Gratuities

[Elian Degen]

Hello

Where I live, and work people do not give cash tips to piano tuners.
The most common is to get a Coffee and a piece of Cake, from almost every
client.

Second in the list is to be invited to share lunch or dinner with the client
if you are near that time of day.

Personally, apart from the above which are common I got a hole bunch, those
include:

Invitation to spend a week end in a club.
Invitation to go to eat with my family (it is a restaurant owner)
A flight and parachute jumping, (former client and friend of mine
afterwards)

30% off for a car I bought for my wife in 1983 (didn´t last long, it was
stolen three month after I bought it )

Best of all are Hugs and kisses ( Women clients only )

Elian
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Ron Nossaman <nossaman@SOUTHWIND.NET>
Para: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Fecha: Jueves, 04 de Marzo de 1999 06:05 p.m.
Asunto: Re: Gratuities


>
>>Just wondering...  What are some of the other items, (other than $$)
>>that some other techs on the list have received??
>>
>>Rob Goodale, RPT
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>A very sweet lady gave me a rather large chunk of her fresh baked coffee
>cake, all wrapped in foil, just this afternoon. I had replaced a broken
>action mount screw and tuned her Wurlitzer (deja vu). She described the
>sefvice as "very professional". Go figure.
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> Ron
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