Tipping is all about strategy. If a person is in a position to do something for me (send me to good customers, make my schedule or dressing room experience faster, easier, whatever) but doesn't do it, I give them a "maintentence tip" of like five dollars, every time I work. This keeps me off the list of "girls who don't tip." Nobody ever does anything for a girl who's known for not tipping.
Then the first time they do something for me, I tip them well for it right when they do it. This insures that they will repeat the behavior. If you wait until the end of the shift to tip them, they may appreciate it and they may like you, but they also may not make the connection (even if you tell them) between the tip and what they did.
As soon as they are consistantly doing things for me that help me make money, I put them on a random schedule of reinforcement - so sometimes they get a wonderful tip, sometimes they get a normal tip, sometimes they don't get anything, and every once in a while they get a good chunk of money kind of tip. This keeps them on their toes trying to make me happy... and I like that
It's all about taking what you have and turning it into what you want..
Lena
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