lynetteh

John Mason are packing up our household goods today!! Is it customary to tip the chaps doing the packing? If so how much? ( we have a 20 foot container).
Also what is the norm in providing lunch, drinks etc?
Thanks!
Lynette

Kingseat

We didn't do anything during the day other that tea and biscuits/cake.

charlie5

Just keep them fed and watered.

Charlie

aglassofwinehelps

We fed, watered and tipped. They worked hard.

LouiseR

We didn't tip either, just lots of cuppas throughout the day. Figured the £3400 we paid them was more than enough!

northernbird

I tipped because they did such a great job and they don't get paid the 3400 quid, in fact they get crap money. 2 days of packing and loading. We had 2 guys and I gave them 20 quid each in addition to the copious amounts of tea and hob nobs!

lynetteh

Thanks everyone. Will have to go with tips then as the first thing they packed was the kettle!! Am dying for a cuppa myself. Have to do a beverages/lunch run into town

aglassofwinehelps

I agree, they don't get a decent wage and they work bloody hard. I always tipped the dustmen at Christmas too

mr mover

Tight Arse , cant wait to see how your stuff roll,s up . if it doe,s .....mm

aglassofwinehelps

Not sure tipping ensures a successful voyage, we had lots of damage, still trying to sort through the insurance, bloody nightmare.

Jen1977ni

We just gave them lots of tea and coffee and the OH went out in the snow to get them bacon, fresh bread, biccies and crisps and crashed his car doing so, they didn't seem to appreciate the trouble we went to either, GRRR LOL

aglassofwinehelps

Whether it's appreciated or not I was always brought up to tip. My mom, being Irish, always gave a plateful of food and a large tip to tradesmen who worked hard, she couldn't help herself, in was in her genes

sadieb

We fed them and gave numerous cups of coffee / tea / juice etc.. and a nice tip. Service was very good, we had done this 3 times !!!!
God ! removal men must love us, We also gave drinks and tipped the people who dropped it all off. We had paid for the unpacking service 3 times, but in the end just got them to drop the stuff off anywhere they could and we did all the unpacking... On saying that we have about 30 boxes we haven't unpacked since 2006... God knows we paid for insurance as we wouldn't have a bloody clue who broke anything ha ha

Vash the Stampede

We threw tea, coffee and biscuits at them like relief workers in Somalia.

I didn't tip the packers, but I tipped the unpackers. They did a brilliant job on a screaming hot day.

Kapri

You could be talking about my Mum

Same here, I always tip, I would feel bad if I didn't.