The mandatory 20% thread, along with my just having ordered a pizza, prompted me to wonder what other people generally tip for food delivery. For me it depends quite a bit on how quickly the food gets to me, and will range anywhere from 2-4 dollars. There is actually a Chinese place that I order from a lot whose driver seems to make a game of seeing how quickly he can get to my house. Best he's done is just under 15 minutes from the time I placed the order (when the person who took the order told me it would be 40 minutes).
If the restaurant charges a delivery fee I'll usually ask the driver how much of that fee goes to them, and adjust my tip accordingly.
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
I usually give them 10-15%, more if they're really quick. The delivery places around where I live consistently take 30-45 minutes, no matter what day or time you order, so I usually don't give them more than $3.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
For some reason I don't factor the price into the amount tipped with delivery drivers.
Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :
What about when you call and order something from a a place like Applebees or IHOP and then you pick it up. Do you tip then?
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
How much does everyone tip other people? Like the person who cuts your hair, the guy who carries your luggage.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quote:Originally posted by Theca: What about when you call and order something from a a place like Applebees or IHOP and then you pick it up. Do you tip then?
I usually tip them two dollars for bringing the food to my car.
Delivery drives I try to tip well (at least five bucks). It also depends on how far they have to drive to get to me.
-pH
Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :
Why would they bring it to your car?
Posted by sweetbaboo (Member # 8845) on :
In my city, every gas station is full service and I never know what to tip and if I should. Any suggestions?
I'm random about what I tip my hair stylist. It usually depends upon how good of a job I feel that she does (min 15%). Luggage guys $2 per bag I think is what I read somewhere.
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
I usually give someone $2 for loading and unloading my luggage. 15%-25% to hairdressers and other service people, depending on how much work they're doing, how well they do their job, kindness, etc.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
$1 per luggage item, more if heavy. (but I'd rather take my own, and I do if I can) Don't have a hair stylist. Usually tip $5 for delivery, more for bad weather. (but I'd rather go get it myself, most times) I haven't picked up something from Applebee's or a similar place in years, but when I did, I'd leave %10 or so as a thanks for boxing and bagging.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
quote:Originally posted by Theca: Why would they bring it to your car?
Places like Applebees have carside service. So it's like takeout, except they bring it to your car.
-pH
Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :
If that's all you are paying the $2 for, I'd go inside. Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
quote:Originally posted by Theca: If that's all you are paying the $2 for, I'd go inside.
Honestly, that's how I feel about the luggage. If a bellhop is carrying my bags from my car to my hotel room, I'll give him some money. I don't feel like taking a bag out of the trunk and setting it on the ground is worth $2. I could do that, if the driver would get out of the way.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
It's only two dollars, and I'd probably tip them if I was going inside for takeout, anyway.
-pH
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I tip the guy who cuts my hair $5. If I'm ordering takeout I don't tip. If I'm at a buffet I'll leave a dollar or two for the person who was clearing plates and refilling drinks.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I don't tip if there's a delivery charge, unless the weather is bad.
Without a delivery charge, I'll tip 15 % or so.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
At the airport here, if you're white, the baggage people will wrestle your luggage away from you. You don't have the option of taking care of your own luggage. Even if you manage to make it to your vehicle fine, they'll lift it the two feet to inside the vehicle. And then demand the mandatory per-piece handling charge. They're a bunch of sharks.
If you're brown, they leave you alone unless you ask for help.
*grr*
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
"I'm sorry, but I don't need your help, and I will not be paying you. Please let go of my luggage."
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Ah, sorry, quid, I misread your handle and thought it was someone in the states. I imagine that might not work there.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Yeah, no, it doesn't. I've tried, my sister's tried, my sister's husband tried, other people I know tried... None of us wanted/needed help with our baggage, but we got it anyway... Even if they understand English, they won't in that moment. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
10% unless it's a very large or complicated order, requiring that they make extra trips to the car, then more. Sometimes more if they are very nice, if they bring them in and put them on the table for me because my hands are full of baby, or are otherwise extraordinary. When we lived in a 3rd floor apartment, it was usually more like 15%.
Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
What do you tip a leg waxer? I need to know by tomorrow.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Scrolling down, I'd say 10-15%.
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
Strider is a pizza delivery driver, so i know that most hope for 15-20%, similar to what waitstaff are tipped.
The 20% thread has made me think a lot recently about tipping and the ethics involved in a restaurant expecting it's customers to pay for their own waitstaff....at the same time, the customer should pay for the privilege of being exclusively waited on, shouldn't they? i'm a waitress, so the thought of someone feeling like they shouldn't have to tip is annoying, because that really is how i make money. good tips. not "any tip" but "good tips"
Delivery driver's i'll tip usually five bucks minimum, even though i know they are usually paid minimum wage or better (much better) than the base pay of a waiter (i get 2.83/hr) but a lot of that came from dating a delivery driver, not a natural desire to tip a lot for food delivery.
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
Well, I'm only 17, so I've never had to tip anyone, but my dad is really cheap. It's just embarassing when we go to nice restaurants.
Posted by Luet13 (Member # 9274) on :
My ex-boyfriend and many of his friends are bike delivery people for various sandwich shops in Chicago. (Potbelly's, Jimmy John's) The lack of decency when it comes to tipping is appalling.
These guys and gals are out in all sorts of weather, on a bicycle, sometimes carrying up to 500 sandwiches in a large box on their backs. Recently when I talked to my ex he said he had delivered an order worth $600 and got tipped nothing! I think there may be a delivery charge of $1.50, but for some of these huge orders, that is really not covering it. By which I mean, not coming even close to being 10 or 20%.
On the other hand, he does get really nice people that will tip $5-6 if the weather is really bad. (Which it can be. A lot. There's nothing like a windy/sleety/rainy/20 degree day when you're riding your bike for 8 hours)
I guess my point is: Tip your delivery drivers well. You're obviously not willing to go out and get your own food, and you should pay a little extra for the priveleage of having it delivered hot to your door.
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
I feel that same sentiment for tipping your server, but didn't have the guts to say it so bluntly Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Where I draw the line is when I walk into a restaurant and the reciept has a tip space on it. If I'm picking up the food, and not sitting at a table, I don't really think I should tip.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
If I order over the phone and pick it up myself, I don't tip. They didn't do anything, and I am not taking up space.
Same for the tip jars at a Starbucks. I don't tip the checkers at a grocery store either.
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
i actually will tip whoever helps me at the counter of the two coffee places i frequent. but mainly because they give very personal service and always remember me when i come in. one or two bucks, tops.
Posted by Seatarsprayan (Member # 7634) on :
I think if there is a delivery charge, tipping shouldn't be necessary. I do tip, I just think I'm getting ripped off. It's like double jeopardy.
Posted by scholar (Member # 9232) on :
When our pizza place added a delivery charge, I started tipping less. I still give a tip, but it is lower. Not knowing the policies of the delivery place kinda annoys me- like does the delivery guy get minimum wage? higher? lower? who pays for his gas?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I tip a dollar, maybe two to pizza delivery guys. It depends on how much I have, how much the pizza cost, what the change is. But never more, and never nothing.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I go way out of my way to not have pizza delivered so that I don't have to deal with the tipping issue.
Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
For the record, I wasn't really planning on getting my legs waxed, being male and all. I was just hoping someone would catch the Simpson's quote.
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
I too tip less when there is a delivery charge, except that sometimes I don't know that there is a charge and probably tip more than I normally would. I could have sworn that the Pizza Hut near me didn't charge a delivery fee, but then we called up and told them that we'd pick it up instead of delivery, and they lowered the price.
I'd like it if the delivery fees were made clear, and if they actually told you what they were going for.
Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
In regards to the delivery charge, many pizza places actually keep half or all of it for themselves. When they started charging for deliveries again, delivery drivers actually started making less because people made that assumption that it all went to the driver.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:Originally posted by dantesparadigm: For the record, I wasn't really planning on getting my legs waxed, being male and all. I was just hoping someone would catch the Simpson's quote.
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I've tried, my sister's tried, my sister's husband tried, other people I know tried... None of us wanted/needed help with our baggage, but we got it anyway... Even if they understand English, they won't in that moment. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)