I'm on a train to my parents house and I'm bringing my small pets with me- I've done this before. It's about a 4 hour journey door to door.
I've noticed that I've forgotten their water bottle. They can't get to a local shop to pick one up for me unfortunately so I was wracking my brain for options.
I remembered that I have Amazon prime now and they do a two hour free delivery service. I've never used it before but it seems perfect for this.
I'm really broke at the moment and scraping the pennies together before payday.
I made the order for the water bottle which will be delivered tonight. I'm amazed at how easy it is. There's a £20 minimum spend so I bought a few extra things that I've been putting off buying for work just to meet that spend. As I'm a prime member the delivery was free. Amazon suggested a £2 tip but, because this was an unanticipated expense, I removed it from the order.
I now feel really really bad. I'm a bit hypocritical with Amazon as I don't think it's a very ethical company and I'm now reading about how little the drivers get paid. I certainly won't starve if I tip but I'm very strapped for cash at the moment.
The terms and conditions of Amazon say that drivers can't accept cash and I don't think you can add the tip on later.
I don't really like how Tipping is deemed necessary and added to your bill automatically as I feel an employer should pay their staff enough so that the customer doesn't feel obliged to tip but I know that's not how the world works.
Was I unreasonable?