Residential deliveries and tips

I delivered pizza when I was younger... You would be amazed at the amount of scum that wont tip you a dime for bringing them pizza.

 

they are NOT REQUIRED to even speak to you...where do you come up with this crap..???

 

Really. If they don't give you a tip do you ask for one?

 

I’ve worked for Pepsi and Sysco so most of the deliveries I did were to businesses. The one time I did delivery a special to a home I got tipped 20 bucks which was sweet, but I did not expect it cause I was doing my job. I do agree that it is the drivers job and that’s what they signed up for, but it is still nice to get a tip or free food(Which is what I mainly got). I had some furniture movers move a couch and love seat up 4 flights of stairs and take my old one down. I gave them 20 bucks a piece, some snacks and sodas for their work.

 

When I was at the bottom of the city board doing residentials with a liftgate all week, I would routinely be offered tips, more often than not by working class homes. I always tried to refuse them, sometimes they would allow it, others would insist. I never expected or sought a tip though. I was paid very well by the hour, and was happy to take care of the customer. If it took me a few extra minutes to make a better service experience for the customer, it was worth it. The way I saw it was that with such fierce competition in LTL right now and the AMZ unknown, it's the right thing to do for the company and my long term job stability to make the customer expect good LTL service as opposed to garbage Amazon level service.

Hell, I've even been asked if I want to come inside and "relax since her husband won't be home for a few hours" by a woman who's entire interaction with me was in a robe after dragging 6 skids of flooring into the garage. "Would love to but no thank you".

Take pride in being a professional.

ETA: Bringing a skid into a garage is NOT inside delivery.

 

My garbage person I do because of the service I get, always neat and on same days but now the postal, they get nothing, they can not hit the right box, some bills come a few months late and it is never right. and the junk mail is always there but important stuff? We really should not be tipping a service that is being paid for to be done right. mail goes into a box a few miles away from house, trash service will walk up to house and it is on a big hill.

 

My parents tried to do that once for Christmas. It was returned the next day with a warning about how it’s illegal to bribe a federal employee.

 

To show respect and gratitude for the great care taken and a job well done.