After enough people kept asking me how much to tip because I was working/worked as a delivery driver I created the following
Consider how much you don’t want to go get it yourself. Put an actual dollar amount on that. If it’s just a buck or two, bite the bullet and just go get it. Otherwise, tip that amount.
I think a lot of people $10 don’t want to go get their own food when they’re considering delivery.
Does delivery not cost extra over there? Here we have a delivery fee, that’s your “how much is laziness worth to you” charge, and tips aren’t expected anywhere.
There is. The driver doesn’t see a dime of it, unless you count the legal minimums for mileage they give you. We also got paid half rate when out on an order
At the Pizza Hut I worked at (which I know is not standard, even among pizza huts) the driver is making minimum wage the entire time, and no mileage. We also got ~50% of the delivery fee.
Good. We shouldn’t start that shit what’s going on in the US. That’s why I never tip, unless it’s a really, really, exceptionally good service when they went out of their way to handle me.
Ignoring the fact that ordering online or with an app asks you to tip before the service actually happens, I don’t even know what exceptionally good delivery service would look like. I’m paying someone to drop food off next to my door within a certain time frame, there’s no way they can do it any better and a million ways to do it worse. Tipping deliveries is nuts. Thankfully I recently moved out of the suburbs and now have dozens of restaurants in walking distance, so I never use Doordash or whatever any more anyway.
I meant tipping in general.
Of course with delivery, there is no room for anything exceptional. Therefore it’s exactly zero tip every time from me, they are doing their job. But fortunately tipping here is not expected, that’s what their salaries are for.
I used to live literally 3 or 4 blocks from a domino’s, and would always tip at least 20% for delivery (probably usually more, cause I’m tipping at least $5 on $20). Could I physically walk there?.. yes. Was it worth it to not walk… also yes.
But I guess most of the appeal of delivered pizza for me is, “I utterly don’t give a shit about anything. Please feed me with almost zero of my input, or I’ll actually just go to bed so that I’m not hungry anymore”
Delivery is the definition of, “how much would I pay to not go get food AND not cook right now, but still be able to stuff my face”. A fiver for a hand-delivered pizza, doesn’t seem that off the mark from what I’m indulging in
Well, my dominos is like a mile away, so that’s like 10 min of my time. So that’s worth like $5 tops, and delivery is about that much anyway.
So are you saying I just shouldn’t order delivery since I’m not likely to tip more than $1-2? I’d much rather give $2-3 to a tip jar and pick it up myself if that’s going to be better for everyone.
After enough people kept asking me how much to tip because I was working/worked as a delivery driver I created the following
Consider how much you don’t want to go get it yourself. Put an actual dollar amount on that. If it’s just a buck or two, bite the bullet and just go get it. Otherwise, tip that amount.
I think a lot of people $10 don’t want to go get their own food when they’re considering delivery.
Does delivery not cost extra over there? Here we have a delivery fee, that’s your “how much is laziness worth to you” charge, and tips aren’t expected anywhere.
There is. The driver doesn’t see a dime of it, unless you count the legal minimums for mileage they give you. We also got paid half rate when out on an order
Depends on the chain, for sure.
At the Pizza Hut I worked at (which I know is not standard, even among pizza huts) the driver is making minimum wage the entire time, and no mileage. We also got ~50% of the delivery fee.
Good. We shouldn’t start that shit what’s going on in the US. That’s why I never tip, unless it’s a really, really, exceptionally good service when they went out of their way to handle me.
Ignoring the fact that ordering online or with an app asks you to tip before the service actually happens, I don’t even know what exceptionally good delivery service would look like. I’m paying someone to drop food off next to my door within a certain time frame, there’s no way they can do it any better and a million ways to do it worse. Tipping deliveries is nuts. Thankfully I recently moved out of the suburbs and now have dozens of restaurants in walking distance, so I never use Doordash or whatever any more anyway.
I meant tipping in general. Of course with delivery, there is no room for anything exceptional. Therefore it’s exactly zero tip every time from me, they are doing their job. But fortunately tipping here is not expected, that’s what their salaries are for.
Not tipping delivery sucks.
Yeah “how much is laziness worth to you” is just a way of ensuring there’s never a mutually good deal.
But no delivery is traditionally tipped here, it’s why I always pick up. If I want food with no effort, I’ve got no effort food at home.
I used to live literally 3 or 4 blocks from a domino’s, and would always tip at least 20% for delivery (probably usually more, cause I’m tipping at least $5 on $20). Could I physically walk there?.. yes. Was it worth it to not walk… also yes.
But I guess most of the appeal of delivered pizza for me is, “I utterly don’t give a shit about anything. Please feed me with almost zero of my input, or I’ll actually just go to bed so that I’m not hungry anymore”
Delivery is the definition of, “how much would I pay to not go get food AND not cook right now, but still be able to stuff my face”. A fiver for a hand-delivered pizza, doesn’t seem that off the mark from what I’m indulging in
Well, my dominos is like a mile away, so that’s like 10 min of my time. So that’s worth like $5 tops, and delivery is about that much anyway.
So are you saying I just shouldn’t order delivery since I’m not likely to tip more than $1-2? I’d much rather give $2-3 to a tip jar and pick it up myself if that’s going to be better for everyone.
Hadn’t ever thought/heard of that one, that’s a good one.