Tipping Threads: Whats your opinion?

[AlaskaGal]

I think tipping threads should be allowed. I understand how to tip a dealer but I actually like reading opinions and suggestions of others.

The search function doesn't always work well for me either (operator error) so I can understand when someone new to the forum might have had a problem.

[NickMPK]

How about this rule:

For every tipping thread they start, a poster must post a trip report containing at least two amusing strip club/hooker/crazy girlfriend stories.

[*TT*]

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Locking threads that are not insulting (or for similar reasons), but for reasons like “it has been done” before, is elitism. You, TT, have always come across as someone above the norm, in the know, confident in your knowledge and stature. Yet, you have never acted superior. Don’t let power corrupt you – it is beneath you.

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no worries, power wont corrupt me or RR because being a moderator is a helping position, not a position of real power. We are here to make things better for you all, not worse.

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[Wongboy]

I vote for allowing tipping threads and also adding a sticky. Tipping threads should clearly indicate that they are about tipping.

Here is my rationale - I think that tipping threads invariably turn into flame wars between people who want to force their personal opinion on others (both pro-tip and anti-tip people are guilty of this). It is similar in a way to asking "what percentage of my income should I donate to charity?", or "should I go to church every Sunday?". That being said, I think that there is no harm in allowing tipping threads as long as they are clearly marked as such.

It would also be helpful to have a sticky that explained that tipping is a personal decision, and people have very passionate and very different beliefs on the subject. The sticky should also include a list of some of the more or less accepted norms for tipping all of the various people you might run across during your B&M experience (valets, front desk clerks, maids, waitstaff at restaurants, dealers, chip runners, floor people, etc). You could include a range where appropriate. It would also be helpful to understand who you should NOT attempt to tip (people that cannot accept tips or who might be offended in some way).

This way, if someone is planning their first trip to a B&M, they can get the info they need (from the sticky) to avoid looking / feeling foolish. If people want to try to change other people's personal values about tipping, they can start a new thread that will likely degenerate into a flame war. At least they will have been warned via the sticky.

[pismeyer]

Yay rehashing and tipping and search buttons!

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[afish]

You're pretty good at locking threads that turn into flame wars, regardless of the topic. That's the basic issue. However, tipping threads have a high probability of turning into flame wars.

[RR]

quick reply: I just read through this, but I have to head out to dinner. *TT*'s statements in this thread are inline with my feeling on this matter also.

[*TT*]

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quick reply: I just read through this, but I have to head out to dinner. *TT*'s statements in this thread are inline with my feeling on this matter also.

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And its important to note that we will be making the decision how to proceed jointly, I'm just closer to the keyboard today than RR is or he might have started this thread himself.

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[redfisher]

Tipping threads always seem to get plenty of traffic. I don't think that eliminating threads that get huge numbers of views and replies is beneficial to the forum. A lot of the people that wish to ban these threads seem to post multiple times in every tipping thread. Casino tipping is a foreign concept to first time players. If the poster hasn't been around the forum enough to have seen a tipping thread or ten, how can you expect him to use the search function? No matter what I search for I always end up with 98% of the results related to hookers and blow.

[Oberonn]

I really like tipping threads. The hostility they generate is good reading to get me in the mood to go out and do a drive-by shooting or two.

Definitely allow them.