Holiday Tips

[AlaskaMike]

Baked goods are always appreciated. Alcohol is not a good idea, though. That pesky rule about not having alcohol on the truck, or on your person, or even in the locked trunk of your car while on the premises....

 

[SmithBarney]

Last year the porn shop on my route gave me a bottle of <ahem> "lubricant" for a Christmas gift. I got home and showed my wife to which she replied "did you get that from the porn shop?"

Nope, got that from the insurance company. Here's your sign.

When I ran, our "porn, adult... etc etc" shop gave 3 of us Beef Sticks (the big ones)
you know summer sausage..

What a great gift and because it was wrapped... made for great conversation pieces
(I delivered them to the other two guys mail slots.. so this odd wrapped item stuck out)

 

[Cementups]

One year , a frequent residential customer(a married woman) during the holidays approached the driver who made the daily delivery to her door, and ask if he would come in. She then proceded to offer the driver a drink and some lunch. To which he accepted. She then asked him to get undressed and follow her to the bedroom. To which he accepted and did not dissappoint. Afterwards, upon leaving the residence the woman put a dollar bill in his hand. The driver responded what is this for? You already took care of me. The married woman replied "I asked my husband how should we tip the UPS guy, in which he replied "screw him, give him a dollar".

Happens to me eveyr year

 

[OJOY]

I was floored a few years ago when I covered an area for peak and never delivered this area before that time. Gift cards to a large grocery store $25. Cards with $20 cash from several businesses, just couldn't believe it. Talked to the driver who bid the area who has been on the same area since and he has got nothing!

 

[rod]

I was floored a few years ago when I covered an area for peak and never delivered this area before that time. Gift cards to a large grocery store $25. Cards with $20 cash from several businesses, just couldn't believe it. Talked to the driver who bid the area who has been on the same area since and he has got nothing!

You do realize that those tips were probably meant for their regular driver. This used to happen to me every peak when they would take the business part of my route off me and I would just do the rural routes on my area. After awhile most of the customers wised up and waited until after I returned to pass out the goodies.

 

[Cementups]

I was floored a few years ago when I covered an area for peak and never delivered this area before that time. Gift cards to a large grocery store $25. Cards with $20 cash from several businesses, just couldn't believe it. Talked to the driver who bid the area who has been on the same area since and he has got nothing!

I had he same thing happen to me when I had a mall route. I would do the grunting for 11 months out of the year and then during peak when there was a helper doing it all for one month they would give him my gifts.. So not cool. He still tells me how good the cookies were from teh one store. I was always surprised that they gave them to him since i was still in the mall to do pickups later that night.

 

[Big Babooba]

Last year the porn shop on my route gave me a bottle of <ahem> "lubricant" for a Christmas gift. I got home and showed my wife to which she replied "did you get that from the porn shop?"

Nope, got that from the insurance company. Here's your sign.

By any chance, did you tell them that you get called into the office a lot?