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It's been a while: how much are you supposed to tip the grocery delivery guy? -- nm

Posted by ty97 Mar 23 '15, 12:38

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We'd always give the guy 5 bucks -- nm - CQ Mar 23, 13:19 1
- oh, yeah. In the city, 15% or more depending on stairs and all that -- nm - CQ Mar 23, 13:20
I don't want to be judgey or anything, but you ain't no kind of man if you don't carry your own groceries. -- nm - Max Mar 23, 13:17
I would do 11 - 15%. More if the deliveryperson has to climb stairs. -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:03 2
- but what if he's cute? -- nm - decline Mar 23, 13:04 1
  - 15% plus a phone number. -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:18
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This can't be a real thing. -- nm - David Mar 23, 12:43 39
- I'm sure that was the afterschool job of numerous teens in 80's movies. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 23, 12:57 2
  - I was a bagger at a grocery store as a kid and we used to pack for deliveries all the time (though people did come in and buy and then have them - pmb Mar 23, 13:02 1
    - In Canada in the 60s (ouch!) I'd grocery shop in my lunch hour and the groceries would be outside my door when I got home. - Meg Mar 23, 13:21
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- True story, back in the 1930's and '40's my grandmother shopped at the 1st Wegmans. She would give the grocer her list - decline Mar 23, 12:47 30
  - in addition to the delivery-only businesses (FreshDirect, Peapod), many/most grocers here (include Trader Joe's and Whole Foods) will delivery. - ty97 Mar 23, 12:49 29
    - Stop making stuff up. -- nm - David Mar 23, 12:54
    - Is this like some kind of NYC-based stealth bragging then? Why wouldn't you just google this -- nm - con_carne Mar 23, 12:53 27
      - ? -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:07
      - No. (How would this even be bragging? Plenty of cities have these services). - ty97 Mar 23, 12:59 24
        
        I first started using grocery delivery when I had knee surgery and was living alone. - Diva Mar 23, 13:06
        
        I have seriously only heard of this as a thing from my grandparents' store in the 1950s. - David Mar 23, 13:04 12
        
        When we lived in NYC, we'd get beer and liquor and smokes delivered -- nm - CQ Mar 23, 13:22 5
        
        You and the Droogs? -- nm - David Mar 23, 13:24 2
        
        I have a predilection for classical music, mainly Beethoven. -- nm - CQ Mar 23, 13:32
        
        *snort!* -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:27
        
        you were living right. -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:24 1
        
        You know how friends would come over, no one wanted to go out in the cold, oh, let's order more beer! -- nm - CQ Mar 23, 13:28
        
        you've never heard of Peapod? -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:06 5
        
        the peapod i knew was a $$$maturnity boutique with organic fiber fair trade sustainable farmed clothing -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 23, 13:13 1
        
        that's Pea In the Pod. -- nm - Diva Mar 23, 13:18
        
        or Plan-it Organic -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 13:07 1
        
        Judging from their web page, I think that's one guy with a truck. -- (link) - David Mar 23, 13:12
        
        After googling, nope. -- nm - David Mar 23, 13:07
        
        hell, not even cities. We've go those services around the boondocks where I live - decline Mar 23, 13:02 2
        
        Speaking of which, this topic would have made for a good episode of The Boondocks -- nm - prayformojo Mar 23, 13:06
        
        oh I knew that :) -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 13:03
        
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        The rats. -- nm - David Mar 23, 13:03 5
        
        They don't actually talk, that's just a move thing. - ty97 Mar 23, 13:04 4
        
        Do they make eye contact and eat all the food in your cabinets or is that a movie thing, too? -- nm - David Mar 23, 13:05 3
        
        They leave your cabinet alone as long as you leave a bit of filet mignon in the corner for them. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 13:06 2
        
        How did you ween off of truffles? -- nm - David Mar 23, 13:08 1
        
        Allistair's blood pressure was getting high so I convinced him and Annabelle to tone down the sweets. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 13:10
      - hey - why so aggressive today? -- nm - Andie Mar 23, 12:57
- It's been a thing for so long that even *Amazon* does it now. -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 12:45 3
  - (Amazon Prime Fresh only $299!) -- (link) - ty97 Mar 23, 12:51
  - i used to do it - when i didn't have a car i'd periodically order the larger/heavier items and then supplement with fresh stuff i'd big up a couple - Andie Mar 23, 12:48 1
    - I used it semi-regularly in Chicago (especially in winter) because the grocery store wasn't that close. - ty97 Mar 23, 12:50
not as much as the marijuana delivery guy -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 23, 12:42
50 cents a bag and a Gilbert Grape soda. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Mar 23, 12:42
us 99%-ers can't afford to have groceries delivered. We need to actually carry our bags from the store. -- nm - decline Mar 23, 12:41 3
- FreshDirect sent me a mailer for $50 off a $125 order (up to two orders!) so I figured what the hell. - ty97 Mar 23, 12:47 2
  - that is pretty awesome -- nm - Epiphany Mar 23, 12:49
  - tip him the 50 bucks and make his day! -- nm - decline Mar 23, 12:48

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