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Delivery drivers ask you to do this in the cold weather

Posted at 11:32 AM, Jan 31, 2019
and last updated 2019-01-31 11:34:00-05

When people can’t go out, they order in. The cold and snowy weather makes for busy nights for delivery drivers around our area, who say it’s a challenge when weather like this hits.

“I always treat it like we’re the mailman – it’s what we do,” said Angelo’s Pizza driver Troy Gilliand during the snow storm that gripped our area earlier this month.

Delivery drivers said they ask that if it is snowing, that you dig out a path for them, and be ready when they get there, so they don’t have to stand out in the cold.

News 5’s Jon Rudder asked on Twitter if food deliveries should continue in the extreme cold – here are the surprising results:

How much should you tip a delivery driver in the cold? More than the standard 20 percent? Join the conversation on our Facebook page.