delivery fees

If you work for a corporate deal, you only get a small fraction of the delivery fee, and it is reduced per delivery you make on a run. Ex.: 1st delivery you get $.90, second delivery on same run you get $.60, and third you get $.40, while the company charges the same $1.50 FOR EACH DELIVERY. If that wasn’t sheisty enough, you are discouraged from making multiple drops on a run for ‘efficiencies sake’. 

Keeping in mind that the average delivery driver in non-metro areas is responsible for paying for gas, insurance, and whatever maintenance they can afford to their personal vehicles. The average American would probably be insulted by the actual wages paid for this work, which has late hours and usually NO BENEFITS. Something I feel is missing on your site so far is this simple fact. 

Also, if you can’t tip when getting a hot meal you were personally unwiling to cook (for yourself) in a timely fashion, what makes you think the delivery person give a sh*t about what your get or when you get it? If you want to encourage good service you better damn well tip or your delivery will be the absolute last one made.  

Waiting?

Everyone should be forced to watch the movie “Waiting”.  After seeing that, everyone should be happy to tip well and treat their servers like GODS!

Just Leave a Good Tip.

I am glad to see this site. I served food to the public for over twelve years before I gave up the fight and decided to go back to school. I have known many people in my life through work, and the best of those people worked in food service. Now in Utah, tipped employees don’t make minimum wage, same with some other states. I started serving in 1995, and I was paid $1.85 an hour. I lived on tips, period, end of story. After taxes and insurance, my paycheck was always zero. If I had a table come in and spend $50, or a $100 and not tip, I paid to wait on them. Most eateries now take 10% of a server’s sales for Uncle Sam. So those who don’t tip, you are in essence stealing from your server.

Being a food server or a delivery person is not an eay job, dealing with the public is not always pleasant, as you all can no doubt imagine. Servers bust their asses at work in the hopes of making a decent living. They have no guarantee that each patron will do the right thing. They deserve to make a living wage and it is up to the patron to pay their salary. That is the way it is and always will be. So if you don’t want to tip, stay home and cook your own food or go to a drive thru. Tipping is part of the american way of eating out, and if you don’t want to pay for it, please, just keep your cheap ass home.

My way to tip….

Submitted by aaron

Tip more where it is important to you…. Favorite bar? Buck a drink is normal even if it is $1 beer night. Pizza place you like? I Overtip since I like extra things like “Heavy on the Feta” on my Greek salad… and never have to ask anymore (and get like 4x more feta cheese)… Coffee? more complicated… I do Venti chai Latte… drive thru = $0 ( I can get it at McD or DD’s for the same) if I am gonna dirty a table and screw around on my laptop $1.00 + the change or round up (usually like $1.70ish)…. Mandatory Tips included @ 18% is insulting (unless it is a large group) so I will just leave it at that unless service was exceptional. My weed dealer? just smoke a fatty with him :)

I’d at least leave the change for a take out coffee, but otherwise an ideal customer.

The Starbucks Problem

Submitted by Frank

I don’t carry cash and haven’t in years.  I use credit cards because they’re easy and keep great records for budgeting and taxes.  Starbucks doesn’t allow tipping on credit card receipts and despite the fact that I tip 20% or more everywhere I go to eat, I’m not going to search out an ATM just so I can tip on the 30 seconds worth of work it took to pour my venti drip coffee.  Of course, if they’ll fix that ridiculous policy, I’d probably start.

This is something I didn’t know. I don’t frequent Starbucks or really like supporting them (plenty of local places in Brooklyn), but I’d like to see them start allowing this, as I’m sure more people would do the same.

underratedddd asked: WE ARE IN A RECESSION. i dont do this, but some people just cant afford to give good tips these days. i read a post in here that said "if you cant afford a tip dont buy the product" that is the dumbest thing i have ever heard. you are already spending money on the item you are buying. tipping is optional. sure its unfair to you but its unfair for those people to loose their job/stability etc. ANYONE can complain about the current economic state right now. THE ECONOMY IS IN THE TOILET. give people a break. everyone is trying to save money anyway they can.

The “economy is in the toilet” is the worst excuse of all. Plenty of people manage to leave good tips in this recession.

The Rule Book

Submitted by Anonymous 

Now, I work in film, and want to let you in on a little secret. Many of these big film and television productions have it written in the “rule book/code of conduct” that you are only allowed to tip 5% on deliveries. Actually, the sad thing is that you can tip more to your taxi driver than you can to a food delivery guy.

I make an attempt to throw a couple extra of my own dollars for the delivery guy whenever I’m working on a project like this. Unfortunately, most people don’t.

This “rule book” needs to change.

Barista

To the person asking about a barista’s tips: I work at Starbucks and the tips are counted and divided weekly. Each barista is given a certain amount depending on how many hours they work. Everybody who is working there on a specific day is putting in the same amount of work as everybody else. The person who is “on bar” or making drinks typically switches every couple hours to work on the register and vice versa. $1 per espresso beverage and food orders is typical and if you pay in cash for a drip coffee, your change in coins is probably enough tip. We expect more tips from regulars and complicated/long orders. Thorough enough?

What’s wrong with non-tippers?

Submitted by Raeesah

This site is so great. I never understand when people don’t tip, especially for delivery. I think its important to learn about tipping and the importance of valuing someone’s work. My dad instilled this in me when I was younger and would tell me his stories of being a busboy or a waiter when he immigrated to America in the ’80s. From him, I learned to tip at least 20%, which I usually round up. To answer the college students who complain about being poor, I’d say that I’m in the same predicament and if I don’t have enough money for a tip, I won’t order out, I’ll eat in the dining hall.

Why bother

Submitted by Bo Mark

Why bother creating a blog that whines about bad tippers? Why didn’t you create a blog that praises good tippers instead? You seem to be a very angry person and I’m a little concerned about the fact you server people food for a living.

Do you really think Gothamist would have picked up a blog congratulating people?

I’m actually extremely laid back and friendly, I greet everyone with “Hey, how’s it going?” attitude.

I guess it’s time for this…

This blog is in no way affiliated with any one restaurant or establishment. The posts on this blog are submissions from readers, unless otherwise stated.

Larry

Anonymous asked: Don't you ever get tipped more than 15-20%? Doesn't that kind of cancel out the times you get less than 15%? The cheap tippers are the price you pay for the ones that go above and beyond and, frankly, give you way more than you deserve. It all evens out.

Just because some people tip extra, does not mean poor tippers get a free pass.

A Delivery Person Saved My Life

I order delivery only when I’m at the end of my rope…stressed out, beaten down, sick as hell. When that delivery person shows up, I have at least 20% waiting for them…usually more so it rounds up to the next even dollar so we don’t have to jingle change (including food, delivery charge AND the 20%+ tip). AND, I have it counted out BEFORE the deliveryperson arrives. The way I see it, they’re saving me the run. I worked food service and it’s no walk in the park. Put me in with the “I don’t believe in tipping. I believe in OVERtipping.” group. I remember what it felt like to have someone get all generous toward me. Made me want to give the best service on earth.