A reader writes:
I have question for you and your followers: when you use the carry out service at the grocery store, should you tip the person helping you?
A reader writes:
I have question for you and your followers: when you use the carry out service at the grocery store, should you tip the person helping you?
Yes, of course she should tip them. This person is probably making minimum wage, and provided a service for you. Heck in this weather you should double the tip!
I may be mistaken, but I didn’t think they’re allowed to take tips.
if you’re talking about someone carrying your bags to your car, yes. He’s not paid to do that and it takes extra effort on his/her part.
Depends. If the weather is lousy or I have lots of packages, then yes I offer a tip. If they say no then they get a big thank you. And if I judge they want the tip but say no, I put it in their pocket.
Anyone who provides a service of any kind can and should receive a tip. Whether it’s a baggage handler at an airport, the usher who finds your seat at a sporting event and wipes it down before you sit in it, a massage therapist, a barber, a doorman, a waiter or a
waitress, there are few among us that don’t welcome a couple of extra bucks and the appreciation of a job well done.
i actually overheard a conversation in a Hannaford parking lot between a customer and an employee that just carried out their bags. After she handed the young man a tip, he said, “we are actually supposed to tell you that we can’t accept tips… But…” And she insisted because it was so cold and in this weather, they should get tips… I believe he took it. Was that right of him to do?
most companies do not allow their employees to accept tips. Some places like shoprite have a 1-800 you can call and give a good review for the employee and they will get some type of gift card for like $5