Poll: Tipping the babysitter

Re: Poll: Tipping the babysitter

• MrsTiara

  August 2010

  Unless the babysitter was through a service, I wouldn't.
  

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• bh2720

  August 2010

  I wouldn't...I don't get tipping a babysitter. I mean, maybe if she's from a nanny service and doesn't get to keep all the money or something, but she keeps all the money, I don't see the point.

  ETA: okay, I just thought about it some more and I do inadvertently tip our sitters. I just always round up. Like if we're gone 2.5 hours and she charges $15/hr, I go ahead and give her $45 instead of $37.50 (mostly that's because I'm bad at math). 
  

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• Sofka

  August 2010

  I wouldn't

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• renebean319

  August 2010

  i wouldnt
  

  

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• rnin02 member

  August 2010

  I don't necessarily tip, but with our babysitter I did round up. She charged $12/hour, but I would typically just give her $50 instead of $48 or similar depending on how long she was there. One night we went from needing her for 4 hours to only 2 hours, very last minute, so I paid her for almost 3 hours. I don't consider that "tipping". And I think $18/hour is a pretty nice amount of money for babysitting!

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• Baby4OT member

  August 2010

  $18/hour?? Wow! That's a lot. Anyway, like everyone else said, I don't tip the babysitter, though I would round up sometimes just to not have to deal with making change and such. Also, all through grad school I babysat (this was 4-5 years ago) but even as an adult babysitter I was never tipped.

  

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• Karenbird

  August 2010

  Thanks, all!  We usually round up, too.  Good to know we're in the norm. 
  

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