# Tipping the carpet cleaner-- need answer fast

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 28, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-the-carpet-cleaner-need-answer-fast/629692 "2012-07-28T17:14:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-the-carpet-cleaner-need-answer-fast/629692/1 "2012-07-28T17:14:18Z")

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Do you generally tip carpet cleaners? If so, how much? They’re here now, and we just thought of this…

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**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-the-carpet-cleaner-need-answer-fast/629692/2 "2012-07-28T17:16:22Z")

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> [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](#):
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> Do you generally tip carpet cleaners? If so, how much? They’re here now, and we just thought of this…

No tip required. If they put a good effort in I’ll give them 5-10 bucks

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-the-carpet-cleaner-need-answer-fast/629692/3 "2012-07-28T17:16:57Z")

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Tipping carpet cleaners is generally not expected.

If you do, I’d say $5-10 a person would be more than generous.