How much do you tip baggers at the commissary?

Why can't you bring your own bags and bag it yourself? There's no rule stating you can't. In fact, I bring my own bags all the time!!!! I often bag my own groceries. As far as tipping goes, don't be a tightwad. When I do BIG shopping (every two weeks) I spend roughly $200 and tip $5.00. I always bring my own bags. DECA will never pay thier bagers hourly. They are providing baggers as a COURTESY you don't have to use them. Bag your own groceries and stop complaining. Christ, your getting food for cheaper than off base anyway!

We have bills too and my husband is only an E-4. We have a 4 year old too. We came into the AF with lots of bills and I can still manage to give the bagger a fiver when they bag my groceries. We only take home $800 every two weeks and that's BEFORE all the bills. People don't work for free!!!! If you don't want to tip them, dont ask them to bag you groceries, do it yourself. i bag my own with my own bags all the time!

I wasn't saying that you couldn't vent I was saying that if you don't like the service you receive, don't use it. My husband been to Iraq 4 times in the past 16 months so don't even tell me about the price of freedom!

My father is a retired CMSgt (E-9 with 30 years service) and is currently a GS-15, what's your point?

Oh nevermind, I just saw that you are ARMY.

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How much do you tip baggers at the commissary?

This past payday I went to the commissary and spent $135 on groceries...I gave the bagger a $2 tip...she did not say thank you or anything...was very rude. She was lucky she got anything because I never break change and try to keep a couple of dollars on hand just for the commissary. I swear some...

Commissary Baggers

Aww..the commisary. I get the very same feeling every 1st and 15th. Unless it falls on a monday Lol! My family eats a ton and I normally end up with a caravan of 2 grocery carts by the time I get to the checkout stand. If I have the 2 carts (about 20 bags) I give them $5.00 if I only have one cart load, I always give them 3$. If I am in the express lane and I just buy a few things, I normally just give them $1. Screw them for being snotty over the 50 cents. Sometimes I dont tip if I only have one bag, especailly if it's a bagger I dont like. I know they are only paid by tips and not Decca. But I am sure just like my commisary there are always a million people in there. So think of all those groceries they bag and take out in one hour. Even if they do 2 @ 5$ each in tips, thats 10$ an hour in cash! The amounts I listed are more than plenty. Hope this helped.

No increase in military pay? You're kidding, right? The military has gotten pay raises that outpace the cost of living for more years than I can count. This year the President requested a 3.0% raise for 2008, and the House Armed Services Committee, under democratic leadership, is pushing for a 3.5 percent raise..(and folks say that the democrats don't support the military...bah!)

In addition, there was another amendment to the spending bill that would require all military raises from 2009-2012 to be .5% more than the average private sector raises as determined by the labor department.

Anyway, that's neither here nor there.

If I am getting carry out service (i.e. I buy enough that they bring it out to my car for me), I tip $5.00 or more. If I am just going through the express line, I tipe $2.00 or more. I have NEVER, EVER, had a rude bagger at my commissary. They are typically hard-working teenagers who are trying to earn what they can...once in awhile I get an adult, and they are usually pretty good, too.

If they got rid of the baggers and just made us bag our own, it would take twice as long to get out of there as it does now...the lines are already usually pretty long, and the baggers contribute to the efficiency of the checkers. I don't mind paying for it.

Unless you are overseas, you can always find the same items the commissary has at your local grocery store. You are not expected or asked to tip the baggers there.

Well, at first I used to get irritated at the fact that you kinda feel pressured to use the commissary baggers. But now, my take on it has changed since friends of mine have bagged and made pretty decent money with it. Also, if you dont want to use a bagger, you dont have to! You do have a choice, but dont get mad if you allow someone to bag your grocieries and then have to give them a few dollars for a tip. It doesnt have to be much.

Baggers at the commissary do not receive an hourly wage. Their sole income is tips. Unfortunately, there are people in the service industry that do not have the proper attitude to receive the GRATUITY they are given. You don't have to tip. My husband didn't know to tip at the commissary until he and I got married. And, commissary baggers are an archaeic throwback to a time gone past. It is probably one of the last vestiges of old military tradition left.

And, to answer your question... I have worked in the tipping industry for too long... so I am sure I tip too much. But, in the 80s, my mom tipped $1 per cart taken out to her car. I went to the commissary today, and tipped $10 on $200 of groceries.

The baggers normally are not paid, the tip is all they make. At our commissary I tend to tip heavier especially to the older gentlemen. Would you like to be 70 years old and working for tips? As for the two of you sniping at each other, give it a break. There is nothing worse than whining military wives. Our lives can be hard but we chose them. So, give it a rest and remember that our husband's are paid in more than money.

All this drama about paying the commissary baggers tips??? Whatever, you may have been better with a $3 tip for that dollar figure, but $2 is more than fair. All the other crap you are getting worked up over is really crazy considering you just wanted to know about tipping.

Just remember that the baggers at the commisary don't get paid wages. They only get tips. Look on the wall right before you leave and there should be a sign that says they only work for tips. Having said that, a tip is for service you appreciate. I feel an individual who gives excellent service should be making more money than a grouch who makes me uncomfortable. 2-5 dollars would be appropriate.