It's the Brian Lear Show on WNYC.

I'm David First.

WNYC's weekend edition hosts filling in for Brian.

And we are going to close the show today by asking for your thoughts and advice on something

that can be hard to navigate this time of year, holiday tipping etiquette.

The do's and don'ts of tipping are hardly straightforward, so let's pull back the veil on

how to be generous while staying within our budgets, because if you live in a building with

a doorman or a super or other porters, those tips can add up. And even if not, there are

teachers, nannies, crossing guard, sanitation workers. So what is the protocol? Joining

us now to help us figure it out is Brian Vines, Marketplace Equity Reporter

and Consumer Reports, where he recently published a holiday tipping cheat sheet. Welcome to

WNYC, Brian. Happy to be here. Thank you. Brian, I wanted to start by going over some of the most

common questions people might have.

Like, if you live in a big building, who are you supposed to tip?

There are supers, of course, but how does it work?

What about the other workers?

Well, there is a hierarchy when it comes to many of these big buildings that New Yorkers live in.

But everyone who gives you

service throughout the year will be there waiting for a tip at this time of the year. So really

consider how you plan to engage those folks, whether it's the porters or the door folks or any of the attendants who make your life

run a little easier throughout the year. So if you have high contact with them, you're likely

to have to tip them out very well this time of the year. So how do you decide on the amount?

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