Tipping

[medicalmaryjane]

I know this is off topic but how much do you tip delivery people? I saw today when I was ordering food that there was the option to tip 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% and UP. I don't think it is appropriate to tip 15% for a person to drive food to my house. I always tip 20% when I eat at a restaurant but 20% on a delivery is ridiculous imo.

What do you guys tip on a food delivery?

Let's say the bill is $20.

 

[toastycookies]

I know this is off topic but how much do you tip delivery people? I saw today when I was ordering food that there was the option to tip 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% and UP. I don't think it is appropriate to tip 15% for a person to drive food to my house. I always tip 20% when I eat at a restaurant but 20% on a delivery is ridiculous imo.

What do you guys tip on a food delivery?

Let's say the bill is $20.

five dollars.

 

[medicalmaryjane]

What would you tip on a $20 bill in a restaurant (I know a $20 is almost impossible when you eat out). I always tip wait staff more than delivery.

 

[toastycookies]

the same. i don't really tip less than $5, but then again most of my bills are over $20.

 

[Pipe Dream]

It depends, if they charge a delivery fee on top of that than I would be more inclined to tip less. Any extra fee should go to the delivery person IMO when they use their own cars and gas in most cases. But otherwise, 15-20% I guess the same I tip at a restaurant I would say.

 

[Benassi]

2-3 bucks for delivery. Usually 10 eating out or more if the bill is high as shit

 

[medicalmaryjane]

i guess that makes sense. I will start picking up food more often. it's too much to pay an extra 5 bucks on top of the food. the restaurants make enough on the food and the delivery person probably gets a flat rate and then tips. when I waited tables, i got 50 a night + tips. some nights i made more waiting tables than i did at my corporate job.

 

[medicalmaryjane]

2-3 bucks for delivery. Usually 10 eating out or more if the bill is high as shit

that's how I am too.

i always tip good in restaurants, especially if the waitor takes care of us well.

I remember when I was young, my grandparents would calculate 15% to a dime. lol.

 

[VER D]

id give em enough for gas wich is like 4 dollars now

 

[Benassi]

It seriously depends though because I've left nothing for tips, sometimes even a "you were an asshole" on the napkin, or even pocket change.

Girl waiters take my money easy, I always seem to tip them well, especially at Olive Garden gettin' all tipsy off wine getting chatted up about different shit. I'm easy...

 

[mellokitty]

i think city/town and downtown/suburb are way different; the delivery boys literally take their lives in hand when they show up at your door. when i lived downtown i used to tip a full 10-20%, depending on the time/day (the guys that got there on time at 9:00 on a friday night got the 20%, that way you know *someone's making sure your order gets there -fucking fast- next time) (<-which it did). (especially chinese food. those guys usually have to pool tips.)

when i moved to a smaller town, the first time i ordered in, i thought i was cheaping the guy out when i gave him $5 on a $40 order, but i got the full-on sincere make-a-point-of-making-eye-contact "thank you, ma'am!"
and they're always here 5 min fast.

 

[neosapien]

I know this is off topic but how much do you tip delivery people? I saw today when I was ordering food that there was the option to tip 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% and UP. I don't think it is appropriate to tip 15% for a person to drive food to my house. I always tip 20% when I eat at a restaurant but 20% on a delivery is ridiculous imo.

What do you guys tip on a food delivery?

Let's say the bill is $20.

I use to be a delivery guy for acouple winters. We relied on tips to make a living. Not only is that person bringing you some food, they're also taking risks and spending money on gas/wear and tear to do so. My wife still relies on tips and lately people have been straight up ignorant, leaving her $2.00 and shit. If you are going to go out and eat remember that your waitress makes like $3/hr so if she waits on your table for 1 hour and you leave her $2 she just made a whopping $5/hr. I won't waste someone else's time for any less than $5.00. Always 20% and sometimes if they're nice or I really make them work I'll leave 50-100%.

 

[medicalmaryjane]

I had people leave me $2 when I waited. sucks. i also had people give me $500 when they hit the keno!! that was always a great surprise.

as i said, i always over tip in a restaurant. i think i need to tip drivers more.

 

[neosapien]

It feels good when your drivers says that'll be $31 and you hand him two 20's and tell him to keep the change. Whatever problem he had in his life at that moment he just immediately forgot. Improve the people's lives around you and yours too will be improved. You don't have to get extravagant all the time but every now and then is healthy.

 

[RyanTheRhino]

I HATE TIPS!!!!!!!. in my opinion the price of the service should absorb the tip. If you pizza cost $20 +tip, it might as well cost $23. And all the people who work for tips should agree that if they got paid a solid 15% on every service it would be better. There are good tippers that leave 25%-30% but there are alot more people that leave not shit.


Try paying your rent with an extremely unpredictable job. = stressful life

 

[neosapien]

Oh yeah, and STOP putting tips on credit cards!!!! Not everybody's boss divvies out the credit card tips at the end of the night. Some like my wife have to wait sometimes 2 weeks for that shit.

 

[TruenoAE86coupe]

I live in a small town, so its hard to give the driver much when he drove 2 miles total to bring me my shit, but then again i was too high or just lazy to do it, so i am pretty well always a 15-20% tipper, but i have certainly left .02 before, and over 50% others, its all relative, if you are there to get me drinks and sides, not really swamped and can't even take care of us, i don't care how much you make. If you worked your ass off for me, i will make it worth your time.
The one i always have the hardest time deciding what to tip is the car wash........ anyone have any thoughts on that?

 

[TruenoAE86coupe]

Oh yeah, and STOP putting tips on credit cards!!!! Not everybody's boss divvies out the credit card tips at the end of the night. Some like my wife have to wait sometimes 2 weeks for that shit.

Yeah i try to always keep cash on me when going out to eat, pay with the card, tip with the cash, then they decide what they tell everyone what they made. I think it is bull shit when they make all the waiters split the tips, defeats the point of the tip.....

 

[medicalmaryjane]

I split the tips when I waited. it sucked because the other girl would disappear for an hour at a time. I had one guy who would come to see me and have one drink and always give me a 20 and i'd have to put it in the bin. not fair. We took care of the finances at the end of the night so i always got the correct amount from cards but if someone stiffed on their bill, we would have to pay it out of our tips.

 

[neosapien]

Yeah my wife works at a place now where they don't divvy them up and she seems to like that better than having to share them like the last place. She works harder and is nicer than most of the other girls anyway. She's also a sexy little asian which helps her sometimes.