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Robatoy
 
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Default My first mailorder big machine

In article .com,
"brianlanning" wrote:

Should I tip this guy?


Damn straight. I always do. Mind you, my delivery guys have to negotiate
a residential area and most of the time 12-foot skids with 160 to 200
pound 30 x 144 sheets of solid surface materials. Last delivery, 7
(seven) sheets on a skid. The driver remembered his delivery on a prior
date and helped me hand-bomb the sheets off the truck. He then took the
empty skid back with him. That's what I got for 50 bucks. 6K worth of
material, a 200 dollar shipping bill...that 50 seems like the best deal
ever.
Another trucking company, last year, the driver goes: "Dude, where's the
fork-lift?" and absolutely refused any co-operation. Lucky for me my
Coast Guard buddy across the street was home and helped me take off ONE
160# sheet. (I have done them by myself, but my PT would shoot me if I
did that now.)