AND I, LEARNED SOMETHING THIS WEEKEND

If you've been reading this blog, which we know you have been because you're obviously reading this now, you're without a doubt smarter than before you found our site. Last week alone we learned a many things which have escaped New Yorker's for years - when to tip your street meat vendor, and when to resist your caped crusader impulses.

However, as another week is in the books, it's time to reflect on the knowledge we've (with your help) bestowed upon you.

1.) Cabbies in New York are for the most part, terrible, awful drivers. I can't count as high as the number of times I've feared for my life while trying to ride a simple 30 blocks. The thought of 'why didn't I just swipe that little card and use the trusty subway system' routinely enters my mind as my face gets smashed against the Plexiglas, where the greasy face stains from the last schlep who got tossed around still lie. However, we've learned that we, in no way, should ever tip a cab driver when he gets in an accident - regardless of fault, or how well he sings. A whopping 66% of you chimed in on this, and a new rule was set. NO PAYING.

2.) Thursday was a big day for AmISupposedtoTipThatGuy. We launched a new feature which features well....you! Every Thursday, a reader-submitted poll will be uploaded proving that the American public does still have a voice! Andrew had E-mailed us a question which had been plaguing tourists for centuries, and after our closest vote ever, a solution was found! In a poll decided by only four votes (4!) it was chosen that, even if you're amazingly talented and can handle placing your own bags in the back of a car...you should leave it to the professional. That bellhop has a job, and damn he's good at it. Throw him a buck or two...it'll probably impress that lady (or guy) friend you're with. We're not saying you have to pull a Lloyd when walking out of your neighborhood Motel 6, but show the guy you approve of his bagging skills.

READER WRITE IN - BELLHOP'S REVENGE

Hey readers, remember way back when you were all little lads and lassies and you were allowed to dream big? Like reaaaaal big. You wanted to have a pony, fly to the moon, or be a ninja (still have that one myself).

Well, our loyal fan Andrew still dreams big. And his big dreams have paid off in a major way, as Andrew becomes our first guest for write-in Thursday! Congratulations Andrew, we're sure this will be the greatest day of your life, so enjoy it.

And, without further adieu:

"So my parents visited New York last week, and were staying at a very nice hotel (the Waldorf). I was with them to see them off to the airport. After checking out, we walked out of the hotel with their suitcases in hand. We're about halfway out the door and see two cabs sitting in front of the hotel.

At that point, the hotel bellhop runs up through the doors and says "here, let me get you a cab", grabs the suitcase out of my hand, and puts it in the trunk of a cab.

So, "experts", should I tip the bellhop? Because I sure didn't ask him to do that, and I definitely could have loaded my parents suitcase into the cab.

-Andrew

Oh sweet, sweet Andrew, how you bring us back to our roots. It's been over a week since our last tipping post (WHAT WERE WE THINKING?!?), and this is a good one, one we come across pretty much whenever we travel, since pretty much all bags are on wheels now, and the need for bag-dudes is at an all time low (Do they even make bags without wheels anymore? If so, screw you Samsonite. Bags without wheels are the WORST). But enough rambling and run-on sentences. It's Andrew's day to shine people. So he asks you...

Are we supposed to tip that bellboy for doing a job we are already doing ourselves?



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