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Entitled Karen demands delivery driver shovel her snow-laden driveway: 'I left her a message in the snow'

While all customer service is tough due to the challenging task of dealing with the unpredictable members of the public, delivery drivers have it particularly rough, owing to the fact that they have to consistently interact with these same people whose absurd entitlement is amplified by the proximity of their homes. If you thought that Karen was a doozy to deal with at the customer service desk at Home Depot, just wait until you see how she treats the poor bloke who has to deliver something right to her door.

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    "She wanted me to do [it for] $5."
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  • This premise held true when this delivery driver, who was working for one of the various grocery shops and delivery apps out there, was tasked with delivery to an address—a standard delivery where the ordered had paid a small pre-delivery tip. It had been snowing heavily, and when the delivery driver arrived at the address of one of their deliveries, they had to trudge through the deep snow of an unshoveled driveway to hand off the goods. Upon answering the door, the customer informed him that the meager tip was payment for shoveling the driveway, which they, of course, couldn't do as they had other deliveries to complete. Instead, they left a fitting (and rather impolite) message in the fresh snow.

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    Posted by u/TeamJJ88 16 hours ago A delivery driver's petty revenge story This happened to me last year. Someone reminded me of it today, so I thought I would share. I was working as a grocery shopper and delivery guy, you probably know the app. I did a double order about 24hrs after a snow storm was over. Most people have their driveways shoveled by now. Order A of the double was 5 items going to the trailer park 3 miles away. Order B was 20 items going 10 miles away. I've shopped for B a few t
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    I get done shopping and drive to customer A. Driveway not shoveled and it's a "hand to customer". FML so I park on the road and trudge through the nearly a foot of snow to the front. door and I knock. A woman in her late 20s / early 30s answers the door. I hand her the 2 bags and say have a nice day. She stops me from leaving and proceeds to tell me that the tip she left me on the app was so I would shovel her driveway. Before I could say anything she point to the shovel, says "get started or I
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    I stood there kind of dumbfounded by the audacity and entitlement of this woman. Then I remembered who I was delivering to for order B, and instantly I knew that this person, customer A, was a low tipper, possibly no tip. So took the shovel and pretended like I was going to do it. I then went to the side of the trailer and behind her car, where I was out of view, and proceeded to write in big YELLOW letters "FU!" and I left the shovel next to it.
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    As I'm driving away, I messaged her. "Sorry I can't shovel your driveway, I have another delivery to make. I left the shovel behind your car." She never messaged me back, didn't gave me a bad review, and didn't take the tip away. So maybe she didn't see it, but I'm fully satisfied believing she did. If your wondering how much the tip was for all that shoveling she wanted me to do....$5 TLDR: Woman tries to trick me into shoveling her driveway. I left her a message in the snow.
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    Specific-Occasion-82 15 hr. ago good for you! 87 Reply Share Grouchy-Ad4338 - 13 hr. ago Good one. OP did his numbers and probabilities and made a good call. In the end, even better since she didn't claw back the five dollars. What got me all worked up about though is the part, where she just ordered OP to do it and then blackmailed him about taking the tip back. If she was polite and really needed help then am sure at least some of us would have - but with that attitude she better had a loaded
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    TeamJJ88 OP. 8 hr. ago It's funny you say that cause I have help out 4 or 5 times. They were all elderly and looked like they live alone. If I'm in a rush I'll just shovel a path to their car, around the car, and from the car to the road so they can get out. EVERYONE of them offered me some cash, which I refused. Because, lets be honest, I really didn't do that much. Most took less than 20 min. One elderly lady wouldn't take no for an answer and increased my tip in the app. I only accepted the c
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    CoderJoe1 15 hr. ago I would think, free shovel 67 Reply Share ... TeamJJ88 OP. 15 hr. ago I had to leave the shovel next to my message, so that she would see it when she went to get the shovel. ↑ 46 ↓ Reply Share
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    saraphilipp 11 hr. ago . Back in the day a whole strand of Christmas lights would go out if one light bulb was bad out of 100 Or 500 light strands. I kept broken Christmas lights in my pocket. If you me on a tip, I'd pull out one good bulb on your light strand, toss it and replace it with a bad one. You had to go light by light testing each one till you found the bad one or the whole strand was junk. It's not to bad if you only do one strand, I'd do 4 or 5 if i could. 54 Reply Share ●●●
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    TeamJJ88 OP · 8 hr. ago You psycho! lol but seriously that is some good pettiness! #1 21 Reply Share ... saraphilipp 8 hr. ago A driver asked me one time what I do when people stiff me on a tip. Jokingly i said man I just give them a lawn job right then and there. About an hour later the manager called me into the office and asked me if i actually told him that because, well, he did it. 11 Told her I was just joking and I'd actually wait till later to do the lawn jobs. Reply Share ●●●
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    Papazi-7 13 hr. ago I would have asked her 'so on the App there's a shovel the snow item under groceries that you purchased?' ↑ 18 Reply Share
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    Sociopathic-me 8 hr. ago $50 dollar tip...maybe? $5 dollar tip? FU! Literally. 10 Reply Share 10 ... TeamJJ88 OP. 8 hr. ago If I didn't have another delivery to do, and she offered me cash, then yes I would shovel. It wasn't a big driveway, I would have done it for $25-$30. Reply Share
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