Who tips their bagboy at the grocery store?

[chumpguitars]

Just wonderin, but how many of us here tip the bagboy or carryout who handles their groceries? I ask this because recently I was at the grocery store and three times I saw the customer tip the boy. I had never heard of this. Anybody else do it?
:huh

[jzgtrguy]

Yeh, I just pop open a bag of chips and give him a hand full!

[DiazDude]

No such thing here.

[chumpguitars]

What do you mean no such thing here? No bagboys?

[Bones]

We carry out own groceries out to the car in these parts. usually have to bag our own as well.

but yeah, if someone is going to carry them for, you better throw them a buck

[chumpguitars]

You have to bag your own groceries, bones?

[Mark Ray]

When I was a manager at the Kroger in Pigeon Forge, TN, I used to bag and carry Louise Mandrell's groceries to her car. She was always VERY polite to me and the staff, and she always gave me a tip. Even though tipping was discouraged, we never told a customer to not do it, nor did we tell a clerk that they couldn't accept it.

Oh yeah, Louise is HAWT!!!!!

Mark

[Bones]

You have to bag your own groceries, bones?


you can either bag them yourself and get out of Dodge, or you can wait for the cashier to ring everything up, take your money, give you your receipt and then she'll bag them for you while everyone on (in?) line shoots daggers at you.

[chumpguitars]

Haha, Im just messin with you guys: Im actually a carryout at my local grocery store, and I just wanted to see how many people actually tip their carryouts. as a matter of fact, im on my lunch break at the library on this forum.

[jaycee]

Are we talking about tipping a kid just for putting stuff in a bag? (doing his job) Do we have to tip everyone?

[chumpguitars]

know, I refer t bagboys or carryouts as the same thing. the kid who carries your stuff to the car.

[chumpguitars]

but i better go now. i still have to eat before I have to go back to the dreaded store. It is amazingly busy every day from now until january. i hate my job.

[Drew68]

I do. I pretty much have to. I shop at a military commissary. For whatever reason, the government employs armies of bagboys who work for tips only (I'm not quite sure how this is legal). Whether I'm buying 2 items or 200, they bag it up for me and carry it to my car. I don't get any say in the matter. I feel obligated to give them a few bucks. As such, I only shop at the commissary when I'm planning on buying a lot of groceries.

[RiseofRock]

I've never had a bag boy before?? The grocery clerk scans an item, puts it in the bag, and then you pay for it? :confused:

[BluesForDan]

it is probably like the mail carriers who aren't supposed to accept gifts, so the non-carriers don't feel neglected. Our local store had signs (don't know if they still do) that were specifically against tipping. It is probably to keep the shelf stockers from feeling bad that nobody tips them.

It is not a profession that specifically counts tips as part of compensation like bartenders or waiters/esses.

Still, if somebody hoofs something for me, I usually feel like giving them a buck or two, rules or no rules. It is just so very rare that I ever need assistance like that.

[ljplum12]

I used to be a bagboy and do carry outs and I'd be lucky if I got one tip a day.

[DiazDude]

What do you mean no such thing here? No bagboys?

Nope..bagged at the register and we're on our own.

[fredgarvin]

Down in the Yucatan it is expected that one tip the bagger. The checker just rings it up, the bagger then fills the bags and puts them in your cart. Everyone tips them. I suspect they don't get paid much other than the tips.

[scottlr]

Here, they bag them for you, except at those warehouse stores. But nowhere do they take them to your car for you anymore. They DO have drive up, where they'll load them for you. I always just take them out myself.

[MudPies]

We bag our own and cart them to the car. I'd rather save a few pennies per item then have someone else badly bagging my goods.

[triple_vee]

as an one-time sacker at Piggly Wiggly, i always tip a fellow sacker if he/she takes the stuff out to my car. that rarely happens anymore, however.

[brlfq]

Just wonderin, but how many of us here tip the bagboy or carryout who handles their groceries? I ask this because recently I was at the grocery store and three times I saw the customer tip the boy. I had never heard of this. Anybody else do it?
:huh

My first job was as a bag boy at Piggly Wiggly! We used to get tips regularly. (We actually carried the groceries to folks cars then, though.) I havent' seen a bag boy around here in years.

Except me! I went by wal mart today to get an Ethernet cable and located the merchancise by myself, took it to the checkout stand, charged myself for the items(self checkout)(the self checkout overseer gave me a nasty look when she had to help me decipher the instructions!), bagged my items, gave myself the receipt, and carried my stuff to the car. I didn't tip myself. I'm too cheap.

[amigo30]

My first job was as a bag-boy at a commissary on a military base. Everybody tipped back then. I was making great money for an after-school gig. I was one fast bagger, and back then, you had the big paper bags, so you had to put everything in the bags just right kind of like a big tetris game. Then everything got wheeled to the car using a special cart, not the shopping cart.

When we weren't bagging, we played some seriously hardcore hearts games in the break room.

[90wreck]

I've never had a bag boy before?? The grocery clerk scans an item, puts it in the bag, and then you pay for it? :confused:
Bag boys generally carry your bags/ loadedcart(after they loaded them in the bags) to your car and load them in.
In our old town, they had them and yes I tipped.
They do not have bag boys here.

[jtm622]

Well, if you tip him, then why not just tip the guy re-stocking the dairy box and frozen foods sections, too? (And don't forget about the guy stocking the "paper" aisle...)
Should we feel compelled to tip a plumber, a Doctor, or a mortician, as well?

But then, of course, tipping a package boy presupposes that you are even able to find one at the HUGE grocery store where we shop...

P.S. - Like everybody else, I did my time as a package boy, stock boy, and cashier at a local grocery store...

[amigo30]

Well, if you tip him, then why not just tip the guy re-stocking the dairy box and frozen foods sections, too? (And don't forget about the guy stocking the "paper" aisle...)


Well, maybe because those guys get PAID. Bag-boys used to work for tips only.

[Bassomatic]

Mr. Pink? Is that you?

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[lcjc800]

I've never bought enough to warrant help leaving....

[Jon Silberman]

I consider myself a good and frequent tipper. Yesterday, I tipped my amp tech, today, my leaf/lawn guy. I can't imagine tipping the person who bags my groceries. I guess I will when the store tips me next time I use their stupid self-scan/checkout island.

[jtm622]

Well, maybe because those guys get PAID. Bag-boys used to work for tips only.

Well, like I said, I worked in a grocery store as a package boy after school for 2 years in the late '60's, and got paid minimum wage... And, I can guarantee you that ALL package boys in Krogers, Albertson's, Safeway, H.E.B., Piggly Wiggly, Randall's, and every grocery store chain you can name all paid package help by the hour - no exceptions... those stores paid by the hour, period - and tips were not "encouraged" by management.

[Midnight Lady]

There are two stores. At one, I have to please ask them to put the bags back in my cart rather than in their own, because I like to take my own groceries out. I don't get a dirty look but they sometimes find another cashier to help.

At the second store, they ask if I'd like help taking those to my car. It's a nice question except it makes me feel like I'm old and decrepit and incapable of carrying a few grocery bags. But at least they ask. My answer is always No, thank you.

Perhaps there will come a day when I'll appreciate the help - and yes I will tip the person then - but I'm not there yet.

[eurotrashed]

I worked at a grocery store and I was told when I was hired that I was not allowed to accept tips for helping carrying groceries out. I was offered tips several times, once I was forced to take the dollar. I actually got a $5 tip at the register once on Christmas eve or some holiday

[chumpguitars]

At our grocery store, i have to bag the groceries for the customer, and were not allowed to ask if they would like us to carry it out for them. We automatically take the cart and follow behind them to their car. Its very tiring, but I dont mind that much. Im still in high school, after all. As for the tips part, I only get a tip from one in about 6 or 7 people who i carry their groceries for them. I never get tips from old people. If I do its like a quarter, and i feel like yelling 'INFLATION HAPPENS'. but then i remember about all the people who dont give me anything.

[Born2Blues67]

I worked at a grocery store and I was told when I was hired that I was not allowed to accept tips for helping carrying groceries out. I was offered tips several times, once I was forced to take the dollar. I actually got a $5 tip at the register once on Christmas eve or some holiday

Same here! Tipping was absolutely discouraged.

[jcoloccia]

I used to tip everyone, but it's gotten out of hand. Everyone wants a tip these days. I've found that the service at Dunkin Donuts is negatively correlated to the presence of a tip cup.

No Tip Cup = Toasted Bagel with Cream Cheese On It
Tip Cup = Non-Toasted, WRONG Bagel With Cream Cheese in the Container, No Knife, No Napkins

Now I tip no one if I can get away with it. I still tip well at restaurants of course and get great service from my regular haunts, but if the service is terrible, no tip. I'll give you an example. The other day I was at Bertuccis and we had a couple of Martinis (top shelf) and a beer. The girl behind the counter was constantly annoyed with us that we weren't ordering...we were waiting for a table. After a little bit, I ordered a Diet Coke. When the bill came, is was over $30.00, including $2.75 for a diet coke. $30.00 for drinks and she still slammed me for that stupid tiny glass of diet coke (which was mostly ice), and almost $3.00 at that!! Needless to say, she got no tip.

You also get no tip from me if the order is screwed up and you don't fix it. If I order my burger with no lettuce or tomato, and it comes slathered in lettuce/tomato mixed with their Jack Daniels sauce, or whatever, I'll send it back. There's no way to take the lettuce and tomato off without removing ALL the sauce. If it comes back with no sauce on it, i.e. they lazily scraped it off and slapped it back together for their PITA customer, no tip.

The high-priced market up the street from my house forces the baggers to take the bags out to your car. They won't accept tips. It's actually really nice. If they start accepting tips, and still won't let me carry my own bags, they'll loose a lot of customers, myself included.

Seriously, though, I'm happy to tip at a restaurant for reasonable service, and I'll tip elsewhere if someone does an exceptionally good job, but I do NOT tip for lousy service (even in a restaurant) or for someone who's simply doing their job.

[jrm]

When I wa semploed at safeway as a bagboy, we were vehemently not allowed to accept tips! I'll tell you what though, as a bagboy I was jsut stoked when someone put their cart in the corall area.

[bkd_guitarist]

I never employ help for this. When the bag boy says, "Get your bag, sir?" I say, "No thanks, she can walk."

Thanks, I'm here all week.

[rattles]

I 'tip' my husband everytime he carries the bags in the house! :hide

[skydog]

When I was a manager at the Kroger in Pigeon Forge, TN, I used to bag and carry Louise Mandrell's groceries to her car. She was always VERY polite to me and the staff, and she always gave me a tip. Even though tipping was discouraged, we never told a customer to not do it, nor did we tell a clerk that they couldn't accept it.

Oh yeah, Louise is HAWT!!!!!

Mark

I used to bag and carry Dick Butkus' groceries in between his football and Hollywood careers! And yes, I always tip them nowadays. I get a carry out and bagboy when it's busy and they're at a premium!

[Boobala]

I used to bag and carry Dick Butkus' groceries in between his football and Hollywood careers! And yes, I always tip them nowadays. I get a carry out and bagboy when it's busy and they're at a premium!

I once hefted Dick Butkus' golf bag from a private jet to a customer lounge. Dick "Mr. Pink" Butkus didn't give me squat.

Anyway, At my local Kroger there is no tipping anf bag-boys don't carry your stuff out to the car.

However, my first job ever (late 70's) was as a bag-boy at a USAF commissary, where we worked for tips only. I was making $400 - $500 a week. My best day ever was a little over $250. It pays to hustle. I would sprint from the parking lot back to the checkout.

[cottoneyedjoe]

Here is my tip:

"Don't fry bacon naked..."

Nuff said.:cool:

Actually we bag and carry our own groceries. America has become less customer service and more self service. Bag boys will soon go the way of gas station attendants I am afraid.

[amigo30]

However, my first job ever (late 70's) was as a bag-boy at a USAF commissary, where we worked for tips only. I was making $400 - $500 a week. My best day ever was a little over $250. It pays to hustle. I would sprint from the parking lot back to the checkout.

That was my experience. I bought a lot albums, stereo gear, :phonesand some kind of black Turkish substance wrapped in tin foil.:bong I forget what it was called, :dunnobut I do remember the name rhymed :eek:. Ah..1978 was a good year.

[rob2001]

Na, I never tip them but I always say thank you very much. I think if I offered the guy (or girl) money, they'd think I was up to somthing.

[Boobala]

That was my experience. I bought a lot albums, stereo gear, :phonesand some kind of black Turkish substance wrapped in tin foil.:bong I forget what it was called, :dunnobut I do remember the name rhymed :eek:. Ah..1978 was a good year.

1979 is a fog to me.

[Brian D]

I haven't seen a grocery store where they carry your bags to the car since the late 70's.

[eurotrashed]

I haven't seen a grocery store where they carry your bags to the car since the late 70's.

Unless things are way different out that way, next time you are at the store, ask for help taking the bags out, it should be pretty normal for them.

One thing that bugged me, I was walking away from the store to my car on my short 15min break. A woman pushes a cart at me and says I can take it back. I tell her that I am on break and she gets pissy saying that it shouldn't matter, she is a customer, blah blah blah. When she could have put it in the cart return 5 spots down from her car. And half the customers never returned the carts anyway so I spent half my day chasing carts down. They expected so much, I was their slave

[ChickenLover]

The store I go to forbids them from accepting tips.

I always assumed that they expected a tip or were supposed to get one so I always declined when they asked...I pushed and filled the cart all through the store...I think I can handle getting it to my car. And besides...there's plenty of bagging to do...no need to waste time pushing a cart for me.

[Jade]

The local Grocery here has Bag boys that bag the stuff, and haul it out to the car, and load it in for you. I always tip em a couple bux for the effort. I've got respect for highschool kids that arent too proud or spoiled to get a job workin at the grocery store.

Jade

[skydog]

the local grocery here has bag boys that bag the stuff, and haul it out to the car, and load it in for you. I always tip em a couple bux for the effort. I've got respect for highschool kids that arent too proud or spoiled to get a job workin at the grocery store.

Jade

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