Who wins the record. How many people are you tipping

amother

OP ↓

Yesterday at 10:26 am

I have 3 kids and 14 people to tip between them...

Comes out to over $300 (and I give very small amounts compared to others). It's really crazy I wish this whole tipping thing would be STOPPED for once and for all

And I gotta find the time to sit down and write out 14 cards and envelopes...help

How many people are you tipping?

amother

↑ OP ↓

Yesterday at 10:29 am

amother Forestgreen wrote:

Who do you tip? Teachers?

Teachers, assistants, rebbeim, bus drivers and therapists (ot and speech)

amother

Lilac ↓

Yesterday at 10:30 am

I think this whole tipping culture is absurd and should be abolished.

amother

Clear

Yesterday at 10:31 am

I live OOT where it’s not as expected and I still do it. I give extremely little; I don’t do cash. I still do it even though many don’t and I won’t stick out. I really believe in it.
And yes, I spent less than $65 for 8 teachers.

amother

Saddlebrown ↓

Yesterday at 10:34 am

I live in a service building so that’s 24 people totaling close to $900. kids teachers and therapists are another $200 or so. so I guess we’re over $1000. BH BH BH

amother

↑ Lilac

Yesterday at 10:36 am

amother Saddlebrown wrote:

I live in a service building so that’s 24 people totaling close to $900. kids teachers and therapists are another $200 or so. so I guess we’re over $1000. BH BH BH

What’s a service building and who are the 24 people in it you need to tip? Sounds like an expensive life.

amother

Seashell ↓

Yesterday at 1:51 pm

5 kids:
15 cash gifts ($3950), 3 chip in gifts ($25) 1 non cash gift ($80)
8 bus drivers ($80 total Amazon gift cards)

amother

DarkCyan

Yesterday at 2:13 pm

I didn't decide yet if I'm doing bus drivers. 2 kids and 11 people between them!! If I add bus drivers that's 2 more, bus monitors another 2.

amother

↑ Saddlebrown

Yesterday at 2:25 pm

amother Lilac wrote:

What’s a service building and who are the 24 people in it you need to tip? Sounds like an expensive life.

service building means it employs doorman, super, repairmen, security etc . there are tons of benefits (packages and food deliveries are received, returns are picked up. also if/ when my bathroom floods on a shabbis all I need to do is let the doorman know) the fixed expensives are high but there aren’t any unknowns (no termites or roof to replace or gutters to clean or gardner to pay or snow to shovel.) plus the obvious and most important: security

amother

Peach

Yesterday at 2:48 pm

10 for three kids (plus 3 chip-ins)
Mesivta son: only rebbi (large chip-in for English teachers)
Young elementary daughter: two teachers, two assistants
Older elementary daughter: two teachers
1 bus driver
1 school security guard
1 mailman

I hate hate hate writing out the cards. The worst.

amother

Snowdrop

Yesterday at 2:54 pm

2 kids -
1 bus driver $15 Starbucks
3 Morahs $50 total was group gift - id really love to get them something small and personal
1 rebbi $52
1 housekeeper $25 amazon

I probably should gift the secretary, principal, 3 therapists, 2 ABA, but I really can’t afford it Sad

so I’m undecided. Maybe I’ll just do Purim.

Plus my kids presents, family gifts, parents… it’s too much.

Tiredmom3

Yesterday at 4:53 pm

Not tipping so many because of chips ins but I will say that chat gpt is great at taking the points I want to include in my cards and organizing them into nice normal language.

flowerpower ↓

Yesterday at 5:00 pm

Bh for classmother- we all chip in and give one thing together. Its like $25-$30 per class. Then there are bus drivers, bus teachers, rebbes, boys teachers, boys bus drivers, boys bus rebbes, therapists…….

amother

DarkPurple

Yesterday at 5:01 pm

3 kids. Oldest son - 3 rebbis, 1 maintenance guy = 4
Daughter - teachers was cheap to chip in for all, so not counting that. 2-3 bus drivers
Special needs Toddler - 8 therapists

ETA forgot cleaning lady and daughter’s therapist

amother

↑ OP ↓

Yesterday at 5:11 pm

flowerpower wrote:

Well I would love chip-ins, but two of my kids schools (I have kids in 3 school) sent home notes demanding that we send in a monetary gift and personal note, and that we should not chip in because then the teachers end up with less money.

Cuz this is really all about hakaras hatov and not good old fashioned greed and lust for money /s

amother

Oak

Yesterday at 5:16 pm

wait what? Am I out to lunch?
I only know about teachers and Rebbeim.
People give chanuka money to everyone that has to do with their kids?? I never give the bus drivers, principal...