soapdragon Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Do you tip your online grocery delivery person? We had our 1st del this week and he was lovely....he did hang around for a split second after we'd unpacked and both OH and I felt a bit awkward - should we have tipped? Given that it costs £4.00 we thought not but felt a bit non plussed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 No - I've never tipped, and never had them hang around either. I use Ocado - as you say, you've paid for the service but even if it was free I wouldn't tip. If (rarely) I have a takeaway delivered I usually round up the price, to save them looking for change and because I don't think they earn much. I wouldn't expect to tip a supermarket delivery though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahjayne Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I work for a well known supermarket, our delivery drivers don't expect to be tipped, and if they are company policy does not allow them to keep it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Give him/her a box of eggs, offer the use of toilet or a slice of home made cake, little things like that mean a lot. I am a cleaner and really appreciate it when a client leaves me some sweeties, a bag of home grown veg or other treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Definitely no tip from me Never even considered it. I don't tip my postie , couriers, dustmen ...I once let a courier use my toilet - big mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 No from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 The thought never crossed my mind. The only thing they get from me is politeness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 The thought never crossed my mind either.I find the whole tipping idea a nightmare.Especially at hair dressers,the girl I go to is the owner so I don't tip,but the juniors who wash I do .I used to give £2 but saw someone giving a fiver so now I feel mean,also at restaurants,when service is mediocre I still feel obliged to tip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Agree, tipping is a total nightmare - when and when not to tip, how much to tip, flippin' nightmare. It's one of the things that sort of puts me off having online grocery deliveries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Speaking from experience, staff where I work are not allowed to accept tips anyhow (not that I have ever been offered one!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 No tip for my delivery man. Never occurred to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 No tip for my delivery man. Never occurred to me. Nor me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Mmmm no one tips me for syringing their ears or doing their smear. I did get 4 packs of biccies recently - a pts son is a manager at a factory - my sons thought it was great and scoffed the lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I am not often at the GP surgery but when I do go I leave packet of posh biscuits or box of After Eights (from poundshop) with reception so everyone at the practice gets something. I always offer refreshments to delivery peeps and workmen, tip postie and bin men at Christmas, I get my hair done at the local tech so tip well there. When I go somewhere such as an eatery I tip for good service only but always contact the Head Office/manager the next day to compliment on good service/pleasant staff/spotless toilets. Maybe it is because I worked in retail for so many years at minimum wage, minuscule thanks with maximum abuse. I love my current job (self employed cleaner) and it does mean a lot when a client leaves me a treat or gives me a gift at Christmas. When one of my elderly clients went into a nursing home her family sent me a huge bouquet to show their appreciation of all that I did for their Mother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Mrs B - I will send you our surgery address. Patients like you are lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlina Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I gave the Ocado delivery guy a tip at Xmas as I was feeling generous. Never do any other time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatieB Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I don't understand tipping etiquette. When I was at university I had lots of part time jobs. Now generally speaking waitresses get tips, bar staff don't yet are just as lowly paid and in my experience its a much harder job. Why do certain people get tips? Tipping makes me feel awkward. I don't get tipped yet I provide a service. I rarely even get a thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share Posted June 6, 2014 Having had a delivery whilst we were on hol - and it was easier - I booked another for the afternoon of our return. The boys have to take a packed lunch as there is no kitchen at school so, living in a village, I do need to be organised. Great experience...lovely 'older' chap delivered about an hour after we got home and, when I offered him a cold drink and use of the loo (in spite of the previous post ) he said I was only the 2nd person to do so in 10 months However, I will go back to 'proper' shopping next week but will certainly use the online again, should circumstances dictate! One Luddite with a sense of satisfaction PS They didn't have the wine I had ordered so subsituted with a better one at the same price - RESULT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I almost always use online grocery shopping... 1. I hate shopping with a vengeance, especially supermarkets 2. I rarely have the time to go shopping 3. I can almost never park near my house, sometimes not even in the same street, so unpacking the car is a nightmare. 4. I spend less when shopping online. I have used both Te$co and Sainsburys in the past, but now stick to Ocado; their price promise means that they are rarely more expensive than the others, and their food quality is far better, so fresh produce lasts a lot longer. Fruit and veg usually comes form farmers' markets or firends who grow organically (the latter swap it for chicken manure!) and our meat comes from a local free range butcher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
