service people where you know they are taking some thought/pride in their job, mainly bartenders and waiters. The hippy shlub pizza delivery guy who clogs my street double parked doesnt deserve it.

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its kind of like at this local burrito place (chipotle, if anyones heard of it, amazing mexican IMO)

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Nope, no one has heard of a nationwide chain with atleast 500 stores.

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Man- if only we can get that post and this thread together, we'll probably have some sorta "thanks for the info skippy" meltdown.

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So do you tip the garbage man when he picks up your trash twice a week? Or the guy who mows the lawn?

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My wife gives the gardeners soda or homemade cookies from time to time.

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So do you tip the garbage man when he picks up your trash twice a week? Or the guy who mows the lawn?

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Alot of people give the garbage men and lawn person a christmas gift(cash) at the end of the year...

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Cable guy = No tip. His company is sucking out over $1000 per household every year. That's enough to for them to pay him a very nice salary. He is not working for min wage liek a pizza guy or a bartender.

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...but I agree that the cable guy should not be tipped. I would be for not tipping the garbage men either because like the cable guy they are most likely union and make good money, where as the lawn guys are usually working for minimum wage.

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I tried to tip mine when he came out to my apartment. I didn't know if you were supposed to or not... I just moved out and was on my own. He wouldn't accept it. I gave him a can of soda though, so just have one of those ready.

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didnt tip him. Didn't wanna waste 5 big blinds lol

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its kind of like at this local burrito place (chipotle, if anyones heard of it, amazing mexican IMO)

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Nope, no one has heard of a nationwide chain with atleast 500 stores.

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Well honestly there isn't one within 90 miles of where I live, so I would say there are plenty of people who don't know what Chipotle is...first time I heard of it was on Mad Money...

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Do I tip him for setting up my service? my roomate says its -EV

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Only if he'll set you up with the premium channels...

BUT many years ago, I had my girlfriend stay at my place for the day so the cable guy could come in and set up my cable box.

I signed up for basic cable but ended up having access to EVERY premium channel available. She claims she didn't provide any 'extras' to get these channels, but to this day I still wonder (she was a hottie though).

The premium channels were sweet. Having a hot girl let the cable guy in is definitely +EV

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I always wondered... is it just a switch or something? If so, why can't we just go outside and flip it. Wouldn't the actual cable company operators or whoever is billing know that we aren't being charged the correct price?

I can see this kind of stuff happening when cable was new... but now with technology and every company striving to be efficient, I just don't see how stuff like this is still possible.

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I always wondered... is it just a switch or something? If so, why can't we just go outside and flip it. Wouldn't the actual cable company operators or whoever is billing know that we aren't being charged the correct price?

I can see this kind of stuff happening when cable was new... but now with technology and every company striving to be efficient, I just don't see how stuff like this is still possible.

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Apparently, there used to be these 'bridging cables' that was used to hook you up to all the extra channels. Cable guys used to periodically check to see that the 'box' was set up properly.

Now I have digital cable w/HD and it seems like everything can be monitored from the main office.

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I always wondered... is it just a switch or something? If so, why can't we just go outside and flip it. Wouldn't the actual cable company operators or whoever is billing know that we aren't being charged the correct price?

I can see this kind of stuff happening when cable was new... but now with technology and every company striving to be efficient, I just don't see how stuff like this is still possible.

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Apparently, there used to be these 'bridging cables' that was used to hook you up to all the extra channels. Cable guys used to periodically check to see that the 'box' was set up properly.

Now I have digital cable w/HD and it seems like everything can be monitored from the main office.

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Well obviously back in the day it was possible because there were "blackboxes" and such. I guess it was in the cable box or something that could unlock the channels?

But is anyone actually getting the goods without paying for it today?