Tipping/Gratuities

[kaneohegirlinaz]

I was aware that you should tip people for good service, assisting you and so on.
I always give a tip to:
Porters
Cab drivers
Hair dresser
Housekeeping
Maid Service
... to name a few.

What I did not know was that I should have been giving a gratuity to what I found out is a "Curbie", the folks that bring out your curbside pickups.
Since the SIP was put in place, what, 2-3 years ago, I have utilized this service regularly for my own household as well my Mother's.
I did a pick up the other day and for the very first time, I waited 30 minutes for my groceries, very unusual.
As I sat in the parking lot, I watched several other cars pull in, get their goods and hand the employee a tip ... WHAT?!
Why didn't someone tell me this? Is this why I had to ask where was my delivery THREE TIMES? Do they keep a "she doesn't tip, take your time on her order" list?

 

[medtran49]

Do they keep a "she doesn't tip, take your time on her order" list?

More than likely.

 

[caseydog]

I rarely use subside pickup for groceries, and never tip. I have done it for curbside pickup of restaurant foods. That is often done by a waiter, and in Texas, waiter's live off of tips, since their minimum wage is about $2.50/hour.

CD

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

More than likely.

As I was sitting in my blazing hot car during the Summer in Arizona, waiting for my groceries and watching these other folks who came after I did, gotta be!!!
When this curbside-sorta-business first started, I went to Walmart and I asked the nice kid if I could give him some money, he replied that they were not suppose to do so ... so I never thought about it again.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

I rarely use subside pickup for groceries, and never tip. I have done it for curbside pickup of restaurant foods. That is often done by a waiter, and in Texas, waiter's live off of tips, since their minimum wage is about $2.50/hour.

CD

It depends on where I'm getting a restaurant pick-up from.
We have a BBQ joint (they now have three of them in the area) that does not share tips off of credit cards with the employees

 

[TastyReuben]

Kroger is adamant about allowing no tipping for their curbside workers, and the one time I tried, they flatly refused:

Restaurant curbside delivery, I imagine, would be a different story. I’ve never ordered curbside from a restaurant, but I’d assume if it’s a place you’d normally tip, like a sit-down place, then tipping would be fine, but if it’s a fast food place, then no real need to do so, but it would possibly be welcomed.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

We're too far out of town for any delivery services ...

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Kroger is adamant about allowing no tipping for their curbside workers, and the one time I tried, they flatly refused:

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Restaurant curbside delivery, I imagine, would be a different story. I’ve never ordered curbside from a restaurant, but I’d assume if it’s a place you’d normally tip, like a sit-down place, then tipping would be fine, but if it’s a fast food place, then no real need to do so, but it would possibly be welcomed.

WHAT?!

It was Fry's aka Kroger's that I went to and saw them being tipped and passing me by ... HMMMM!

 

[TastyReuben]

WHAT?!

It was Fry's aka Kroger's that I went to and saw them being tipped and passing me by ... HMMMM!

Maybe management there doesn’t enforce it?

Fry’s shows the same thing:

Why do I feel like I just got a bunch of Fry’s workers in trouble?

 

[caseydog]

Kroger is adamant about allowing no tipping for their curbside workers, and the one time I tried, they flatly refused:

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Restaurant curbside delivery, I imagine, would be a different story. I’ve never ordered curbside from a restaurant, but I’d assume if it’s a place you’d normally tip, like a sit-down place, then tipping would be fine, but if it’s a fast food place, then no real need to do so, but it would possibly be welcomed.

Like I said, Texas is NOT a worker-friendly state. Profits are for business owners, executives, and shareholders, NOT for the riff-raff that do all the actual work.

CD

 

[medtran49]

When this curbside-sorta-business first started, I went to Walmart and I asked the nice kid if I could give him some money, he replied that they were not suppose to do so ... so I never thought about it again.

They aren't at Walmart. I've offered and been turned down with a no thank, we're not allowed.

I've had tips turned down at Home Depot as well, but other times they will take tips.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

The ladies that we use for housecleaning, for our home and my Mother's apartment, I tip them on every visit, which is once a month.
$10 for our house (1500 square feet) and $5 for Mom's place (about 700 square feet).
I'd rather do that than wait until the end of year and give them a Christmas bonus.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Maybe management there doesn’t enforce it?

Fry’s shows the same thing:
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Why do I feel like I just got a bunch of Fry’s workers in trouble?

DH wants me to make a written complaint to Fry's aka Kroger's, but that one gal didn't have a name tag on.
And as I thinking about it, she was the only one of the worker-bees that got tipped. She was the very one that I contacted that "I have arrived" with my stall number ... THIRTY MINUTES later, I see her LEAVE!

Still no groceries!
I go INSIDE the delivery bay and ask where's my stuff?