# Tipping Repair People

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-repair-people/930370
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 12, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-repair-people/930370 "2021-01-12T21:53:10Z")
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### Author: ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-repair-people/930370/20 "2021-01-16T23:06:13Z")

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Not sure I follow you here. Isn’t a waiter/waitress doing their job on company time, with their equipment and resources? Why wouldn’t that be theft?

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