Summary
Trump evicted former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan from her military housing with just three hours’ notice, despite an earlier 60-day waiver.
Fagan, the first woman to lead a military branch, was dismissed on Trump’s second day in office over concerns about DEI policies and border security.
Homeland Security officials cited her termination as justification, though sources called it a “petty” move.
Fagan was forced to leave most belongings behind, spending the night with friends while awaiting relocation of her personal items.
What? Tipping movers is a thing‽ I’ve only ever moved myself, but I always assumed that you hire movers specifically to move you. Isn’t that the point? Why would you have to pay them more than they bill you? That feels like tipping your plumber for fixing your drain. Do people do that too?
Tipping movers is absolutely standard. I usually give about 40 bucks cash per person. Depends how difficult your move is.
I don’t agree that tipping plumbers is a thing. And my dad is a plumber, so I think I would know.
Yeah, if it’s a difficult move. Multiple pieces of furniture, up several stairs, etc.
Yes, people definitely tip plumbers. Are you in the US?
People tip plumbers? The fuck do you mean? It’s a skilled trade, you’re already paying for that shit like twice over when they invoice you… Or do you use some bizarre corporate plumber who pays their workers minimum wage or some shit??
Oddly hostile reply, but ok. It’s not required at all, but yes I have tipped plumbers and so have people I’ve known. I have had a plumber come out to take a look and tell me in like 5 minutes what was needed. He didn’t charge me anything, even though I agreed to a nominal site visit charge, because the quote was astronomical and I wasn’t going to go through with the project and he was only there a few minutes. I definitely tipped him and have used him twice since. He’s very nice and knowledgeable and tbh it feels like he way undercharges for his work. Maybe it’s just my personal experience. Not everyone should or has to or anything.
Hostile? Because I cursed? Huh.
I’m not personally offended or anything, but it was the overall tone of the comment. Yea, the cursing was unnecessary, but then the accusation of using a corpo place that’s taking advantage of the workers, and the multiple question marks does kinda contribute to an overall overly incredulous tone to the point of hostility towards the person you’re responding to. Comes across as flippant and mocking (to me). Again, I don’t really care, just thought I’d mention because sometimes people don’t know how their text is perceived.
Cursing is just a normal part of language for a lot of us, without it being aggressive.
Yea, again, it wasn’t just the cursing. I curse and people have cursed in comment chains in response to me, but it was part of the overall tone. Like any individual part would’ve not been mentioned, but all together they lended a tone (imo). I didn’t internalize it or anything, but “the fuck do you mean?” on its own doesn’t quite come across as neutral (to me) so the other factors contributed to what could be considered (to me) a negative tone. I just mentioned it. I didn’t mean for it to be a big thing or main take away. I just think sometime people don’t realize how they may be perceived and that information may be helpful. Obviously, not everyone cares or wants that feedback, and I’m not asking anyone do anything with it, just providing it (uninvited).
Just for an external point of view, to me it read as shocked rather than hostile
I apologize if you took it like that, but the multiple question marks, and overall tone, have more to do with my own frustrations. Don’t take it personal.
No worries. I didn’t take it like anything. I generally try to just respond to the content of a comment and ignore the tone, since you really can’t tell. Like I said, mostly mentioning in case it benefits you in the future. Also, fyi, Google seems to agree with you that tipping plumbers is not expected. My understanding is unless it’s a sit down restaurant, tipping should never be expected, but I’m happy to tip most people doing manual labor if they do it well or go above and beyond. I’m happy with my plumber and will probably continue to tip, but you’re fine not to tip. More to the main point, google seems to think tipping movers is much more common. The internet consensus has spoken lol.
I am.
But the plumber already charges for the service call + hourly rate + parts + after-hours/holiday emergency surcharge… what is the tip for? Was I supposed to have been tipping my mechanic too all these years?
You don’t have to tip a plumber or a mechanic. They both charge for their time at pretty high rates.
I would tip them if it was on a holiday or in horrible weather or something.
Yeah no, that’s absurd. People don’t tip plumbers… Right?
Not usually.
I have this sinking feeling that Anakin is standing behind us with a smug ass look in his eyes…
The only thing I can imagine is like some corporate plumbing company that pays their workers hourly? Otherwise, they invoice you and they take most (if not all) of that money.
Tipping culture in the US is out of hand, but in my experience most home service people are tipped. The main exception being people there for multiday renovations/work or people not doing manual labor.
Interesting. I tip those who are here for home renovations because they barely even get to leave for lunch.