Who to tip and how much for doorstep deliveries during the pandemic
or Postmates) is already factored into the price you’re paying either by way of the delivery charge or something else. “You don’t want people thinking that a delivery charge meant that the driver was already getting a tip,” she said.
Likewise, Post declined to offer a specific amount you should give above the customary gratuity — a pandemic premium if you will — to show special thanks to those who are fetching our food so we can stay safely at home. This is more important now, she said, when so many on both sides of these transactions are feeling the economic pinch.
As with takeout delivery services, most online grocery delivery services allow customers to add a gratuity in-app so that you don’t have to handle cash, which would make the whole “contactless delivery” thing kind of pointless. If cash is the only option, Post said tippers should make every effort to do it as quickly and cleanly as possible.
? Here too, Post said, it’s helpful to start with what’s consistent and expected — in other words, no gratuity at all.explicitly prohibits employees from accepting “cash or cash equivalents” in any amount, for example, and a representative for UPS told us that the company’s drivers “are expected to politely decline gratuities.”
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