I ALMOST PASSED OUT OVER $8 ( A story on tipping & why I tip ) * I apologize for grammatical errors in advance I had to have something to drink after today .
So I do shipt because my school schedule doesn’t allow for me have a normal part time job. I woke up at 7am for my class this morning ,and I finished classes around 1pm . I was tired , but I was like well you need to go make some money . Today I did this delivery only order . You just pick them up & drop them off at their house for $8. Usually they are super easy , but I knew hell was on its way when the worker came out with a dolly containing about 8 crates of groceries stacked upon each other . I got out to help him, and saw that the crates contained not only the normal things like fruits and vegetables , but 4 gallons of drinks , 4 half a gallons of other drinks , 2 6 packs of drinks ,a 1.17 gallon of laundry detergent , a case of water , and various other things that COMPLETELY filled the back of my 4 door sedan. Now at this order was due at 5-6pm . I had already did one delivery only , and shopped & delivered two other orders . I hadn’t eaten since the day before because I thought I was going to have time after class , but I didn’t . I try to be punctual. Now back to the story ... I’m driving in Atlanta traffic at 5pm which isn’t good at all . The Kroger people took a minute already to come out with the stuff which I completely understand why considering the size . The address she gave sent me a little to far down the street which meant I had to call her to check and see where she was . I arrived at the place . It was an apartment complex . Definitely knew this was going to be hell . I’m already drained and a little woozy from not eating and being sleep deprived. I park where she told me and made sure I had the right apartment. I get a few bags out and go to the door . Inside it was two grown women , a young boy and girl . I sit the things down on the counter. I speak and try to be nice with my encounters with them . They weren’t that friendly . Just kind of ignored my presence. At this point I’m like surely they would offer assistance . Now remember this it is not protocol for me to have to go inside because the company can’t make us do something like that . Me doing this is purely out of good customer service practices. I made 8 trips to be able to get this stuff inside . I’m like surely I’m going to get tipped . I only get $8 if I deliver . The if I had of shopped the order , I would have received a percentage of the price she spent.They see me sweating and struggling to get the stuff from my car all the way down the hallway to her place . The case of water was the last thing I carried in . Two of the bottles has fallen out, and I let her know that just Incase it was a problem with it touching the ground . She just asked me for the receipt . I said I wasn’t sure if it was in the bag , but I was going to check in my car to make sure . She said that was fine because she was leaving out . The receipt was on my dash , and I waited for her to come out . Don’t you know this heifer got the receipt from me without tipping me and got into the got damn Porsche that was next to me . She is dusty and dirty for that . There’s no way she can tip me with a delivery only order . I was sweaty and feeling faint for just $8 . The said thing about it was this was a black woman. Someone who looked like me . I’m not trying to say anything to generalize anyone ,but like that was a special kind of hurt being done like that by my own kind. Yeah I know someone could say , “ She doesn’t have to tip “ . That’s true , but just know how much money means to people who have to work jobs like that because they aren’t in their careers yet or this is just the best they can do . I know people who depend on it to pay their rent . I always tip whatever I can knowing this . I currently have two Bachelors of Arts , and I’m working on more education. When the day comes that I have an actual salary, you best believe I’m going to be leaving blessings to people.
