McDonald's Pulls Emily Post's Etiquette Guidelines About Tipping Au Pairs
Fast food workers get tips on how much to give au pair, fitness trainer.
Dec. 6, 2013 — -- intro: McDonald's employee McResource website has attracted unwanted attention once again, this time for posting etiquette guidelines for tipping just as fast food workers protested across the country against low wages.
McDonald's took down the tips, which were gleaned from etiquette guru Emily Post through www.emilypost.com, from its employee resource page after they were the subject of news reports.
"The content was provided by a third-party partner and quotes from one of the best-known etiquette gurus, Emily Post," a McDonald's spokeswoman said in a statement. "We continue to review the resource and will ask the vendor to make changes as needed."
During the last two months, the labor group behind LowPayIsNotOk.com criticized leaked images from McDonald's employee website and shared a recording of a McDonald's worker help line in which an employee is advised to look into food stamps to feed her family. The group called the McResource tipping guide "offensive" and "clueless."
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Here are some of the tipping guidelines from Emily Post that were shared on the McResource website:
quicklist: 1title: Au Pairtext: A gift from your family (or one week's pay), plus a small gift from your child.
quicklist:2title: Babysitter, regulartext: One evening's pay, plus a small gift from your child.
quicklist:3title: Barbertext: Cost of one haircut, plus possibly a small gift.
quicklist:4title: Beauty Salon Stafftext: $10 to $60 each, giving most to those who give most to you, plus possibly a small gift.
quicklist:5title: Child's Teachertext: Gift, not cash; check school's policy. Possibilities: gift certificates for coffee shop or bookstore, classroom supplies, book, picture frame, fruit basket, or gourmet food item, or joint gift with other parents and their children.
quicklist:6title: Day Care Providerstext: $25 to $70 each, plus a small gift from your child. If only one or two providers, consider higher range amount.
quicklist:7title: Dog Walkertext: One week's pay.
quicklist:8title: Fitness Trainer, personaltext: Cost of one session.
quicklist:9title: Garage Attendantstext: $10 to $30 each, to be distributed by manager.
quicklist:10title: Housekeepertext: One day's pay.
quicklist:11title: Letter Carrierstext: U.S. government regulations permit carriers to accept gifts worth up to $20 each.
quicklist:12title: Massage Therapisttext: One session's fee.
quicklist:13title: Nannytext: One week's to one month's salary based on tenure and customs in your area, plus a small gift from your child.
