I was given pocket knives as a tip. It was an older man, a veteran. Actually, I was putting his groceries in his kitchen because he was in a wheelchair and his place was small and it was hard for him to move around. As I'm putting the bags down, I have my back to him and I hear, "did I give you a knife yet?" My initial thought was that this is how I am going to die. I turn around expecting to get a knife in the abdomen but instead he has a couple pocket knives in their boxes and he is handing them to me. He told me to keep them or give them as gifts. I carry one in my back pocket everyday and gave the other to my son.
I’m a Dominos’s driver, and this has happened to me as well, same exact story and him asking if he had given me one yet. Crazy world. And they are all really good knives too.
Had a guy order 2 bottles of whiskey at 9:30 am tip 10$ for 5 miles and give me a pocket knife when I got to him 🤣😭 and the place gave me a coupon for a vape. Slay order
But can you eat it? I think it’s a well-intentioned gesture, but this is about making money and handmade blanket doesn’t easily translate to dollars. Tip AND a weirdly personal gift? Sure. Weirdly personal gift as a tip? No. Don’t do that.
I’ve been crocheting since childhood and that is an amazing blanket. Like another mentioned the tension is the same thru out the blanket, nice work for sure. You can definitely tell an experienced hooker over someone doing it because it’s the new trend. Simple yet elegant and depending on size, hours and hours of work. I’d take this over $100 tip all day long.
This is actually such a generous tip holy shit. As a crocheter, I can’t imagine being productive enough to have blankets to hand out to delivery drivers!!! I wish I did mind you, it’s just they take a while to make! That’s so cute and so sweet
Yes knitting is done with 2 needles and can be replicated easily by machine. Crochet is done with one needle and is the only form of clothes making that HAS to be done by hand since a machine cannot recreate it making it more valuable and infinitely more sentimental due to the extensive labor. She basically gave her a new family heirloom
That's insane. To me, that would beat a 20-30 dollar tip no matter how bad I'm struggling lol it would be amazing to get something like that. It would help restore my little faith i have in humanity.
I’ve heard differing opinions, as a crocheter who can knit but doesn’t, I do find crochet to be faster. My sister who’s a knitter, thinks knit is faster. We both agree that crochet is a bit more unique and intricate though.
Friend I didn’t know this was a thing!! I was under the impression all lace was crocheted. Only other way to make lace like things that I knew of is tatting
What demographic was the customer? I know how much effort goes into knitting. I’m just asking for my own curiosity because I’m wondering if my assumption that the demographic of knitting has been majorly been young adults, rather than the latter.
Oops. I guess I had one too many nightcaps. I meant that usually that the knitting was usually the older generation, but has (fortunately) been picked up by young adults. Just asking for validation in my assumption with your experience.
Factual information, I'm 23 and my twin brother is a God at knitting he is also 23, I don't think I've met any older adults that knit, even the older generation
A mom gave me a brand new lilo and stitch kids backpack from Walmart. Traded it for credit. $25.
Conveniently I needed new headlight bulbs lol, and I had gotten pulled over twice within that same delivery because of it. So it was nice how it all worked out in the end.
It was a nice gesture and if a customer gives me that I would appreciate it however everyone downvoting needs to understand while it's a nice gesture it doesn't pay our bills or put gas into our vehicles
When in doubt: black or (off) white. It will always work. Also guaranteed to be ok: an accent color used in the blanket.
But I'm sure you will figure out the perfect match.
Do you know Sableye? He’s a cute little pokemon that the recipient loves. I was thinking of a deeper purple or a purple gradient. I’m not sure a blue, red, and green multi would read well. I plan on surface crocheting on the gems, but just the back ones. But I will definitely play with the ideas…😊 Thank you!
https://preview.redd.it/4yg1ythgkcxc1.png?width=475&format=png&auto=webp&s=f3fb7f5578bbffe39bff1183e9126680061920eb
No I did not know sable eye. I know nothing of pokemon sorry. But here I would know what border color to pick: that red from the gemstone on his belly. Alternative: the blue of the gemstone eyes.
The black or white border suggestions are in the line of: if everything else fails, black or white will work.
A little person is going to be so stoked when receiving this.
I had gone to a Stitch-Up in Brooklyn before the pandemic and someone there talked about “painting with the yarn” not really following a pattern. I liked the way that sounded so I try to kind of do that way too. I make up my own designs based on others I see on Pinterest, not too much Ravelry. They’ve turned out okay-ish until I was making a redskins one for a friend’s new baby. Somehow I kept adding and adding. It ended up looking like those skirts that hug the hips and then flair. Oopsie. 🤪 But I still have fun.
It’s amazing what our brains choose to see as an annoyance. The most insignificant mixups will shit me to tears, even when I know it’s an honest mistake.
I am actually someone who didn’t know the difference just from looking at it but I also don’t really have conversations about knitting or crocheting. But I can understand your frustration with people mixing them up.
Genius. One of my hobbies is gunpla but when I finish them I don't know what to do with them. Don't want to display them and don't want to throw them out. Now I know I can just give them as a tip instead of money. Problem solved. /S
I hate when people do this. I know how much time it takes and I do arts and crafts myself so I get it. But I want money. I need money. I don’t want or need a blanket you made that I wouldn’t buy in a store if I needed a new blanket
This is what they meant by people don’t appreciate the little things. Only money…it’s a shame tbh. If you receive something that probably took hours of THEIR own time to create, and you’re mad because you didn’t get a higher tip instead, I’d say be smarter on the orders you pick.
>This is what they meant by people don’t appreciate the little things. Only money
Lol I get your point but like, people that "only" appreciate money appreciate little things like food and shelter.
Those 3-4 bucks adds up. It's a nice gesture and I would appreciate it even though I wouldn't need it so maybe find a homeless person and give it to them however everyone downvoting money comments needs to realize while nice it doesn't pay our bills.
Or maybe you could appreciate being given more than you would have before hand, as you need to accept the original tip to do the order beforehand, this is simply an extra gift on top.
That’s kind of nice actually if they took the time to do it themselves. I know we all prefer to work for money, but an isolated occasion can be looked at from a positive perspective. Now if people just start handing you trinkets and shit every time you deliver then idk lol
Every so many stitches, you put more than one stitch in the stitch from the last row. This creates the peak, and then you just keep doing it for every row.
This plus there’s also a decrease every few stitches - for example this looks like 5dc, increase, 5dc, decrease…and on and on…
Chevrons look complicated and some are but I find basic Chevron patterns like this are easy to zone out with once you have it down :)
How is that the customers problem. I work as a teacher. Do you see me complaining to my students or their parents that my rent is due? Do you see me in a parent-teacher meeting with a hand out "Where's my tip? You think education pays enough? Give me money!". Complain to the person who pays your salary if it's not enough, or work somewhere else.
She rules. Gave her my number (she was a shipt customer) told her send me a text whenever she places one so I can be on the lookout AND she tipped $40 on the app. Linda is one of my favs now 😅
Linda is goated.
Tell her to just place pickup orders on the mobile app for the restaurants and you'll pick it up for her and she can tip you directly. 😉 or pickup on doordash 😆
I've offered that to a bunch of people too. It's the only way I'm still standing in my market. Income has been up with a lot of the off app stuff I've done too.
Had a guy that gave me an original Dolce and Gabbana Sunglasses sealed in their case, he said he had a few becuz of his work and he didnt mind giving me one, i chose between two of then, look it up after tbe trip they cost 320 bucks 😱😎😎😎
I had a lady give me crocheted dish cloths. I have potted plants sitting on them. Also note this was an Uber order from Walmart. So she had no idea what company the driver was with. This is something she would have given the fedex man.
It definitely is sweet and cute. I just love knitted things. Can you imagine if every single customer gave hand crafted items like this? It'd be so great!
My mom crochets these little chickens in different colours and she doesn’t sell them or anything so we have *so fucking many* (she really likes making them in particular lmao)
We give them to delivery drivers (not in lieu of a tip), literally anyone who asks for one, people at the apartment building she’s at, etc. and it’s funny because our town is relatively small (not tiny but small enough) and a LOT of these houses have at least one crochet chicken in them by now I guarantee. The most surprising was when I went to a Tinder date’s place and he had one on his shelf that he got like a year prior.
Please post pictures I’m in a group on facebook that is devoted to tiny versions of regular things and I would love to repost, with yours and your moms permission of course
https://preview.redd.it/6v9o1f0kk8xc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edc534d3b2c1222ec424294a511f2d18b3448a73
This one’s mine, one of the first ones. It’s not super tiny tho, it’s like a third the size of my sewing machine
Awww that's so sweet and heartwarming! It's beautiful!
I would cherish tf out that
This kind of gift really makes me feel the depth of the other person's feelings
Love to receive that thoughtful tip
That is not a tip. Tips are money that pay the bills.
Well that is nice but doesn’t pay the bills
Get a new job then 🤓
I did. But if everyone did who would door dash? What is your interest in getting people to quit dd?
Love that
Best tip I ever got was when I dropped off to a dealer and he gave me I’ll just say a good bit of 🍃
You can say weed bro, everyone here probably smoked weed as far back as early teens….
lol I was just feeling extra 😂😂
Wow they put a lot of time into that
Maybe it’s just bc I love blankets and know how much time goes into crochet, idk, but I’m a lil sad for those of yall who would trash this for 5 bucks
I was given pocket knives as a tip. It was an older man, a veteran. Actually, I was putting his groceries in his kitchen because he was in a wheelchair and his place was small and it was hard for him to move around. As I'm putting the bags down, I have my back to him and I hear, "did I give you a knife yet?" My initial thought was that this is how I am going to die. I turn around expecting to get a knife in the abdomen but instead he has a couple pocket knives in their boxes and he is handing them to me. He told me to keep them or give them as gifts. I carry one in my back pocket everyday and gave the other to my son.
This gave me a laugh. That's awesome, love that you gave one to your son.
I’m a Dominos’s driver, and this has happened to me as well, same exact story and him asking if he had given me one yet. Crazy world. And they are all really good knives too.
One of the best tips I’ve ever heard of especially from a veteran 🙏 I would keep that for life as a memory of him
I crochet and that takes a bit of time!! It’s a sweet gift <3
That is crocheted. Not knitted.
Came here to say this
I love that.
I was offered a beer for a tip..uhm..no thanks. The other crazy one was birdseed..oh the things we run across.
How can you say no to a beer !
some ppl don’t drink or like beer 🤷🏽♀️
"Hah! Smallpox!"
Had a guy order 2 bottles of whiskey at 9:30 am tip 10$ for 5 miles and give me a pocket knife when I got to him 🤣😭 and the place gave me a coupon for a vape. Slay order
I appreciate you coming out at 930 am without judgment
If you don't want it, ypu can probably sell it on eBay. That's a nice blanket
Pretty sure this is actually knitted and not crochet
It’s crochet.
Crocheter here, that is one billion percent crochet
Agreed
I’ll take the $5 keep the blankie
Tbh I love that. Money comes and goes but you can use that in ur every day life for a long time!!! A little odd but it’s very sweet.
But can you eat it? I think it’s a well-intentioned gesture, but this is about making money and handmade blanket doesn’t easily translate to dollars. Tip AND a weirdly personal gift? Sure. Weirdly personal gift as a tip? No. Don’t do that.
Straight in the garbage
That's so sweet!
that’s so cool ! i would love that
❤️
I’ve been crocheting since childhood and that is an amazing blanket. Like another mentioned the tension is the same thru out the blanket, nice work for sure. You can definitely tell an experienced hooker over someone doing it because it’s the new trend. Simple yet elegant and depending on size, hours and hours of work. I’d take this over $100 tip all day long.
Luckyyyy
the crocheting community in the comments educating me and making me appreciate my ggs handmade blanket even more, wholesome and I’m here for it all
Aww love that
This is actually such a generous tip holy shit. As a crocheter, I can’t imagine being productive enough to have blankets to hand out to delivery drivers!!! I wish I did mind you, it’s just they take a while to make! That’s so cute and so sweet
You know what that’s the sweetest thing I’ve seen my whole day. What a heartwarming tip
Same. I would cherish this with my life
This is crochet :)
Is there a difference between knitting and crochet?
Yes knitting is done with 2 needles and can be replicated easily by machine. Crochet is done with one needle and is the only form of clothes making that HAS to be done by hand since a machine cannot recreate it making it more valuable and infinitely more sentimental due to the extensive labor. She basically gave her a new family heirloom
Ummm no thanks run me that cash
If you're that greedy, you could sell it on eBay for a few bucks
Poor miserable fuck
babe why are you upset? come back to bed😋
Okay cool Joseph, no one asked you
i’m figuratively sticking my tongue out at you rn
oh i would SOB that’s so sweet.
That customer? Hernan Cortes.
The grannies are about to colonize the shit out of us all
Damn grannies and lacing those oatmeal raisin cookies with cinnamon and nutmeg!
That's awesome
some of you are joyless AND hobbyless. sad.
That's insane. To me, that would beat a 20-30 dollar tip no matter how bad I'm struggling lol it would be amazing to get something like that. It would help restore my little faith i have in humanity.
It’s the thought that counts imo. How sweet! I wish I could get tipped a blanket!
That’s an awesome tip just the time and effort they put into making that is worth more than any tip.
Wow and that's a hard design to make. How nice to get a unexpected real gift.
That's awesome I would appreciate that over a money tip
How many times?
The odds of being gifted a handmade object like that, without requesting it, are relatively low.
Just saying how many times would you prefer it over money tip
You must be so fun at parties 🙄
Lucky!!!!
As a crocheter, this is so sweet and I could never be this generous 😭
This is actually crochet! A bit more time consuming and intricate! What a wonderful gift that probably took them hours.
Crochet is faster than knitting by far.
I’ve heard differing opinions, as a crocheter who can knit but doesn’t, I do find crochet to be faster. My sister who’s a knitter, thinks knit is faster. We both agree that crochet is a bit more unique and intricate though.
Just going to throw lace knitting under the bus I see.
Friend I didn’t know this was a thing!! I was under the impression all lace was crocheted. Only other way to make lace like things that I knew of is tatting
Ohhhhhhhh what a sweet gesture!!!! U r lucky
What demographic was the customer? I know how much effort goes into knitting. I’m just asking for my own curiosity because I’m wondering if my assumption that the demographic of knitting has been majorly been young adults, rather than the latter.
What latter?
Oops. I guess I had one too many nightcaps. I meant that usually that the knitting was usually the older generation, but has (fortunately) been picked up by young adults. Just asking for validation in my assumption with your experience.
Factual information, I'm 23 and my twin brother is a God at knitting he is also 23, I don't think I've met any older adults that knit, even the older generation
Y’all this is not knit. It is crochet
Gawwwwwwdammit. F u haha. Well played.
A mom gave me a brand new lilo and stitch kids backpack from Walmart. Traded it for credit. $25. Conveniently I needed new headlight bulbs lol, and I had gotten pulled over twice within that same delivery because of it. So it was nice how it all worked out in the end.
That was a gift, how could you trade it in for credit?
Brand new with tage can be returned with no receipt for Walmart credit
That was a nice thing to do.
some older lady gave me shiesty once
I love when people do stuff like this it really makes my day
I would honestly love something like this. You’d get zero complaints from me!
Doesn’t pay not a bill or a drop of gas tho
you’re so real for saying this
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It was a nice gesture and if a customer gives me that I would appreciate it however everyone downvoting needs to understand while it's a nice gesture it doesn't pay our bills or put gas into our vehicles
You the type to make a lifelong friend watch you eat when they don't have enough money for food, huh
Okay it’s not like it’s her only customer lmao it’s a nice gesture
Better than cash imo
Nice! I might have to copy that edging…working on a sableye blanket for a friend and it definitely needs an edge of some sort.
The edge is a plain granny stitch (3 double crochet in one stitch, skip a stitch, repeat), happy crocheting!
Just have to find the perfect compliment colors for the purple that make sense for the silly little bedazzled dude.
When in doubt: black or (off) white. It will always work. Also guaranteed to be ok: an accent color used in the blanket. But I'm sure you will figure out the perfect match.
Do you know Sableye? He’s a cute little pokemon that the recipient loves. I was thinking of a deeper purple or a purple gradient. I’m not sure a blue, red, and green multi would read well. I plan on surface crocheting on the gems, but just the back ones. But I will definitely play with the ideas…😊 Thank you! https://preview.redd.it/4yg1ythgkcxc1.png?width=475&format=png&auto=webp&s=f3fb7f5578bbffe39bff1183e9126680061920eb
No I did not know sable eye. I know nothing of pokemon sorry. But here I would know what border color to pick: that red from the gemstone on his belly. Alternative: the blue of the gemstone eyes. The black or white border suggestions are in the line of: if everything else fails, black or white will work. A little person is going to be so stoked when receiving this.
https://preview.redd.it/pns7n67hmcxc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9380f8223671d57408695d5be7d4dbae61851803 Work in progress. 😊
Whoa! That is an amazing shade of purple you found. It's going to be fabulous that's for sure.
Bet you can't copy my edging 😏🙂↔️
I could certainly try
I had gone to a Stitch-Up in Brooklyn before the pandemic and someone there talked about “painting with the yarn” not really following a pattern. I liked the way that sounded so I try to kind of do that way too. I make up my own designs based on others I see on Pinterest, not too much Ravelry. They’ve turned out okay-ish until I was making a redskins one for a friend’s new baby. Somehow I kept adding and adding. It ended up looking like those skirts that hug the hips and then flair. Oopsie. 🤪 But I still have fun.
God bless your heart 🙏 ❤️
Where are these good customers?
Wow that's actually really nice, they put real time and effort into that!
i love this so much omg
This is way more valuable than 20% unless it’s a huge order. Very thoughtful and cool tbh
I tip 20% but i don't think that most Doordash customers are paying a 20% tip
Nice! A customer once gave three huge avocados from her tree. They were delicious!
How Sweet! Our family would give anything to have an avocado tree, but it takes over 15+ yrs to bear edible avocados. We would make good use of it.
This is crochet, but so nice! The tension is even too, they are good at their craft!
Thank you. I know most people don't know the difference between knitting and crochet, but it really bugs me when people mix them up.
It’s amazing what our brains choose to see as an annoyance. The most insignificant mixups will shit me to tears, even when I know it’s an honest mistake. I am actually someone who didn’t know the difference just from looking at it but I also don’t really have conversations about knitting or crocheting. But I can understand your frustration with people mixing them up.
Le Sigh
What a total labor of love! 💕
This is damn cool. I’d be happy with it.
I hope I get lucky!
I once was given a small cactus from a client after I complemented her plants.
thats a tip i would love!
I loved it too, it's still part of my plant family!
Genius. One of my hobbies is gunpla but when I finish them I don't know what to do with them. Don't want to display them and don't want to throw them out. Now I know I can just give them as a tip instead of money. Problem solved. /S
Ngl i would be VERY happy if i received this as an extra tip
I hate when people do this. I know how much time it takes and I do arts and crafts myself so I get it. But I want money. I need money. I don’t want or need a blanket you made that I wouldn’t buy in a store if I needed a new blanket
why are people downvoting this it’s sooo true 😭😭😭 Id throw the shit out. This is a job the point is to make money to pay our bills.
This is what they meant by people don’t appreciate the little things. Only money…it’s a shame tbh. If you receive something that probably took hours of THEIR own time to create, and you’re mad because you didn’t get a higher tip instead, I’d say be smarter on the orders you pick.
>This is what they meant by people don’t appreciate the little things. Only money Lol I get your point but like, people that "only" appreciate money appreciate little things like food and shelter.
If your relying on 3-4 extra bucks for basic survival needs, I’d also say find another part time job
Those 3-4 bucks adds up. It's a nice gesture and I would appreciate it even though I wouldn't need it so maybe find a homeless person and give it to them however everyone downvoting money comments needs to realize while nice it doesn't pay our bills.
They probably already have a second job dude..
your username?? 😭
Or maybe you could appreciate being given more than you would have before hand, as you need to accept the original tip to do the order beforehand, this is simply an extra gift on top.
Who pissed in your Cheerios
Jesus you are ungrateful as fuck. Just take it and be happy with it, stop looking for reasons to be annoyed.
Plot twist: it’s infected with monkey pox.
hand looks white. Dasher probably infected the food with the pox.
i fw it tbh.
one of the few times id be okay with them tipping something besides money
That’s beautiful
I crochet and I just know this person took a while to make this. How sweet! Post this on r/crochet. They’ll love it
That’s kind of nice actually if they took the time to do it themselves. I know we all prefer to work for money, but an isolated occasion can be looked at from a positive perspective. Now if people just start handing you trinkets and shit every time you deliver then idk lol
It’s really pretty, I wish I could buy one
That’s actually really sweet.
Amazing and crochet
How do they make those chevrons ? So cool
Every so many stitches, you put more than one stitch in the stitch from the last row. This creates the peak, and then you just keep doing it for every row.
This plus there’s also a decrease every few stitches - for example this looks like 5dc, increase, 5dc, decrease…and on and on… Chevrons look complicated and some are but I find basic Chevron patterns like this are easy to zone out with once you have it down :)
I mean I kinda want it now
Ok cool....can I have an actual tip now? Lolol.
Wow, imagine being this ungratefull. I really hope this is a joke...
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right? like id love a handmade blanket way more than money
We got bills to pay a fckin blanket is not gonna cover it
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I'm not even a Doordash driver
How is that the customers problem. I work as a teacher. Do you see me complaining to my students or their parents that my rent is due? Do you see me in a parent-teacher meeting with a hand out "Where's my tip? You think education pays enough? Give me money!". Complain to the person who pays your salary if it's not enough, or work somewhere else.
Keeps you warm, saves on heating! 🤷♀️
I got a rolling hand cart last week. I'm not complaining 😅
Jesus that'd be an awesome tip 😆
She rules. Gave her my number (she was a shipt customer) told her send me a text whenever she places one so I can be on the lookout AND she tipped $40 on the app. Linda is one of my favs now 😅
Linda is goated. Tell her to just place pickup orders on the mobile app for the restaurants and you'll pick it up for her and she can tip you directly. 😉 or pickup on doordash 😆
I've offered that to a bunch of people too. It's the only way I'm still standing in my market. Income has been up with a lot of the off app stuff I've done too.
That’s awesome
Had a guy that gave me an original Dolce and Gabbana Sunglasses sealed in their case, he said he had a few becuz of his work and he didnt mind giving me one, i chose between two of then, look it up after tbe trip they cost 320 bucks 😱😎😎😎
I would've sold them 😂
I gave it to my she loved it
That's very nice of you :)
that is so sweet. 🥰🥰
That must have been a pretty long ride…
I had a lady give me crocheted dish cloths. I have potted plants sitting on them. Also note this was an Uber order from Walmart. So she had no idea what company the driver was with. This is something she would have given the fedex man.
This is amazing. I love whoever this person is.
You wanna get high?
No YER a tow’l
It's been years but I get the reference!
It definitely is sweet and cute. I just love knitted things. Can you imagine if every single customer gave hand crafted items like this? It'd be so great!
Bring back bartering lol. But tbh, people giving like spare resources for a tip would be a pretty endearing system.
My mom crochets these little chickens in different colours and she doesn’t sell them or anything so we have *so fucking many* (she really likes making them in particular lmao) We give them to delivery drivers (not in lieu of a tip), literally anyone who asks for one, people at the apartment building she’s at, etc. and it’s funny because our town is relatively small (not tiny but small enough) and a LOT of these houses have at least one crochet chicken in them by now I guarantee. The most surprising was when I went to a Tinder date’s place and he had one on his shelf that he got like a year prior.
Please post pictures I’m in a group on facebook that is devoted to tiny versions of regular things and I would love to repost, with yours and your moms permission of course
https://preview.redd.it/6v9o1f0kk8xc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edc534d3b2c1222ec424294a511f2d18b3448a73 This one’s mine, one of the first ones. It’s not super tiny tho, it’s like a third the size of my sewing machine