How much do I tip the Balloon Pilot?

Cuda Al said
I have always said, does the IRS consider them a tipped employee and automatically calculate what they think you made in tips weather you did or didn't, you pay taxes on it. The waitress at the local restaurant, yes, the tip jar at the local Subway, no.

Alan

i never tip at subways...i dont tip at any places where they simply hand my my food over a counter
they are food preppers, not servers, and i dont tip for prepping

Mopar Tim said
My statement comes from my wife's nail gal. She comes to our house to do her nails, we pay her the rate she wants, then my wife tips her as well. WTF? Its all cash. She used to work in a salon, but went out on her own. Wife still tips her like she was an employee on the salon. She owns her own nail business.....Mobile..

i guess i dont see the difference
if tammie (you know her name is tammie) does a good job, and your wife want to tip her, why not?
who cares if works for herself or someone else?
or is your point that as an owner she could negotiate a payrate that didnt need tips?
i guess you could argue that when she was working for someone else, she still had the option of asking for a raise?

shoot, i dont know

no one ever tips me