@gnomie1 wrote:
First of all, I completely agree that tipping has gotten totally out of hand - nothing annoys me more than when paying with a credit card at fast food establishments one has to jump through hoops NOT to include a tip on some of the terminals - there is one place in particular that I really liked, but when paying the clerk stands over you watching if you leave a tip - my solution - I do not go there anymore.
On the other hand, I also frequent small, family owned take out restaurants where everyone, including the children, pitch in to help. Although it is take-out and no one actually served me, I always make sure to have singles in my bag and give each child $2.00 because not only are they trying to be helpful, there are so darn cute.
My tipping philosophy is dependent on each single situation. My Mom gets three newspapers delivered everyday and she has trouble bending down to pick them up. One day I noticed a small table by her front door and asked where it came from - on his own, the delivery person set it up and carefully places the papers there each morning so Mom does not have to bend down - you better believe he got an amazing holiday tip and I tip him very generously each month - he went out of his way to make someone's life much easier. Same for car service drivers who go out of their way to make life easier for Mom.
Furniture delivery is hard, back breaking work and unless unionized (which very few are) are not paid that well, even in big metropolitan areas - again, it depends on the circumstance - if they are messy or cause damage, no tip. On the other hand, if they do there job correctly and depending on the number of items, $10 each - if they go above and beyond, $20 each and I always say - lunch is on me.
Each circumstance is different and unique and I tip accordingly - however, when pressured to tip, I never do.
@gnomie1
Door-Dash doesn't just deliver food, she also goes shopping for customers, including drug stores, groceries, even the Dollar store (they're the worst tippers!)
Over the holiday last weekend, she had a Walgreens order to deliver and her instructions were to leave package at the main office, who delivers packages their doors.
It was an elderly woman and the package was her prescriptions, but she didn't realize that her main office was closed due to the holidays.
She called Door-Dash back as she was handicapped and had no way to retrieve the package nor had anyone who could help her.
Even though she added a tip to her order originally, she offered additional payment to Door-Dash + another tip, since it was her mistake, if someone could pick it back up and take it to her door.
DD was contacted and gladly retrieved her meds and delivered it to her door, neither Door-Dash nor DD would accept any additional $$.
You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.
Blogs & Forums
