Tip the Peapod driver?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are people tipping for Peapod? There's a delivery fee included in the price. Do you tip the mailman each time mail is delivered? We get dry cleaning delivered in the building and no one ever tips, so why would you tip for grocery delivery, especially if it's already paid... Deliverymen make more than minimum wage, so it's not like in restaurant.

The deliveryman carries my groceries into the kitchen. I tip $10.

Once I had someone refuse and say, "This is door to door service" and the groceries inside my front door. I did not tip that week.

[Anonymous]

There was a discussion on here about this before. That's when I decided not to use Peapod. I don't mind paying a little extra in the grocery price to have items delivered. I just can't justify spending the extra money on tip too. If I can't tip, should I not use their service? Would the delivery man rather have more customers or only customers that tip?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All these people calling other people cheap, and no simple definition of how you know when you don't need to tip.

My attitude is, I'm sort of sick of feeling obligated to tip, feeling cheap if it isn't perceived as "enough", and never knowing when it is an is not appropriate. Everyone knows restaurant servers are bent over a barrel with their pay, so thats one thing, but everyone else?

I'd rather check out altogether, and just not use your service. With Peapod I'm already paying a noticeable markup on most of the items in their inventory, and on top of that I'm cheap if I don't tip?

Nuts to that, I'll just take an hour of my life to hit the grocery store.

Here let me fix this for you...

"Nuts to that, I'll just take an hour of my life to hit the STORE FOR POORS."

[Anonymous]

OT but can you say "nuts" in front of your boss. Or is that like saying "shit", crap or the f-word?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Drivers at peapod make 10/hr and they get union fees deducted every week. So that's not a lot. Tip your peapod driver

More than a waitress
I agree with tipping waitresses and hair dressers, others no

[Anonymous]

This whole chain is hilarious!

[Anonymous]

there was an anonymous posting that the peapod drivers make $14/hr. and average $10K a year in tips.

[Anonymous]

I tip where it's expected, and tip generously when the service warrants it. I can afford to do so, and I know how much a low paying job sucks because I've been there in the past. I know servers in restaurants are normally paid under minimum wage, and I rarely tip under 15% unless they're asking for it with their attitude...it's usually 20%. I also have special dietary needs which usually results in a complex order. Do I feel like I have to tip them extra for that? Certainly not, but they are generally very accommodating and pleasant about it, so I reflect that in the tip.

Other services I do generally tip, but not always. It depends on the circumstances and the quality of service provided. If I feel that having something delivered has saved me time and aggravation (and even the cost of gas these days), and the delivery person is pleasant, they're certainly going to get a tip. Peapod employees have always treated me well, and have therefore been tipped. I usually do $5 for a smaller order, $10 for a larger one (or something in between if I have singles).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Drivers at peapod make 10/hr and they get union fees deducted every week. So that's not a lot. Tip your peapod driver

i make the same as the drivers but i have no car and the local store is 5 miles away. i buy 2 weeks at a time, use coupons, and spend as close to the hundred minimum as possible. i tip $5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:they send out coupons for free delivery sometimes, so that will save you $7 or whatever it is. look for them in your email.

The delivery was about $10 I think, totally worth it, but each item was more expensive than it would be if I bought it in the store, so it's like paying for delivery with each item. Still worth it, but maybe not every week.

Thanks for pointing this out. I didn't even notice, but wondered why it seemed expensive at the end...

Because it's just about the most expensive way possible to purchase groceries.

[Anonymous]

I always tip my peapod driver as well. 10% is the number I use. These guys work hard, and in my mine deserve a nice gesture for their time/work.


Dan
Chicago, IL

[Anonymous]

One thing about tipping: if you Americans go to Europe you always count every cent you get back from taxi drivers ect...and yet wages in Europe are in many places 2x - 3x lower than here. You guys have a huge salary (imagine living on 500$ monthly, with lowest rent around 250$, extra utilities around 150$ minimum). And these people don't get tips and still provide good service. While in USA I see people considering not doing the service if you don't tip them 15-20%. Talk about greed!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:there was an anonymous posting that the peapod drivers make $14/hr. and average $10K a year in tips.

Well, in Europe (for example) as someone with a graduate degree in a good job, I get 9$/h (as calc from eur). So don't tell me, how poor you are.

[Anonymous]

I tip well at restaurants. Those people make less than minimum wage.

Judging by the reports here, the Peapod driver makes more than I do. Perhaps I should be quitting my job & applying at Peapod so I can make several more dollars an hour plus tips from all you people who seem to have all this extra money.

[Anonymous]

peapod drivers make 10.25 to start, you are SUPPOSED TO TIP!