1. Simply not true. If you're low level and need a port it's in your best interest to ask for one as travel is dangerous. If you are a porter you get paid enough to help out lowbies too.
2. A good donation is what someone can best afford, even if that number is not always 'best' for the porter. Everyone you help out raises your reputation. Your tips are dependent on your reputation plus your level of service. More on this later.
3. While not a bad point where you're coming from is. As a porter it's your job to provide a service. Being friendly and asking someone where they are headed and where from is part of the customers experience. Being friendly here gets you better tips.
4/5. If you're not willing to travel you're shooting your potential profits in the foot. Not only in time lost waiting for people to run to you without a sow. But again porting is a service. If the customer doesn't get extra cheese and peppers packets they will not tip as much.
Bottom line is if you need a port ask someone will help you even if you're flat broke. A tip is as always what one can afford/feels like is deserved. Make the experience fast and easy and your tips will be good. And more than make up for the others who are not as generous. If you have time to write this up you have time to travel, /who, and be polite. I feel this is all common sense and anyone who knows it feels good to help other people out understand all this already...
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