Moving, movers, etc.

[audreyld]

My moving is done and I could not be happier about it.

 

[spaceman]

tip 20 bucks a man.

 

[joe]

The summer after high school, I worked as a mover and never got tipped once. Hell, I never heard of anyone I worked with getting tipped. I mean, you don't tip the kid who bags your groceries. I don't understand why you would tip someone for just doing their job unless they are bartenders or wait staff who depend on it for their salary.

 

[zeke12]

Slightly off topic:

I offered the guy installing my cable a cold drink the other day, and he looked at me like I was from Mars.

He took the Coke, and I asked him if people didn't offer him a drink when he was doing that.

"No, you're the first one in six months."

 

[linotype]

I moved cross-country a while back and (gasp) my new shop picked up the tab for the move. Even took care of tipping them, or so the movers assured me.

When they boxed up my old place, I gave 'em all the Dasani they wanted.

But when the crew arrived to bring my stuff to my new house, they didn't get **** -- mainly because they carried my washing machine into the ****ing wall, tearing a foot-long gash into my nice new hallway.

Fortunately, I filed a complaint and the company sent out a guy to repair my wall.

But, yeah, if they do a good job, $20 per man is pretty much industry standard, I think.

 

[audreyld]

I ended up not tipping, for reasons I won't explain here.

It was speedy, though, which was nice.

 

[Montezuma's Revenge]

I ended up not tipping, for reasons I won't explain here.

It was speedy, though, which was nice.

After the blowjobs, they wouldn't take your money?

 

[audreyld]

I ended up not tipping, for reasons I won't explain here.

It was speedy, though, which was nice.

After the blowjobs, they wouldn't take your money?

You and Zeke.

 

[zeke12]

I ended up not tipping, for reasons I won't explain here.

It was speedy, though, which was nice.

After the blowjobs, they wouldn't take your money?

You and Zeke.

We'd take the blowjobs and your money.

 

[audreyld]

Another dumb question:

Do I need to to schedule a time to check out of my apartment?

 

[zeke12]

If your lease requires a checkout to get your deposit back, yes.

But I only ever had to do that in the dorms...

 

[audreyld]

I don't recall my lease saying anything about that. I'd look at it, but I'm pretty sure it's in my storage unit now.

 

[Editude]

The days of checking out of dorms ... On our latest move, which the company paid for, I called the moving company to see about tipping. They checked, and the consensus was no. But since the group of guys (there were five over the course of three crazy days) worked pretty hard, I gave the supervisor $120 to split as he saw fit.

 

[audreyld]

All went well. Thanks for the help, guys.

 

[John]

The days of checking out of dorms ... On our latest move, which the company paid for, I called the moving company to see about tipping. They checked, and the consensus was no. But since the group of guys (there were five over the course of three crazy days) worked pretty hard, I gave the supervisor $120 to split as he saw fit.

I'm sure the supervisor enjoyed his $120.

 

[CradleRobber]

I feel bad for making fun of people who used moving services. These last two days have been more difficult than I imagined. It doesn't seem like you have a lot of **** until you have to move every bit of it out of a place.