Shower Tips

[Rookie McRookerson]

Okay, I know you thought this topic was going to give you some good tips on showering on the road. WRONG!

What I really want to know is if drivers customarily leave tips in the shower rooms for the janitors who clean them?

I've only been OTR fore a couple months. My OTR trainer would leave a tip. I usually don't. However, the other day I used a shower that was so clean and neat, I left a tip.

That got me thinking, Is it customary to leave a tip as ylou do with a waitress?

[TruckerChris]

Okay, I know you thought this topic was going to give you some good tips on showering on the road. WRONG!

What I really want to know is if drivers customarily leave tips in the shower rooms for the janitors who clean them?

I've only been OTR fore a couple months. My OTR trainer would leave a tip. I usually don't. However, the other day I used a shower that was so clean and neat, I left a tip.

That got me thinking, Is it customary to leave a tip as ylou do with a waitress?

I never did. I just hung my towel on the door or wherever they wanted us to put them, turn the key's in and wipe up my mess.

[Karnajj]

People do it but not very often. Part of the problem is the person who gets the tip may not have been the one who cleaned your shower.

[Thor]

How are things with you? I ran into a couple of your drivers in Washington at a rest stop. Every time I see a green truck I wonder if it is you. I am still with UPS FREIGHT moving pipe. What is your truck number? I am driving a 2002 White Freightliner that looks like it is a 1972 model. It has Overnight on the top of the wind deflector and UPS Freight on the doors. Truck number is 30506...blue numbers on the top rear end of the wind deflector... holler if you see me...

Good question... I never gave it a thought and the reply was helpful. I have showered when the staff was present (outside), some places have been better than others.

Take care... drive safe

/Steve

[Roadhog]

I never have either. 6 years now. But I also leave my shower room neat, as I place the towels on the sink, and won't leave a big mess on the sink.
Most of my showers are not as clean as I would hope for either. Even some with new facilities...you can see dirt in the corners. I don't think they are disinfecting like they should be either. The towels they provide are usually worn out and have weird looking stains. I just use them as a floor mat.

I thought about this for a moment as well. I'd always tip the maid of my motel.
Anyway...I suppose it would be no different. These porters are the same ones having to clean the restrooms and hallways, launder the towels, as well as other chores around the T/S.

I tip the waitress 20%. The showers are valued at $7-9 dollars now. I could afford to leave a dollar...that is for sure. If you will, and they will...count me in too.

Lets see...in 6 years now...one shower a week...carry the 2...minus ... :?
wait..wait...one shower...times number of times I hmmm wait...12 times ,,,no...lemme see...if I wash...

[Rev.Vassago]

Oh no, not this subject again!


I leave tips based upon performance. If someone goes out of the way to do a better job than is expected of them, I will tip them based upon the job they did. This includes waiters and waitresses.

I'm in a line of work where I sometimes receive tips. I never expect them, and I always go out of my way to keep my customers happy. If someone else does the same, then they will get a tip from me. If they are just doing their job, then they can ask their employer for a tip, because I won't give one.

I also think that the whole "they rely on your tips for income" argument is silly. They chose the job, and shouldn't expect a tip.

[Roadhog]

I also think that the whole "they rely on your tips for income" argument is silly. They chose the job, and shouldn't expect a tip.

Well...guess it's clear you are not a member of a Gentleman's Club.

It's not about expected. It's just fun to tip.

[Uturn2001]

When it comes to showers, no I have never left a tip.

I have left tips in motel rooms for the cleaning staff if for some reason I had to leave a mess greater than what I consider normal, like what happens when traveling with small kids.

At restaurants I leave tips based on service. I have never believed in the standard percentage bit. If the service was lousy I always leave a penny, which is more insulting than leaving no tip at all (as told to me by a few career waitresses). If the service is really great I have been known to leave as much as 40-50% of the tab.

[Ridge Runner]

Drivers shower ??? :?

[Jackrabbit379]

I didnt know that showers had tips. Do they help with the water pressure? I like the shower heads that put out about 100 psi of pressure.

[mundaka]

Shower tips are tax deductable, and the IRS assumes you do it. Therefore, they assume the people cleaning the showers have been tipped and tax them accordingly. Still, so many showers are so . . . vile.

If the shower is clean (and not by truck stop standards, but really clean) I'll leave a tip. Some places its unthinkable -- anywhere in West Memphis comes to mind -- but others its routine (the Pilot in Jamestown, New Mexico usually has very clean showers.)

[madpuppy]

I usely leave what ever change I have. :twisted:

[Rookie McRookerson]

How are things with you? I ran into a couple of your drivers in Washington at a rest stop. Every time I see a green truck I wonder if it is you. I am still with UPS FREIGHT moving pipe. What is your truck number? I am driving a 2002 White Freightliner that looks like it is a 1972 model. It has Overnight on the top of the wind deflector and UPS Freight on the doors. Truck number is 30506...blue numbers on the top rear end of the wind deflector... holler if you see me...

Good question... I never gave it a thought and the reply was helpful. I have showered when the staff was present (outside), some places have been better than others.

Take care... drive safe

/Steve

Truck number is 1461. It's a big green truck with a white stripe! You can't miss it! LOL

[Rookie McRookerson]

I never have either. 6 years now. But I also leave my shower room neat, as I place the towels on the sink, and won't leave a big mess on the sink.
Most of my showers are not as clean as I would hope for either. Even some with new facilities...you can see dirt in the corners. I don't think they are disinfecting like they should be either. The towels they provide are usually worn out and have weird looking stains. I just use them as a floor mat.

I thought about this for a moment as well. I'd always tip the maid of my motel.
Anyway...I suppose it would be no different. These porters are the same ones having to clean the restrooms and hallways, launder the towels, as well as other chores around the T/S.

I tip the waitress 20%. The showers are valued at $7-9 dollars now. I could afford to leave a dollar...that is for sure. If you will, and they will...count me in too.

Lets see...in 6 years now...one shower a week...carry the 2...minus ... :?
wait..wait...one shower...times number of times I hmmm wait...12 times ,,,no...lemme see...if I wash...

I can always count on Roadhog to throw some humor into the mix! Infact, I've come to expect it. Keep it up. Its better than reading the funny papers!!!

[tweety bird]

I've never left a tip in the shower. I've never had a shower so clean that it even occurred to me, either.

Another driver told me that at the truck was at exit... 179? 183? 185? 187? in Alabama on I 20 they have a "tips for hooters" jar. And they aren't talking about the restaurant...

I don't remember which exit but there are truck stops at two exits in a row and it's the one further east.

Thought some of you boys might be interested in that little "tip."

[Roadhog]

in Alabama on I 20 they have a "tips for hooters" jar. And they aren't talking about the restaurant...
Thought some of you boys might be interested in that little "tip."

Yeah...called COWBOY'S.....YeeeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaw!!