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How much to tip handyman?
A handyman is coming over this afternoon to install new sliding closet doors. He's super nice and met me at Home Depot last night to pick out the new doors and then he loaded them into his truck and brought them back to my condo.
I, obviously, paid for the doors, and then he charges $100 a set to install. We are having two sets installed - so paying him $200.
Question is - Do I tip him and how much?
I feel he went above and beyond by meeting me and transporting the doors - and he is really nice (almost too nice -he talked my ear off for over an hour after he delivered the doors!). Plus, he may be doing other work for us - replacing kitchen flooring - so I want him to "like us" and make room in his full schedule for the little projects we have.
Re: How much to tip handyman?
I don't think a tip is necessary. I would assume he'd roll the shopping/pick up part of the trip into his total charge.
That said - a gift or bonus tip at the holidays would be appropriate.
jack | born 9.13.12 at 40w4d | 9 lbs 12 oz | 23 in
my puppy loves - chloe & jenson
pregnancy blog | chart
Hmmm - good to hear that the consensus seems to be against tipping.
He'll be at our place this afternoon/early evening depending on how long it takes to do the doors. I'm thinking if it takes a while, I might offer to order (or pick up) a pizza for dinner. He is soooo talkative though and totally oblivious to normal social cues that the conversation should end, I'm afraid such a gesture would send the message of "Hey, stay, hang out, let's chat!" - and I don't want that!
As for the beer idea - I would go with that, but he made an off-hand comment yesterday about people being in the trade (construction/handyman) having demons and substance abuse issues (yeah, I know, strange comment, right?) - so I don't know if he is a drinker/recovering addict and would hate to make things awkward.
Maybe I'll do pizza and then text a friend to call me at a certain time so that I have an excuse to end the conversation if he seems to be overstaying his welcome.
It all seems so weird to be doing this with DH gone . . . I mean, not to be doing the repairs, but to have a strange man in the house who is so chatty. NOTHING is going on (obviously), but with DH gone, something about it feels inappropriate and awkward - and I don't like that feeling. I'd rather he just did the closet installation and left and didn't get all chatty and friendly. UGH!
Agree with the no tip. I like the getting a pizza and having a friend call idea if you feel you need to do something.
I'm having carpet installed on Friday (yeah!) and I know the install guy is super chatting since he did my previous install. I made it very clear when I scheduled that I will have worked the night before, so them installing at 9-10am is like my midnight. They are to get in and get out....hopefully.
i said beer or soda. maybe he loves root beer and you could get him one of those cool mini barrels of 1919 or something.
Whoops - sorry, I naturally focus in on the adult beverages!
i have that disease too.
I agree with this.
jack | born 9.13.12 at 40w4d | 9 lbs 12 oz | 23 in
my puppy loves - chloe & jenson
pregnancy blog | chart
Good point. He is a genuinely nice guy, but just a bit too friendly for my tastes and I don't want to send the wrong message! What I'd really love is if he finished the work quickly and left so I could take a nap - I'm exhausted and I'm afraid I'll fall asleep while he working! Talk about awkward . . .
So, would a $25 tip be too much? Too little?