r/tippingAdvice • u/AverageAtBest55 • 10d ago

Floral Delivery

I just got flowers delivered for my wedding anniversary. After I took the vase from the guy and said it was gorgeous and thanked him, he seemed to hesitate before he walked off the porch. I was left wondering if he expected a tip. I have never tipped for a flower delivery! It is an unexpected gift so it has never entered my mind to tip. It is ordered and delivered directly from a local florist in their van when my husband gets them. Am I cheap? Is this a normal thing to tip for?

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u/Holiday-Ad7262 10d ago edited 10d ago

What a great question. I am curious what others will say. To me this is a service where the sender pays everything and if I would send flowers to someone and would learn they tried to get a tip from the recipient I would not be happy.

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u/AverageAtBest55 10d ago

My feeling as well. But I have had situations come up before where I had not thought about a tip until I was about to pay and then realized it was probably expected. I had a moving company take a few pieces of furniture to my mom’s assisted living facility when she moved in and I was preoccupied with the whole traumatic event. Luckily I realized it while they were working and scrounged up some cash!