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There are a few on my route that would embrace this. They are Amazon addicts. Over 550 parcel deliveries a year. Trust has been won by Amazon.

AnkhMorporkian 9y ago
Wait, 550 to one house? That's... amazing. I had 43 this year and I thought I was a hopeless case.
- losteverything 9y ago
  I got a small route (all residential) and have delivered over 15,000 parcels ytd. Less than half is Amazon but Amazon is by far the most Edit: if u are wondering.. Stay at home new mother (now "new" 2+ yrs ago) is absolute gold. Locked into ultimate convenience. 2-3 packages a day. Wont trust Amazon Fresh. Tried once. Never again
  - AnkhMorporkian 9y ago
    I like Pantry, but I live in a small town where Fresh isn't available. Thanks for the warning though.
TrueGeek 9y ago
We get tons of Amazon boxes plus a 30 lbs bag of dog food every Wednesdays from Chewy.com. I've always felt bad for our UPS driver. He's a nice guy, very carefull with the boxes and almost always wraps them in plastic if it's going to rain. What should we get him for Christmas?
- losteverything 9y ago
  A. Cash B. Cash C. Cash No dunkin, please. No bottles of wine, please. No home made cookies, please. No gift cards, please. Cash is best and greatly appreciated. Look at it this way... If everyone gives cash it is a nice stash. (only 43% tip me and i bust my butt) Having 10 $5-15 dunkin cards (the most i had one year was $135 Dunkin. And i don't even like dunkin!) cant buy your spouse a nice christmas gift How much? My range is $5-$400. $35 is a sound number
  - bad_good_guy 9y ago
    I'm sorry, but I'm not sure if I understand. You are complaining that _only_ 43% of the people you deliver to tip you? Why does a delivery person get tips? We are already paying for delivery...
    - losteverything 9y ago
      Tips are optional. Often, people who came up from the working class tip because they recall crappy pay, poor conditions etc when they started and appreciate my hard work with a tip. Others do not look at it that way and have your own thinking. Im okay with either. I get it. Many of my patrons are unemployed due to retirement, living off interest and savings. They all tip. The young up-and-commers hardly tip. I think it's because the young had a different kind of life (ie easier) than the older retired generation.
      - woolvalley 9y ago
        I think it depends on if you got tips when you worked your crappy jobs. If you got tips, then you give tips. If you worked minimum wage jobs that didn't get tips, then you get resentful of the entire tipping culture and only tip when socially necessary.
    - aspett 9y ago
      Why does a waiter get tips? You're already paying for the service.
    - iak8god 9y ago
      I wouldn't even know how to go about tipping my delivery person(s). I started home delivery of a newspaper last fall and the service got pretty bad right after the holidays (the paper is now consistently halfway down the lawn rather than on the covered front porch, where it was ending up consistently before Dec 2016). I'd be happy to tip, but the billing and payment is all handled online, and this is a person I've literally never laid eyes on. Parcel delivery suffers from the same problem. I'm a heavy user of Amazon, but never present when UPS comes.

AnkhMorporkian 9y ago

Wait, 550 to one house? That's... amazing. I had 43 this year and I thought I was a hopeless case.

losteverything 9y ago
I got a small route (all residential) and have delivered over 15,000 parcels ytd. Less than half is Amazon but Amazon is by far the most Edit: if u are wondering.. Stay at home new mother (now "new" 2+ yrs ago) is absolute gold. Locked into ultimate convenience. 2-3 packages a day. Wont trust Amazon Fresh. Tried once. Never again
- AnkhMorporkian 9y ago
  I like Pantry, but I live in a small town where Fresh isn't available. Thanks for the warning though.

TrueGeek 9y ago

We get tons of Amazon boxes plus a 30 lbs bag of dog food every Wednesdays from Chewy.com. I've always felt bad for our UPS driver. He's a nice guy, very carefull with the boxes and almost always wraps them in plastic if it's going to rain. What should we get him for Christmas?

losteverything 9y ago
A. Cash B. Cash C. Cash No dunkin, please. No bottles of wine, please. No home made cookies, please. No gift cards, please. Cash is best and greatly appreciated. Look at it this way... If everyone gives cash it is a nice stash. (only 43% tip me and i bust my butt) Having 10 $5-15 dunkin cards (the most i had one year was $135 Dunkin. And i don't even like dunkin!) cant buy your spouse a nice christmas gift How much? My range is $5-$400. $35 is a sound number
- bad_good_guy 9y ago
  I'm sorry, but I'm not sure if I understand. You are complaining that _only_ 43% of the people you deliver to tip you? Why does a delivery person get tips? We are already paying for delivery...
  - losteverything 9y ago
    Tips are optional. Often, people who came up from the working class tip because they recall crappy pay, poor conditions etc when they started and appreciate my hard work with a tip. Others do not look at it that way and have your own thinking. Im okay with either. I get it. Many of my patrons are unemployed due to retirement, living off interest and savings. They all tip. The young up-and-commers hardly tip. I think it's because the young had a different kind of life (ie easier) than the older retired generation.
    - woolvalley 9y ago
      I think it depends on if you got tips when you worked your crappy jobs. If you got tips, then you give tips. If you worked minimum wage jobs that didn't get tips, then you get resentful of the entire tipping culture and only tip when socially necessary.
  - aspett 9y ago
    Why does a waiter get tips? You're already paying for the service.
  - iak8god 9y ago
    I wouldn't even know how to go about tipping my delivery person(s). I started home delivery of a newspaper last fall and the service got pretty bad right after the holidays (the paper is now consistently halfway down the lawn rather than on the covered front porch, where it was ending up consistently before Dec 2016). I'd be happy to tip, but the billing and payment is all handled online, and this is a person I've literally never laid eyes on. Parcel delivery suffers from the same problem. I'm a heavy user of Amazon, but never present when UPS comes.