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smoke_break posted...

Uh, no. And it never crossed my mind, didn't realize this is a thing people do. Delivery I understand but tipping for pickup doesn't really make any sense.

Not sure if you just mean restaurants, but in the case of grocery stores, curbside pickup means

-Somebody has to run through the store and grab all the items, bag them, then bring them to the storage place in the curbside area, separating the cold items, frozen items, warm items, and then everything else until you arrive bc otherwise it'll all become room temperature and go bad.
-When you arrive, somebody fetches those bags from their respective areas and brings them to your car and loads them, verifies you are the right person, and makes any additional changes you want. If the weather is bad they still have to come to your car, there was one time I ran out in heavy rain/wind, thunder/lightning, hail, and pandemic, and the customer needed me to run back and change an item. I had to drive home after to change into dry clothes. Also keep in mind that the wage for this job is too low even with the temporary hazard pay.

I don't expect tips but I don't feel bad at all about taking them.

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