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Do you tip your supermarket delivery man?

27 replies

Flum · 13/10/2004 20:01

My shopping just arrived from a well known supermarket chain. The delivery man was lovely and very helpful.

Do you tip?

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pesme · 13/10/2004 20:02

Gosh these modern times! Don't know as I haven't ever done this as I find shopping for groceries online excruciating.

princesspeahead · 13/10/2004 20:02

no, not on a weekly basis, but I have the same guy every week (more or less) so I give him a card with £20 at xmas. he was delighted last year, clearly didn't get tipped much. he now gives me handfuls of £10 vouchers, so it was a good investment!

SoupDragon · 13/10/2004 20:02

No way!

hmb · 13/10/2004 20:04

I don't on a weekly basis but I will at xmas.

GeorginaA · 13/10/2004 20:05

Nope, in fact Sainsburys somewhere on their site actually tell you not to tip the delivery driver.

SoupDragon · 13/10/2004 20:05

Do yours do anything above what they are paid to do? Mine never go out of their way to be helpful at all.

hmb · 13/10/2004 20:08

Mine is very sweet. In fact we have two are they are both fab. One just got married and brought me the photos to see!

motherinferior · 13/10/2004 20:08

Don't get a supermarket delivery. Do get an organic box, delivered to my kitchen by charming young man. Don't tip. Do ogle.

SoftFroggie · 13/10/2004 20:13

Surely he should charge extra for the ogling, or is it included in the box price?

jodee · 13/10/2004 20:17

No - I mean where would you stop?

I love my currys but I wouldn't tip the guy, nor the DHL man!

motherinferior · 13/10/2004 20:18

I do wonder how he would interpret a tip, you know

sallystrawberry · 13/10/2004 20:21

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GeorginaA · 13/10/2004 20:32

But but but ... I pay a delivery fee - shouldn't that cover it?! (okay, I don't... because I get it delivered on a Tuesday, but it's the principle).

I don't tip the pizza delivery man either because I order online using Switch... are you supposed to?

hoxtonchick · 13/10/2004 21:03

don't do online shopping. always tip takeaway delivery guys.

hmb · 13/10/2004 21:04

Yeh, but I pay my rates but I still give the bin men some beers at christmas. I pay my cleaner but she gets a present too. I pay for stanps but the postie gets a few cans too.

scaltygirl · 13/10/2004 21:06

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GeorginaA · 13/10/2004 21:09

Hmm, maybe.

I dunno. Tipping just annoys me. I believe strongly in employers paying a living wage rather than employees having to subsidize their earnings with tips.

Catbert · 13/10/2004 21:10

I was once given an appalled look by a friend that I never (even thought of it) tipped my pizza delivery boy! Now I am feeling worried I am doing my lovely Tescos delivery men (who are very reliable, helpful, chatty, pleasant etc) a disservice by not tipping them!

However, isn't this a cultural thing? I remember a German taxi driver telling me the british were the worst at tipping, and the Americans the best! It's very much in the American culture (so I believe) to tip at every given opportunity!

However, you probably "are not allowed" but I will make sure to make my Tescos chaps a christmas card with something in it now although there are several, and where will it all end I wonder!

However, I'm not tipping bloody "we're on a contract from the council, and won't take your bin if it's been moved five yards from it's designated position" bin men any more. Bastards.

And they broke my gate with their lorry.

hmb · 13/10/2004 21:11

Agree, mind you our cleaner (who is wonderful and I would marry if I was a bloke) sets her own wage, well above the minimum rate and I am pathetically happy to pay it, as she is all they keeps me from being on that awful program on TV. So even tho I know she gets a good wage, I still feel she deserves something extra at Christmas. I always liked getting a christmas bonus after all . Now I'm a secondary teacher I don't get anything .

LipstickMum · 13/10/2004 21:12

Oh my, where will it all end?

marthamoo · 13/10/2004 21:13

Good grief no! I wouldn't have thought they would be allowed to accept it, tbh.

GeorginaA · 13/10/2004 21:18

I think cleaners are slightly different as they are in your home and there's more of a relationship there and you place a certain amount of trust with them.

Have never even seen the face of our milkman!

Binmen... maybe. They have been REALLY good with ds1 this year who went through a bit of a bin lorry obsession. They always waved back which was very sweet. But there's six of them - what are you supposed to give without bankrupting yourself?!

We get a lot of different postmen here too... can think of at least 4 fairly regular ones.

Can feel me getting more broke by the minute. Where's my tip for being a great mother, eh?!

Catbert · 13/10/2004 21:26

I agree it's a nice thing to do when there is some sort of "relationship" there, like the so called once upon a times, when you would be happy to wave a cheery hallo to your bin men, when Postman Pat really did exist (!) et al! Would be more than happy to tip my cleaner! Would have to find one first! Damnit!

Hairdressers are ALWAYS paid good tips! I ahve two hairdresser friends, who are inundated with tips (despite being owners of their own salons, so paid well enough!) and when one's wife just had a baby, they were deluged with gifts and flowers from clients! A good example of the service + relationship bond that warrants a bit "extra".

I am always complaining about the service in this country!

Lesle · 13/10/2004 21:45

We had 'Christmas' at ours last year and I tipped the guy who delivered our food as the order was enormous and I was so ridiculously grateful that I hadn't had to go to the supermarket and do it myself with an 8 week old in tow!

We now have a cleaner and I will give her something at Christmas as she has transformed my life (pathetic, I know but no exaggeration) - was thinking of a gift but perhaps she'd prefer cash?

Agree that you should only tip if they have done something exceptional or if you have the same person regularly and have built a relationship. Or really, where will it end? Tipping the postman???

SoftFroggie · 13/10/2004 21:52

Motherinferior