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Tipping the interns. Expected? Accepted? Frowned upon?-Curious in Daytona Beach

Re: Tipping the interns:creepy, would not accept.

revisiting this topic: I just spoke to a friend who interns at CRC. He said he gets tips all the time and that it is totally acceptable. I would feel weird. Not that its creepy to offer. I would just feel creepy accepting.

The interns, just tip them with whatever awful idea comes to your head. Next time you're recording with interns, throw a tantrum over the temperature of your coffee, or start making sexual advances towards sound equipment.You'll be tipping them with experience.

For the lady interns, I give 'em the tip and the shaft!!! Come on, somebody had to say it.

UPDATE!!!There has been a single crisp dollar bill sitting on the table in the upstairs lounge for at least a week. I don't know if its supposed to be a tip or not. All of us interns are avoiding it like its infected with bird flu. We're actually cleaning around it.

I once had a boss who always left $20 bills sitting around. Seemed odd and stupid to me.After about 6 months, my boss told me he kept a hidden camera on his random bills. Just so he could find people he could trust. He then gave me $50 to keep my mouth shut about the cameras and after work we went out for beers.I saw a lot of people get fired over $20. I still look up to him when thinking of my own business. Dont Fuck with what is not yours, gain the trust of you bosses and peers. A Dollar sitting around, is a really weird Vibe. Just mind your own, and keep your hands clean.

When I was interning, somebody gave me ten bucks. I don't remember who it was. I felt weird about it, so at first I politely declined. Dude offered again. Me: "I appreciate it, but that's too much, and I shouldn't. Thanks though!"Dude: "Buy yourself lunch or something. You've been making us coffee all week."Me: "Well, alright. Thank you very much. Is there anything else you guys need at present?"In that situation, I felt OK because it was a show of gratitude. I think when you get three adamant offers in one sitting, it becomes acceptable. I've done my honest best to give the person an opportunity to keep their money. Whenever it's happened to me at any job, I've declined, because I'm already being compensated in some way (as an intern, I was being compensated in experience and sometimes lunch), and I don't need to receive extra money for doing something that is just part of the job. When somebody insists more than a couple times because they have some sort of special appreciation for something you've done, go ahead. That person is trying to do something nice for you. I think I would have felt VERY uncomfortable if I were offered tips for every service I performed for a client, as though I were a bellhop or something.

You know what, if you find a dollar and nobody claims it, go ahead and pocket it. Ask around first, that's all.

You could always give the interns your tip. I hear David Letterman does it all the time.