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What's the Best Gift You Have Gotten on Area So Far?
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<blockquote data-quote="spidey" data-source="post: 75206" data-attributes="member: 1798"><p>You missunderstand. I think gifts and such at Christmas are wonderful, and the company has no real issue with it either. We were discussing tipping, which is different. Absolutely different things. If a UPS driver is headed to a door with a pkg in hand and a tip anticipated or wanted, they are in the wrong business. Pizza Hut is always hiring. We are providing a service and we are paid a living wage for it. Your server at your favorite resturant is not. She is paid several dollars less per hour than minimum wage and is taxed on her anticipated tips based on her sales. There is a difference.</p><p></p><p>Consider;</p><p>I wish to send my grandmother a birthday gift. If it were customary to tip UPS drivers I would not send it that way, as I don't want her fishing for a buck out of her purse that she probably doesn't have anyway. Consignees are always either someones customer or someones loved one. We had a florist in town with a delivery boy who would stand with his hand out after every delivery. They lost almost ALL of their longstanding customers in less than 8 months before they figured it out. Very close to 100% of their return customers.</p><p></p><p>The company policy is that we do not accept tips. Period. And, frankly, taking them would be tacky. A "Thank you very much, Maam, but I'm just doing my job" will leave your customer with a much more positive feeling than accepting the tip anyway. Gifts at Christmas are different. A grandma giving you American flag cookies in July or a cold Pepsi in August are different. We are talking about people handing you money for delivering a package. </p><p></p><p>No bah, humbug about it. It's about karma.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spidey, post: 75206, member: 1798"] You missunderstand. I think gifts and such at Christmas are wonderful, and the company has no real issue with it either. We were discussing tipping, which is different. Absolutely different things. If a UPS driver is headed to a door with a pkg in hand and a tip anticipated or wanted, they are in the wrong business. Pizza Hut is always hiring. We are providing a service and we are paid a living wage for it. Your server at your favorite resturant is not. She is paid several dollars less per hour than minimum wage and is taxed on her anticipated tips based on her sales. There is a difference. Consider; I wish to send my grandmother a birthday gift. If it were customary to tip UPS drivers I would not send it that way, as I don't want her fishing for a buck out of her purse that she probably doesn't have anyway. Consignees are always either someones customer or someones loved one. We had a florist in town with a delivery boy who would stand with his hand out after every delivery. They lost almost ALL of their longstanding customers in less than 8 months before they figured it out. Very close to 100% of their return customers. The company policy is that we do not accept tips. Period. And, frankly, taking them would be tacky. A "Thank you very much, Maam, but I'm just doing my job" will leave your customer with a much more positive feeling than accepting the tip anyway. Gifts at Christmas are different. A grandma giving you American flag cookies in July or a cold Pepsi in August are different. We are talking about people handing you money for delivering a package. No bah, humbug about it. It's about karma. [/QUOTE]
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