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Holiday tips - $400 just for the building staff. And I don't know about daycare

December 27th, 2011 at 08:04 pm

And we skipped the super (he is not very helpful, and I don't like him, don't have any business with him, whatever we need assistant super can do with much less long-winded conversation).

And we tipped very modestly (don't make as much money as some in the building, but I'm sure we are not the bottom of the scale).

These are just doormen, porters, maintenance.

Holidays are expensive.

As opposed to high cost of building tips, daycare teachers were only $20 each in Starbucks gift card, not even cash.

DH says there are guildelines as daycare staff are federal employees. I am not sure how closely they are followed, and I wonder if we should have given more, especially after I unrapped gifts made as if from the baby, that they passed us. A handmade ornament with his picture (they printed one out from photographer visit) and bunch of baby books. I don't know if they actually bought them, I feel bad for our small tip if they have. I don't know what to do here.

3 Responses to “Holiday tips - $400 just for the building staff. And I don't know about daycare”

  1. CCraw Says:
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    Wow, that is expensive. I don't think I'd like to live in a place I felt obligated to give gifts etc. I would think the Starbuck's cards are fine, afterall it is the thought that counts.

  2. ceejay74 Says:
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    Luckily we aren't allowed to tip individuals in our condo management staff; they said we could contribute to a collective fund out of which bonuses or gifts might be given, so we sent $25 to that fund.

    For daycare we have an in-home provider, so we went all out and gave her $150 (cash & gift card). (She's incredible.) I was glad because she gave us a ton of gifts too ("from" our daughter of course).

    Other than that, we just gave $75 to our housecleaner and $40 to our diaper cleaning service. Both small independent local businesses that work hard for us, so we wanted to reward them.

    It really does add up! But I figure, we get Xmas bonuses from our jobs, so why not pay it forward. Smile

  3. CB in the City Says:
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    That's awful. I couldn't do it.

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