Send them an email and ask if they'll give you a tip for ordering from them.

Honestly - that's just silly.

Maire

That’s a new one for me too!

Does the company hire mentally challenged people? I’ve seen a ’round up’ option on my payment to an organization that employs autistic adults.

Tipping culture gone amok!!

Just their bad judgement. Once your item has arrived, I'd contact them and tell them what you think of the practice.

That is the tipping structure used by grocery delivery companies. Maybe this compny figures that everyone has been trained and this is free money. I have no doubt that some might be taken in by it and actually tip.

Seriously? Just wooooooooooooow.....!

No, just no. It even irritates when a suggested tip pops up when i buy food online.

I think a lot of times businesses have a "it doesn't hurt to ask" philosophy. I see tip jars in businesses I would never expect. There is a tip jar at the tobacco store that I stop to buy stuff for SO. I dropped $2 in it today because the girl behind the counter had painted spiders all over her face and neck for Halloween and it amused me greatly. I myself have a pink unicorn glitter mask and my Capricorn horns on for work tonight, so I appreciate a fellow festive fan. There is a tip jar at my vets office for the techs. There is a tip jar at the feed store where I buy dog food, I guess for the young men who bring it out to your car and load it up. Tip jars everywhere. I have never seen it when placing a non-food order online though!

crazy!

Wow, and I was mildly annoyed AmazonPrime/WFM was now charging $10 for delivery (it was free with $35 orders until yeaterday.)

That's a hard no for me. I don't even like it when the tips are built-in when using the debit machine in restaurants.

For an online order??? Seriously????

So they expect a tip before service? Or maybe the tech team wants a tip if the site is easy to navigate. To me that's just a disguised threat - don't tip and just see where your order winds up.

Reminds me a bit of Costco.

Most stores are thankful to have you enter, hoping for some business.

Not charge you a fee to come in

Reminds me a bit of Costco.

I thought that stores should be thankful for my choosing to enter their store for possibly giving them some business - not charge people to walk in their door.

o j

they are trying to guilt you into a tip. no no no

It's a curious idea tipping if an employee does you a service. Meaning a company pays people to come hang out, clean floors whatever but if a customer needs attention than the customer should pay them AGAIN. This assuming the price of said item customer is purchasing is partially covering the pay for the employee to hang out. 'TUPID!!!

I really like their merchandise after having discovered one item in a store. The fleeces are perfect for the Chihuahua.

I went back to see “their story.” Nothing about donating part of their proceeds.

This reminds me of a different approach by a company called Moosejaw. You rate the employee by choosing a box that will then have the company give them something. IIRC it was things like lunch or coffee. They are a ”silly” company and answer the phone as if they are moose. Mooooooooossssseeeejaw. They also give an option while you wait to hear the joke of the day.

That is so odd, I had to check for myself just to confirm! There’s no personalized service, just someone back there doing the job they’re supposedly paid for. I’ve never seen such a thing.

Reminds me of something I saw last week that I almost posted about. I went to a Latin supermarket to pick up some mole sauce. Small community market. At the end of each checkout was a one quart deli cup. They all had a handful of singles in them. Didn’t notice any coins. Were these tip cups? If so, is this a cultural thing? I’d have never thought about tipping a cashier.

Nyuk, in the box labeled "custom tip" I'd type in....."Sure, donate my shipping & handling charge to "the team"."

foas -- Did you help yourself to the free dollar bills? haha

Something I've started to see at cash registers is the option to 'round up' to the next even dollar amount -- supposedly the extra cents go to a charity.

Instacart asks for tips when you order groceries through them, and so I do not use it anymore. I used it once to buy canned tomatoes, as that was the only way I could get them without going to a store that was further from me than I wanted to drive. I prefer that they simply charge the correct amount for shipping - I'm okay with that.

That's crazy. I love Kath's comment