Calgary Co-op

[TimG]

i never ask them to take my groceries out to my car, but they always do, even when i say i'm ok.

Does this happen to everyone? Do you tip them even if you didn't want them to take your stuff out to your car?

[teggypimp95]

I worked for co-op. They half to take them out, and they are not allowed to recieve tips. If you do tip, they have to give it to comtomber service who then gives it to charity. Its a free service so enjoy it

[ashee]

Yeah their job is to take your groceries out, so you shouldn't feel obliged to tip them they're already getting paid to take them out.

[TNation]

good post Ashley

[turbotrip]

Originally posted by ashee
Yeah their job is to take your groceries out, so you shouldn't feel obliged to tip them they're already getting paid to take them out.

so u dont tip pizza delievery guys either cuz its their job and they're already being payed?

[kaput]

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[Masked Bandit]

Originally posted by teggypimp95
I worked for co-op. They half to take them out, and they are not allowed to recieve tips. If you do tip, they have to give it to comtomber service who then gives it to charity. Its a free service so enjoy it

I always wondered about that. Thanks for clearing that up.

[natejj]

Originally posted by turbotrip


so u dont tip pizza delievery guys either cuz its their job and they're already being payed?

Thats completely different.

When I worked at Panago, the delivery guys made 2.50 a delivry, and tip. So they made 2-3 deliveries an hour, and are expected to be tipped. No one at coop expects to be tipped.... they are getting paid 9/hr to do that.... and plus, the rules say, they cant accept tips.

[DoubleLP]

Originally posted by natejj


Thats completely different.

When I worked at Panago, the delivery guys made 2.50 a delivry, and tip. So they made 2-3 deliveries an hour, and are expected to be tipped. No one at coop expects to be tipped.... they are getting paid 9/hr to do that.... and plus, the rules say, they cant accept tips.

2.50 a delivery? Ouch that sucks!

[teggypimp95]

co-op employees are strickly told by management that they are not allowed to accept tips. It results in being written up if cought. Its a union thing.

[Hamann]

I've never had them take my groceries out when i tell them i dont need help...:dunno: but i never tip them, i used to always tip Pizza Delivery Guys, but i've been hearing alot lately that they add on an extra charge anyway just to get it delivered, not sure if its true though...?

[ashee]

Most resturants and food industry services include a mandatory tip in the cost, yes.

[Cruz]

Originally posted by ashee
Most resturants and food industry services include a mandatory tip in the cost, yes.

I have never heard of that nor experienced it. Some restaurants add a "delivery charge" but it is not a mandatory tip and, in fact, you are still expected to tip the driver.

Delivery people, like hairdressers, restaurant servers, and employees of other certain industries, live off the tips, not the minimum wage.

As for Co-op grocery kids, I also have heard that they are not allowed to accept tips. They are not, however, making minimum wage.

[thinmyster]

i used to work at co-op and i did accept tips. but if asked, i told them that we werent supposed to. (this never discouraged potential tippers.) ANd when i go to coop i always tip. just me though. a dollar or two wont make a difference to me now but when i made 5.50 or whatever it was it made a difference.

[l8braker]

Yea, they always take mine out for me at the Midtown Market in the beltline... The carts there have a locking mechanism on the wheels so people don't steal them. Being a courtesy clerk blows.

[ashee]

Originally posted by Cruz


I have never heard of that nor experienced it. Some restaurants add a "delivery charge" but it is not a mandatory tip and, in fact, you are still expected to tip the driver.

Delivery people, like hairdressers, restaurant servers, and employees of other certain industries, live off the tips, not the minimum wage.

As for Co-op grocery kids, I also have heard that they are not allowed to accept tips. They are not, however, making minimum wage.

It's incorporated into the cost of the meal. It usually says on the bottom of the menu "prices include food service fee" or whatever which is a mandatory tip. I went to Moxie's the other night and I was trying to figure out what to tip and the girl was like don't worry about making it too generous there's a tip included in the cost of the meal. :dunno:

[Weapon_R]

Moxies doesn't charge a mandatory tip.

[teggypimp95]

yes co-op pays decent if you can stand all the union stuff. They are required to take ur things out but if you say no thanks then its cool. I believe the bag and carrie out are now starting around 9 or 10 and cashiers a doller or 2 more. WHen i work there 4 years ago, the senior casheirs where making between 20-25 and hour.

[Cruz]

Originally posted by ashee


It's incorporated into the cost of the meal. It usually says on the bottom of the menu "prices include food service fee" or whatever which is a mandatory tip. I went to Moxie's the other night and I was trying to figure out what to tip and the girl was like don't worry about making it too generous there's a tip included in the cost of the meal. :dunno:

:rofl: :rofl:

Are you crazy?? No server in their right mind would ever say that! The only way that would happen is if you're in a large party and they're adding an automatic 15% gratuity to the bill. Even then, they would advise you before you order.

Especially Moxies of all places. Ashee, I've seen you post some interesting shit but this one's solid gold.

[ashee]

Originally posted by Cruz


:rofl: :rofl:

Are you crazy?? No server in their right mind would ever say that! The only way that would happen is if you're in a large party and they're adding an automatic 15% gratuity to the bill. Even then, they would advise you before you order.

Especially Moxies of all places. Ashee, I've seen you post some interesting shit but this one's solid gold.

It wasn't our server it was the hostess... swear to god she said it.

[dino_martini]

Originally posted by Cruz


I have never heard of that nor experienced it. Some restaurants add a "delivery charge" but it is not a mandatory tip and,

I have experianced this at resturants downtown during the lunch hour. They put on a mandatory tip probably because people take off without leaving a tip regardless of service. :dunno:

[Si_FlyGuy]

Originally posted by Cruz


Delivery people, like hairdressers, restaurant servers, and employees of other certain industries, live off the tips, not the minimum wage.



A friend of mine who was a hairdresser for a while said that they make a base salary plus commission (usually half the price of the haircut). I still tip anyway if they don't screw up.

[Si_FlyGuy]

Originally posted by Cruz


:rofl: :rofl:

Are you crazy?? No server in their right mind would ever say that! The only way that would happen is if you're in a large party and they're adding an automatic 15% gratuity to the bill. Even then, they would advise you before you order.

Especially Moxies of all places. Ashee, I've seen you post some interesting shit but this one's solid gold.



Originally posted by ashee


It wasn't our server it was the hostess... swear to god she said it.


The hostess was probably trying to screw over the waitress. I've never heard of adding mandatory gratuities unless you're in a party of 8 or more....unless the restaurant industry's changed in recently.

[Mangina]

I just take my shirt off and let them rub oil on my man breasts. Most of them say that's better than a tip.

[DJ Lazy]

Fuck that shit.. I use to work for Coop years ago.. well I didn't so much work, but I hung out there for 8hrs a day being a royal pain in the ass for management, and you can bet your sweet ass I accepted every tip that was given to me and never once did it end up in customer service, nor did I ever get written up for it.. It's some BS rule they have, and I don't know anyone that followed it back when I worked there... :dunno:

As for the original question... If it is a few bags, I usually have no problems telling them that I am fine with taking it myself, and they let me take them... Full Shopping cart, then yea, I leave it to them..

[DannyO]

Originally posted by DJ Lazy
Fuck that shit.. I use to work for Coop years ago.. well I didn't so much work, but I hung out there for 8hrs a day being a royal pain in the ass for management, and you can bet your sweet ass I accepted every tip that was given to me and never once did it end up in customer service, nor did I ever get written up for it.. It's some BS rule they have, and I don't know anyone that followed it back when I worked there... :dunno:

As for the original question... If it is a few bags, I usually have no problems telling them that I am fine with taking it myself, and they let me take them... Full Shopping cart, then yea, I leave it to them..

:rofl: :rofl: .....those were the good ol days.

Worst thing about the job though, EVERY CUSTOMER WOULD TALK ABOUT THAT FUCKIN WEATHER.:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

I'm now more than qualified to be a weatherman.

[ogpog]

Originally posted by DannyO


:rofl: :rofl: .....those were the good ol days.

Worst thing about the job though, EVERY CUSTOMER WOULD TALK ABOUT THAT FUCKIN WEATHER.:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

I'm now more than qualified to be a weatherman.

You dont by chance remember you're mirror on the long pole do you? (this is Paul by the way)

[TeamBestBud]

Originally posted by DJ Lazy
Fuck that shit.. I use to work for Coop years ago.. well I didn't so much work, but I hung out there for 8hrs a day being a royal pain in the ass for management, and you can bet your sweet ass I accepted every tip that was given to me and never once did it end up in customer service, nor did I ever get written up for it.. It's some BS rule they have, and I don't know anyone that followed it back when I worked there... :dunno:

As for the original question... If it is a few bags, I usually have no problems telling them that I am fine with taking it myself, and they let me take them... Full Shopping cart, then yea, I leave it to them..

u sure do live up 2 ur name:thumbsup:

[DannyO]

Originally posted by ogpog


You dont by chance remember you're mirror on the long pole do you? (this is Paul by the way)

Hmm not really, care to give more information to jog my memory more?

[ogpog]

Originally posted by DannyO


Hmm not really, care to give more information to jog my memory more?

Well in the back we would climb up the ladder across from the coolers and there would be like styrofoam and seasonal things up there. Then snickers bars from the "returns" cart would be eaten, and there was a long pole with a mirror on it to see people coming. You also happened to sleep up there a couple of times.

[szw]

You guys made out back there too right?

[TeamBestBud]

Originally posted by szw
You guys made out back there too right?

:rofl: :rofl: :poosie:

[zieg]

Originally posted by ogpog


Well in the back we would climb up the ladder across from the coolers and there would be like styrofoam and seasonal things up there. Then snickers bars from the "returns" cart would be eaten, and there was a long pole with a mirror on it to see people coming. You also happened to sleep up there a couple of times.


Which one did you guys work at? I worked at #9 for a few years..





About the tips thing, sometimes, when I was a service clerk I got forced into taking tips. Old ladies would actually put it in my pocket. :confused:

A few times they would leave it on the ground so I could 'find' it, and once when I was a cashier at christmas I took an order out because nobody else could, and got a twenty for my troubles. :D Yeah that one didn't make it to customer service.

[ogpog]

OMG!:clap: :eek: http://www.4wheeler.ca/style_emoticons/default/supergay.gif


:rolleyes:

[ogpog]

Originally posted by ZiG-87



Which one did you guys work at? I worked at #9 for a few years..





About the tips thing, sometimes, when I was a service clerk I got forced into taking tips. Old ladies would actually put it in my pocket. :confused:

A few times they would leave it on the ground so I could 'find' it, and once when I was a cashier at christmas I took an order out because nobody else could, and got a twenty for my troubles. :D Yeah that one didn't make it to customer service.
I cant remember which number it was, but it was the 130th avenue location (i think location 18?).

[vadeit]

Originally posted by ogpog

I cant remember which number it was, but it was the 130th avenue location (i think location 18?).

Store 18 was/is the 130th location. I might have worked with you. I worked grocery at 3 stores (8, 13, 18) for six years to put myself through university. I quit at the end of '03.

Man, did I cause a lot of shit there, haha.

[thinmyster]

worked at oakridge

[DannyO]

Originally posted by ogpog


Well in the back we would climb up the ladder across from the coolers and there would be like styrofoam and seasonal things up there. Then snickers bars from the "returns" cart would be eaten, and there was a long pole with a mirror on it to see people coming. You also happened to sleep up there a couple of times.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: , oh yea I remember that, good times, I remember some days when I went in on a weekend, and went straight out back and went to sleep till the end of my shift, how I never got caught doing that I will never know.



Originally posted by vadeit


Store 18 was/is the 130th location. I might have worked with you. I worked grocery at 3 stores (8, 13, 18) for six years to put myself through university. I quit at the end of '03.

Man, did I cause a lot of shit there, haha.


I probably worked with you then, I was there around that time, whats your name?

[DJ Lazy]

Originally posted by vadeit
Man, did I cause a lot of shit there, haha.

Define "Alot"..;)

[3G]

Originally posted by DJ Lazy
Fuck that shit.. I use to work for Coop years ago.. well I didn't so much work, but I hung out there for 8hrs a day being a royal pain in the ass for management, and you can bet your sweet ass I accepted every tip that was given to me and never once did it end up in customer service, nor did I ever get written up for it.. It's some BS rule they have, and I don't know anyone that followed it back when I worked there... :dunno:


:werd: I used to work @ Monterey, was that job slack, management was nice, supervisors loved me, made quite a bit in tips, my customers loved me


Originally posted by DannyO


:rofl: :rofl: .....those were the good ol days.

Worst thing about the job though, EVERY CUSTOMER WOULD TALK ABOUT THAT FUCKIN WEATHER.:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

I'm now more than qualified to be a weatherman.


:werd::werd:werd:

[vadeit]

Originally posted by DJ Lazy


Define "Alot"..;)

Well .......(the following is all me and my buddy as a team of trouble makers) phoned the CEO before (we managed to get his number) to bitch about our store management. We got a meeting with the COO over that one (he gave our store manager shit).

They tried to get rid of us once by claiming we sexually harrassed some chick. Too bad neither of us had worked within 3 days of said incident and we proved that we had never even met her. Fucking tools, lol. Got signed letters of apology over that one.

That is just a tiny ass sample of what we did. Our manager said that it was a good week if he didn't hear anything about us. We still got our jobs done. So the combination of that and the union made us untouchable, lol.

Edit: I forgot about the "customer game". :rofl: We used to make customers talk to us. We would keep asking them if they needed help, etc. until they had to acknowledge our presence. Then we would engage them in useless small talk. Some of them would get so wierded out. :rofl:

[vadeit]

Originally posted by thinmyster
worked at oakridge

When did you work there? I worked there for like 5 years total off and on (ending when I quit in 03).


Originally posted by DannyO

I probably worked with you then, I was there around that time, whats your name?

I worked there in the summer of '99 or '00, can't remember. I had a white Katana at that time. My name was Ken and I worked in grocery.

[zieg]

Originally posted by vadeit


When did you work there? I worked there for like 5 years total off and on (ending when I quit in 03).



Wow, me too..... I'm one of the Ryans.. the one that drove the white trans am & dark purple Firebird at the time...


Originally posted by vadeit
My name was Ken
Was? What is it now? :rofl:

[zieg]

Whoops, double post

[vadeit]

Originally posted by ZiG-87




Wow, me too..... I'm one of the Ryans.. the one that drove the white trans am at the time...


Was? What is it now? :rofl:

:nut: was... haha. oops, stupid me.

I don't remember anyone at oakridge with a white trans am. I worked with a guy at deer valley who had a trans am.

What dept. where you in?

[zieg]

I was a service clerk and then a cashier.

[Redlyne_jr]

I used to work for co-op and we arnt supposed to take tips but you know no one will ever know:dunno: :dunno:

[slick2404]

I work at co-op right now while in school, i love it at customer service. sit back, have a few laughs, ring a few things in and go home...jobs great, plus the only reason im working there and not somewhere else is they pay 70% of my tuition. SCORE

[zieg]

Hmm.. I don't suppose there's a guy named John reading this right now.. that used to work at Oakridge and had a black Subaru rs? He's the guy that told me about beyond...

[vadeit]

Originally posted by ZiG-87
I was a service clerk and then a cashier.

Sorry, don't remember you man. Though if I was to see you I would probably remember. I am good with faces but terrible with names.



Originally posted by slick2404
I work at co-op right now while in school, i love it at customer service. sit back, have a few laughs, ring a few things in and go home...jobs great, plus the only reason im working there and not somewhere else is they pay 70% of my tuition. SCORE

When did the cocksuckers start doing that? They used to never give us shit for school. Only 5 small ass grants for the entire company.

[zieg]

Ah, it's ok. I didn't know many of the grocery guys. I'm about 5'8, really dark curly hair.. *shrug*

[jdmakkord]

Originally posted by ashee


It's incorporated into the cost of the meal. It usually says on the bottom of the menu "prices include food service fee" or whatever which is a mandatory tip. I went to Moxie's the other night and I was trying to figure out what to tip and the girl was like don't worry about making it too generous there's a tip included in the cost of the meal. :dunno:

As a former moxies employee, I can confirm that this is bullshit. They do not include gratuities in regular pricing. If it is a banquet or large party, then maybe, but regular dining....fuck no.

[DannyO]

Originally posted by vadeit

I worked there in the summer of '99 or '00, can't remember. I had a white Katana at that time. My name was Ken and I worked in grocery.

Hmm, I started there in the summer of 2001, so I guess not.

Oh and I'm not a fan of unions, but damn did I like the one at co-op, only thing that kept me from being fired on numerous occasions.

It was the only job that I was a bad employee at, they treated me bad (only some of the boss's) so I in turn, turned from a good employee to a shit one.

[5hift]

Originally posted by slick2404
I work at co-op right now while in school, i love it at customer service. sit back, have a few laughs, ring a few things in and go home...jobs great, plus the only reason im working there and not somewhere else is they pay 70% of my tuition. SCORE

Details, catch? Brand new coop opened up near me, hiring in every department and I need a slack ass job.

[thinmyster]

my name is jon/jonathan worked service clerk i think i quit in 2002 worked for like 2 years. had the mr2? dont know what else to say. still know a bunch of guys that worked there

[vadeit]

Originally posted by thinmyster
my name is jon/jonathan worked service clerk i think i quit in 2002 worked for like 2 years. had the mr2? dont know what else to say. still know a bunch of guys that worked there

I think I knew who you where. White mr2, either you or your gf of the time lived in Oakridge down the street from my grandparents? You knew my buddy Chris better than you knew me if you are who I think you are.

[thinmyster]

hahah yeah my ex girlfriend eva? but we both lived in cedarbrae

whats your name and position again? im brutal with this kinda stuff

Edit: the only ken i remember was a service clerk LOL and probably still is

[vadeit]

Originally posted by thinmyster
hahah yeah my ex girlfriend eva? but we both lived in cedarbrae

Ya, you are right. It was Cedarbrae.

How are you doin? What are you up to these days?

[thinmyster]

nothing much? you still talk to anyone that worked/works their

you remember ?
Jason
Lanny
Steve
meara
sean
tony
to name a few

lol oh the memories! these were the best days

[vadeit]

Originally posted by thinmyster
nothing much? you still talk to anyone that worked/works their

you remember ?
Jason
Lanny
Steve
meara
sean
tony
to name a few

lol oh the memories! these were the best days

Which Jason? Jason F. (has a younger bro Scott)? If you mean that guy, than ya I do still talk to him. We went to Uni together. I have graduated and he has a year or 2 left.

The only other guy I still talk to is Kory. Did you know him?

We all worked grocery (me, jason and kory) together.

[thinmyster]

no jason maccrimmon

i cant put the name to the face

[vadeit]

Name sounds familiar, can't picture him though.

Which Steve do you mean. The one that worked at the gas bar and then went to Edmonton for uni?

[thinmyster]

no i cant remember his last name i believe he worked stock and then worked till. best friends with sean press? katie the cashier from co-op still cuts my hair too and i bumped into shandy this summer. any of this making sense?

[vadeit]

The names all sound familiar, but none of the ones you have mentioned are people I really ever really talked to much.

[abyss]

I argued with a guy at the full service Co-op gasbar in the middle of last winter. It was like -30 out and he wouldn't take a tip from me cause he said they weren't allowed. I left shaking my head, it was so bloody cold that day too!