Residential deliveries and tips

Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by nebulabass, Feb 6, 2019.

  1. mud23609

    mud23609 Medium Load Member

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    Pizza drivers get tips because they are low wage employees. Would you like your wage reduced to minimum wage so you can get tips?
     
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  3. mud23609

    mud23609 Medium Load Member

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    Also they usually use their own cars and gas. You up for that too?
     
  4. JReding

    JReding Road Train Member

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    In jobs that typically involve tipping, that tip is based on a standard percentage of the bill, and can be adjusted based on whether the server met the standard of care, or exceeded or fell short. Do you think the percentage standard ought to apply here as well?
     
  5. nebulabass

    nebulabass Bobtail Member

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    I had a guy come out to replace my windshield last week and I gave him a tip. You should tip people who come out to your house.
     
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  6. JReding

    JReding Road Train Member

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    Do you tip your mailman? And the garbage man?
     
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  7. nebulabass

    nebulabass Bobtail Member

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    I try to be very polite. It is supposed to be curbside delivery. I make the extra effort to drag this heavy freight into their garages. Should I just leave this freight on the curbside at the street and say sorry my company will charge you an extra $100 something dollars for inside delivery?
     
  8. JReding

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    I ought to add, when I was working LTL, I got tips from about 4 customers over an 18 year stint with the company I was with. And that was only because the customer was absolutely insistent on me getting the tip. I always refused the tips when offered because I was doing my job and getting paid well enough to do it.
     
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  9. Grumppy

    Grumppy Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    And somewhere there is a young man wheeling out groceries to neulabass's car... and wondering why he didnt get a tip......
    right along with the garbage man....
    the cable guy......
    the plumber....
    the guy that delivered that 500 lb freezer....
    the list goes on & on.

    Do you tip everyone that does something for you? I doubt it... especially if its not traditionally expected by you or the person providing the service.

    Here's my thing with this.
    I tip wait staff.... IF they provide service over & beyond what anyone else would typically do. Being a southern boy, drink a LOT of tea. If my wait staff fills my tea or brings me an extra glass or brings me a pitcher of tea, he automatically gets 15%. Other services he provides above & beyond his normal duties, the tip goes up from there. If he just brings my food & comes back to bring my ticket, I got no service, so he gets no tip. And if she provides a little cleavage etc, the tip went up. I can go to Sonic & get a burger, but all they do is skate out, bring my food & take my money. That's what she is paid to do... anything extra, she gets a tip.

    I think you get my point. So my question is, what extra services... over & above your job... or above what someone else would have done in that same situation, did you do for the customer that wasn't expected?
     
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  10. JReding

    JReding Road Train Member

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    So you expect a tip simply to put their stuff in the garage? And I have to say, I’ve always hated accessorial charges, I never charged the customer for something that took an extra five seconds to do. Of course I always put the product in a garage, unless the customer specified that I leave it outside in the driveway.

    I’m forgetting something here, I have more to add... it’ll come back to me in a minute.
     
  11. Kshaw0960

    Kshaw0960 Road Train Member

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    I tip when I get something for my money. I tip my mechanic because he will get my truck first. I tip my trash man because he brings my trash can back to my house. I tip my UPS driver because he puts my packages over my fence. I tip the pizza man because he leaves the store with multiple orders and I want mine first.
     
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