Do I tip or not ??

On a previous thread on this topic a few months ago, I said I always tipped our Asda/Tesco delivery drivers £5 during lockdown.
Now I'm not tipping. Dont use cash when shopping on high street so its difficult to get change for a tip.

One delivery man from Tesco told me that they were not allowed to accept tips. I don’t tip my hairdresser as I think he charges enough, I’m in and out in 20mins and he charges me £45 for a cut and blow dry and he’s the owner of the salon. We always tip our Postman and newspaper delivery man at Christmas and always tip in restaurants.
A few weeks ago we had a man in to do some work in the kitchen and my husband gave him £20 as a thank you, he was self employed by a company who paid him £120 a day which isn’t a lot and he was a very nice man and he did a good job.

No need to tip.

I only tip my Sainsbury's delivery driver at Christmas but I ask if they would like a bottle of water when I'm handing back the empty crates and most accept.

They get the living wage here, 1560€ per month a friend was a manager in one of the stores and DD asked him.
They deliver to 4 floors here automatically so down one is normal.
As I said I have never used this service before, the only online I use at all is for an online Toy shop called Dreamland and they use Bpost, our Royal Mail.

We always tip our ocado man £5

I only give tips for takeaway deliveries, I think those are usually low paid. I don't think delivery drivers in general are paid based on the expectation of a tip.

Because people in the restaurant industry are often paid on the expectation of tips I like to be safe.

I think i would at Christmas time, especially if it was a regular person. We always use to put money in an envelope for our postman with a card thanking him, now we never see our postman as he calls at all times of the day, sometimes at 7pm!!!

I always do, whoever is delivering.

Would you usually tip for a service like this in Belgium?

We wouldn't in Denmark, so I think you should keep to local custom.

Seems odd to me that most people generously tip their hairdresser but think it inappropriate to tip anyone else.

I do not tip my food delivery drivers, but I do give a present to my "regulars" at Christmas, I also give the coalman, postman and bin men a box of beer at Christmas. We have had a few heavy items delivered in the last few months and tipped the drivers of those.

No.

I have always tipped. Pre-Covid the Sainsbury driver brought the shopping into the kitchen and unloaded it, and now he packs my bags on the doorstep.

I only tip WR deliveries - not any of the parcel companies

It has never occurred to me to do that. It’s certainly not a convention, not even in the USA where people are obsessed with tipping.

Jillybird: I get three or four Amazon deliveries a week, sometimes more. If I added £5 to the cost of each item it would be ridiculous. I don't have groceries delivered - that might be different as they have to unload the stuff, but Amazon drivers just leave whatever it is on the mat and they're gone. I work in the room in the front of the house and can be seen from the road outside, so they often knock to give me neighbours' things. At Christmas I'm up and down like a Jack in the box but I don't mind as my neighbours are lovely!

Not only are they delivering, they are even going to bring your shopping downstairs. If it were your son, or your husband, lugging stuff for people, would you not like it if they were given a tip (and a glass of water)? Do as you would be done by. Even if they earn more than the minimum wage, you'd make their day. They saved you the journey, and the walking about the shop with your trolley.

No. Anyway any deliveries I have are left in the porch, the driver rings the bell and the van is gone before the dog even gets a chance to start barking..

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My husband used to be a delivery driver for a well known department store and would sometimes be given goods as a tip, ie fresh eggs, a couple of tins of beer, etc and often cash. He said it was interesting that those who seemed to be well off, were less likely to tip than those who were not. If the delivery had been difficult, eg heavy furniture to an upper floor, he would accept, and he would not accept from people who he thought had little to spare.

If they going beyond what they may be expected to do then I certainly would do even $2 would be acceptable. I always tip take away deliveries because they don't get paid very much

Not for online shopping. Regular deliveries (vegbox, milkman, paper) get a tip at xmas.

We use deliveroo - I used to have coins ready to tip, but they vanished so fast (even befkre lockdown) I add it to the payment

I make mince pies for the binmen at Christmas, normally two each.They always seem pleased.

No, it encourages people to pay poor wages and elderly pensioners and cash-strapped other people to feel guilty if they cannot afford to tip.