Tesco Online delivery... do you tip the deliveryman?

Oh, I live in London.

I have been using Ocado and don't tip.  The groceries are bagged in the crates so the delivery man hands me the bags at the front door.  I wouldn't want him to come in and unpack for me. 

Mine wouldn't let me tip him and said it was not allowed.  I'm perfectly happy to comply if they insist. They always just left it at the door.  If I had known to ask, I might have tried to bring it up since we were on a second floor flat.

I think they make  more than £6 an hour and you can double up on the overtime and working after 10pm & Sundays.

In general, service workers in the UK aren't paid like in the US, where they are paid substandard wages with the expectation that the public will pay their salaries in the form of tips.

In the UK,  you tip because you appreciate the service, not because you feel guilty about how much the worker is earning.

The groceries are bagged in the crates so the delivery man hands me the bags at the front door.  I wouldn't want him to come in and unpack for me. 

With Tesco you have the option to have your groceries delivered green, without bags so I appreciate that he comes into the kitchen and unpacks the crates and takes them with him.  I don't need the plastic bags, I don't need the crates and I don't have to carry individual items from the door to the kitchen.

I've definitely never tipped when I've used the service.

Yes, but you can afford it, or you wouldn't be using the service

I wouldn't say that people having their groceries deliver "can afford it" - as rutabega's already pointed out, the delivery fee is less than a bus ride, and some people don't have a car, so it's not a matter of buying a luxury, it's a matter of needing groceries. It's not always practical or economical to do several little shops a week....

With Tesco you have the option to have your groceries delivered green, without bags so I appreciate that he comes into the kitchen and unpacks the crates and takes them with him.  I don't need the plastic bags, I don't need the crates and I don't have to carry individual items from the door to the kitchen.

I think I'd still rather unpack myself and give the bags back (I know that's an option with Ocado) - maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't be comfortable standing there watching while someone unpacks my groceries - as it is I feel guilty when the driver has to make multiple trips from the van to my door. Maybe the "pack it yourself" mentality has taken over for me....

I tried to tip once...I was told quite rudely that this isn't America...needless to say I don't try anymore.

I tried to tip once...I was told quite rudely that this isn't America...needless to say I don't try anymore.

LOL

When my husband first visited me here, in the US, he couldn't understand why I tipped the Papa John's delivery guy. I told him "it's what we do". He never wanted me to tip again, so I started adding the tip with the online credit card payment, so I wouldn't have to do it in cash. I feel guilty when I don't tip, so it's gonna take some getting used to once I'm in Wales.

LOL

When my husband first visited me here, in the US, he couldn't understand why I tipped the Papa John's delivery guy. I told him "it's what we do". He never wanted me to tip again, so I started adding the tip with the online credit card payment, so I wouldn't have to do it in cash. I feel guilty when I don't tip, so it's gonna take some getting used to once I'm in Wales.

Don't know if it's different in Wales, but we always tip the pizza/Indian/Chinese delivery man. Not much, but always a couple of pounds. DH agrees with that.

Don't know if it's different in Wales, but we always tip the pizza/Indian/Chinese delivery man. Not much, but always a couple of pounds. DH agrees with that.

LOL! I don't know where Marie2Cymru will be, but we definitely had no deliveries like that even available in my little corner of Wales!

I wouldn't say that people having their groceries deliver "can afford it" - as rutabega's already pointed out, the delivery fee is less than a bus ride, and some people don't have a car, so it's not a matter of buying a luxury, it's a matter of needing groceries. It's not always practical or economical to do several little shops a week....

This ^

Not only is it cheaper, but I'm more relaxed shopping at home and its doesnt take me hours fighting people with carts in the stores. Also small grocery stores around me don't stock everything and are often more expensive.

chary, I'll be in Hengoed, just north of Caerphilly. My husband tells me those services are available to that area. Where are you?

No Papa Johns there (there are some in Cardiff), but you can get Domino's (at least in my corner North of Caerphilly).  My DH often tips the delivery guy for pizza and such, but it's been clear that it isn't expected.

chary, I'll be in Hengoed, just north of Caerphilly. My husband tells me those services are available to that area. Where are you?

I moved to Cornwall last summer, but I was born in far west Pembrokeshire and lived there for the past five years. We had no deliveries at all where I was, but it sounds as if you'll be in a more built-up part of Wales.