Tip the grocery delivery man

[Truth1981]

I'm so surprised reading some people's comments about this. They move around like 900kg of food Daily, up and down people's stairs and into their homes. Only an ignorant person who doesn't realise/care can be so indifferent in my opinion. I've done £100 pounds worth weekly shop, of course I'll spare £3 on the poor man/woman (they exist) who's job it is to do the dunkey work. Since when do parcels delivered weigh anything like groceries :((

I don’t agree with tipping at all. They get paid to do their job ... just like I do so why should I give them extra?

Well done. Have a medal 🏅

I NEVER tip

I've never tipped the supermarket delivery guy - I thought the supermarket didn't allow it?

I do tip takeaway delivery guys though.

I don’t buy groceries online byt my understanding is that if I did I would actually be paying a contribution towards the delivery man/woman’s wages. As such I can’t see any reason why I should be expected to provide additional income to them. I do think people who do something and refers to others who don’t as being ignorant are moronic.

And how would the supermarket know,
To not allow it :O

It's a tough physical job and rather personal, delivering into your home.

I think it would be best to contact the store and give some good feedback rather than try and tip.
Also as a PP said I wouldn't have thought they could accept a tip.

I wouldn't fancy their job. Deadlines, traffic etc.

The poor man/ woman

How patronising.

I always tip, they only have to bring it to your door but it's often brings it in, especially now I'm visibly pregnant. It's a service, and the same way you'd tip a waitress/waiter floor good service, if they're polite, friendly, deal with any swaps and bring your shopping in of course you tip. Mind you when I was young and waitressed you'd have families who'd come in absolutely trash the place, smearn I've cream in the seats, laugh as their children three things in the floor, and you'd smile and clean up after their awful children, fetch them colouring, make them balloon animals, show them magic tricks (TGI Friday's - expected by the company but way above the remit of a minimum wage waitress) and they'd leave you nothing. Some people are just entitled.

This occurred to me, when I realised friends of mine who happily give a fiver to the guy who takes their luggage at a hotel, bulked at doing the same for this sort of service. That's all

I don't tip.

I tip.
One delivery man said he never took tips, he wasn't offended in any way so that was OK.
Everyone else is happy to take a tip.
You don't have to, for example if you have no small change one day don't worry but they always (except that one I mentioned), seem very pleased to receive a token of appreciation.

They don't earn a great deal and do quite a lot, a tip seems reasonable and not patronising.

Wtf?! Should I tip everyone who provides me a service? Bin man? Lady who serves me in corner shop? Dentist? Ridiculous

I don't tip them.

I tip takeaway delivery drivers, the hairdresser's, nail techs, in restaurants, cabs.

It wouldn't occur to me to tip the supermarket delivery driver (I don't have it delivered) but if it and i did I'd give them a pound i suppose.

@LuckyAmy1986 tipping binmen is where the boxing day came from apparently.

*the term boxing day came from

I always tip at least 15% as I live up 3 flights of stairs, buy a lot of bottled water and am in the US so it’s expected. If I tried £3 or $5 they’d probably dump it on the front step and refuse to carry it up next time! There’s a tip box next to where you sign the receipt and they just charge you card so no cash, no problem. Or if it’s whole foods via amazon a 15% tip is the default option. Personally I think there’s something pretty patronising about giving coins, if I was in the UK I probably wouldn’t bother but if I was going to then I’d at least give a fiver.

So do you tip them then Eliza?

I hope you realise OP that some people are barely scrimping by themselves and can’t afford to tip. Would that make them
Ignorant?

If you use Sainsburys and call the store to let them know that the person delivering to you goes above and beyond or simply that they do an excellent job they can be rewarded by the company with "love points" that goes onto a card for them and can be used in exchange for goods, much like any other loyalty card. You're not directly tipping the driver but they are being recognised for their hard effort.

I don't tip the delivery man as I've already paid for delivery and I don't tip the checkout staff in the shop.

I don't think Boxing Day came from money given to binmen! It was the master of a big house who'd give a box of gifts to the servants, wasn't it?

I pay for delivery, I live in a ground floor flat, if I had them drag it up three flights of stairs I might tip but as it is I don’t

I hate tipping in general. Employers should pay a decent wage and not have their employees rely on the whims of customers to make up essential earnings. I hate the social minefield of when to tip and how much

I do if I think they have gone the extra mile - pleasant banter, particularly heavy shopping, tipping it down -they're not very well paid, under £10 an hour.
You never know, it could make their day!