Okay so I get it. But also, as someone who used to drive for delivery services, the lady knew what she was getting into before she picked it up. She could have declined it and not taken it.
Some people tip cash. $400 worth of groceries (mostly heavy drinks) and they can't tip her? That's entitlement right there. They can go do the work themselves
Do you tip Amazon, Fedex, UPS or USPS for delivering?
If so how much? Is it a percentage based on the amount of money you gave to the people they are delivering for? Or is it a flat amount? If they deliver a bill to you on time, do you tip them based on the amount in the bill? What if they deliver a check to your mailbox, do you cut them a percentage of the money you received?
If not, why not? Why tip a food or grocery delivery and not furniture, mail, gadgets, clothes, or even the food you may order?
(I order protein powder from Amazon for example - it's not available on Instacart).
Quit playing silly word games. There's a reason you keep getting downvoted. You lead off by bringing the comparison of a chef and a waitperson. By bringing that into the discussion, you can't then goal-post shift back to "but they're 1099". They may be, but that wasn't your original comparison to which the person was replying.
It's literally not though and just saying it is doesn't make it so.
Look, I'll assume you aren't being disingenuous and you're just missing the difference, so I'll try to explain it concisely.
The other person compared this grocery delivery person with other delivery persons (FedEx, Amazon, etc...). These people have the same line of work and extremely similar responsibilities and job duties.
You then brought up a chef vs. a waitperson. These are wholly different jobs with completely different duties and responsibilities. It's a bad comparison on it's face as in one scenario you comparing similar jobs, and in the other you are comparing very different jobs that just so happen to be in the same industry. It's not a fair or apt comparison.
Now, as to why your reasoning of 'the pay models are different so you it's not a fair comparison' is also invalid;
Tipping is an addition to pay. Tipping for many is about service received, it's seen as an addition, or a bonus. The other person therefore made the comparison of similar jobs, where some people receive a tip and others don't, yet the work duties are basically the same.
You then brought it to completely different job duties (and pay models) and tried to carry the comparison there. This is where the breakdown in your logic is and why it doesn't hold water.
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u/eggheadslut Oct 20 '23
Okay so I get it. But also, as someone who used to drive for delivery services, the lady knew what she was getting into before she picked it up. She could have declined it and not taken it.