Tipping

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So the professional movers are coming tomorrow, in the teeth of the nor'easter, to move all the furniture. It's clear that gratuities (tips) are expected, and due to the weather I'm especially convinced they're appropriate. But how much? We have four guys and two trucks, for the day.

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[patsmor.livejournal.com]

If it's really snowing, I'd pay 25-30 per plus a vacuum pot of hot cocoa and coffee and donuts in the morning (drinks available all day) plus either lunch or a lunch place card for the foreman to take them out. They can make your move change from horrendous to a relief.

All the things goldsquare said about packing.

Also: I found a package of labels that said "Kitchen, living room, bedroom one" etc. I went around and labeled all the furniture and as many boxes as I could, and put one of the labels on the door of each room. The Movers thought it was godlike, since they didn't have to ask where things went.

If that kind of label isn't available in your area, you can use a mailing label, a colored dot and the name of the room, and the same color on the door of the room.

labelling

[cellio]

I did the same labelling thing (with colored dots). I also gave them an index by floor -- e.g. pink, yellow, and green dots all go to the second floor, blue and tan go to the attic, white and orange go to the first floor -- so they could optimize dolly-loads if they wanted to. This boggled them; I was clearly the most organized customer they'd had in a while.

Alas, it did not prevent errors, though I suspect it reduced them.

Re: labelling

[patsmor.livejournal.com]

Yes, did reduce errors, but that was so much easier!