Who else leaves sweet treats for their delivery drivers

Occured January 29th,2022/ Japan at 10:00 ' O ' Clock

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Not the elves at the North Pole, but delivery drivers from places like Amazon, FedEx and UberEats who make our holidays run smoothly by working hard to deliver the things we need to make holiday magic happen.

Each holiday season, we see Pinterest-worthy pictures of overflowing snack baskets set out for delivery drivers and catch headlines showing viral doorbell videos of drivers' reactions to treats left along their delivery routes. When I first saw these sweet ideas, I knew I wanted to leave out snacks for the drivers making rounds in my neighborhood.

I started my own version of the act — a basket of snacks and a cooler of drinks along with a thank you note — last Christmas, when delivery drivers were working overtime to ensure holiday gifts got delivered.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, stores were closed or only filling pick-up orders, and delivery drivers were inundated with packages and racing from house to house. I was sure that most of the time, these hard-working people never heard a thank you from anyone, so leaving out a basket of snacks and a cooler of drinks seemed like a simple way to show my gratitude, even if I didn't come to the door for every delivery.

And the idea has stuck. As a commerce writer and travel journalist, I get deliveries almost every day, so I've started leaving snacks out year-round. Over the past year, I've become more familiar with my neighborhood drivers and they now know they can stop at my house for a drink or a snack even if they aren't delivering something.

But what does it really mean to delivery drivers when people leave out snacks, drinks and other goodies during the holidays or at any time of year?

Jenny Rosado, a delivery driver for United Parcel Service (UPS) in Stratford, Conn. has worked for the company for 30 years.

"You feel appreciated and loved," Rosado tells Yahoo Life of customers' kind gestures. "You know that they appreciate what you do for them."

Marcellus Chafford, a FedEx driver from Madison, Ala., says some days, these small acts of kindness make all the difference.

"I know it makes a lot of our days because the days are long and the weather's bad and cold," says Chafford. "Once we see the snack boxes on the on the porches or outside of the garage, it brightens our day."

But it's not just delivery trucks and postal workers that make the holidays happen: In recent years, companies like Shipt and Instacart and food delivery services like Grubhub and UberEats have brought delivery drivers to our doors carrying everything from ingredients for our dinner parties to champagne for our holiday toasts.