Delivery tipping etiquette
Discussion
longshot said:
Option 1. They pay the delivery person more and the price of your meal goes up by a couple of Quid.
Option 2. Their pay stays the same, the cost of the meal stays the same and you pay a couple of Quid tip.
Delivering may not be their only job either.
They may do it to top up their other s
t wage they get for doing something else for you.
More than happy for option 1 every single time.Option 2. Their pay stays the same, the cost of the meal stays the same and you pay a couple of Quid tip.
Delivering may not be their only job either.
They may do it to top up their other s
t wage they get for doing something else for you.Staff have a regular 'fair' income and are not relying on irregular donations.
The increased pay is subject to tax rules and contributes the the economy
There is a no feeling of guilt for the customer
All customers pay the same price and get the same product/service
Pay is transparent and easier for staff to see what pay's better
Increased turnover and profit for the company
So many reasons why we should pay properly and not rely on what are effectively backhanders for supposedly improved service. If I've had good service I make sure the company know and I reward them by going back and spending lots of money with them, helping them grow and in turn employ more staff, pay better wages.
This off the books, cash in hand payment for a non specific service, offered only to certain sectors is quite bizarre when you think about it.
p.s I used to be a private hire driver and would often get tips (yes I'm happy to take money if someone is offering it for nothing). It always bemused me when they said in a special voice, 'and this is for YOU'. Hmm, thanks for the sentiment but it's all for me. They never got better service, I treated everybody the same. I think many tipped out of a feeling that they were expected to.
21TonyK said:
Rick101 said:
No, never.
It's not for the customer to make up Wages because the employer want to short their staff to make greater profits.
I always try and use companies that give a fair wage to their staff.
It's not for the customer to make up Wages because the employer want to short their staff to make greater profits.
I always try and use companies that give a fair wage to their staff.
£6.54+employers contributions per hour for an 18 year old who cannot read or write, lives at home, barely say their name between hangovers and just about manages to turn up for work at 4pm (because they're too tired, from smoking s
t all night with their mates). Thats "shorting" staff? The London living wage is calculated as far higher than £6.54 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-298713...
megapixels83 said:
I used to tip, usually just round it up but it is very rare I have cash on me or in the house now and if I order a takeout it is done online via card.
To be honest I do not understand tipping. The delivery driver is paid to deliver the food. What he is paid is not my concern etc.
Same here. I hardly have cash on me these days. I probably order take out less which is stupid when you think about it. To be honest I do not understand tipping. The delivery driver is paid to deliver the food. What he is paid is not my concern etc.
pincher said:
I usually tip the takeaway delivery driver but I often (well, occasionally!) wonder about the guy who delivers my shopping - should I be giving him a few quid as well?
No, weird etiquette dictates you tip the takeaway driver but not the supermarket shopping delivery driver. I worked as a Sainsbury's delivery driver for a couple of years while at university (a surprisingly enjoyable job, actually, and better paid than the till-monkeys) and only ever got a handful of tips. One from a nice old boy who gave me 50p 'for a cup of tea' whenever I delivered to him and the other from a woman who gave me a fiver after I lugged seven metric tons of catfood up four flights of stairs!Miguel Alvarez said:
megapixels83 said:
I used to tip, usually just round it up but it is very rare I have cash on me or in the house now and if I order a takeout it is done online via card.
To be honest I do not understand tipping. The delivery driver is paid to deliver the food. What he is paid is not my concern etc.
Same here. I hardly have cash on me these days. I probably order take out less which is stupid when you think about it. To be honest I do not understand tipping. The delivery driver is paid to deliver the food. What he is paid is not my concern etc.
Rick101 said:
No, never.
It's not for the customer to make up Wages because the employer want to short their staff to make greater profits.
I always try and use companies that give a fair wage to their staff.
Of course we believe you research the wages of delivery drivers before ordering a take away.It's not for the customer to make up Wages because the employer want to short their staff to make greater profits.
I always try and use companies that give a fair wage to their staff.
That's sarcasm by the way. Tight liar.
blindswelledrat said:
Rick101 said:
No, never.
It's not for the customer to make up Wages because the employer want to short their staff to make greater profits.
I always try and use companies that give a fair wage to their staff.
Of course we believe you research the wages of delivery drivers before ordering a take away.It's not for the customer to make up Wages because the employer want to short their staff to make greater profits.
I always try and use companies that give a fair wage to their staff.
That's sarcasm by the way. Tight liar.
Here's a tip, keep off the sauce.
Blind by name, blind by nature.
Squandering liar.
Edited by Rick101 on Tuesday 27th January 07:22
As a normally-logical person I agree that to tip some and not others is strange, but I always tip our takeaway delivery guys a couple of quid, same with the hairdresser and cabbies.
In my industry (IT) good companies pay a bonus for just "doing your job", albeit doing it well, so I guess I see this as these guys' bonus but coming from the customer directly rather than their employer. It's probably based on my (possibly misguided) belief that their employers can't/won't/don't pay a half decent wage and certainly wouldn't pay a bonus after a good year.
Lastly, it might be that there is an expectation that tips will be paid, which is why people are able to take these low-paid jobs.
Thinking about this more, my company's customers effectively pay my bonus, so it's not really all that different.
In my industry (IT) good companies pay a bonus for just "doing your job", albeit doing it well, so I guess I see this as these guys' bonus but coming from the customer directly rather than their employer. It's probably based on my (possibly misguided) belief that their employers can't/won't/don't pay a half decent wage and certainly wouldn't pay a bonus after a good year.
Lastly, it might be that there is an expectation that tips will be paid, which is why people are able to take these low-paid jobs.
Thinking about this more, my company's customers effectively pay my bonus, so it's not really all that different.
It's never even occurred to me to tip a delivery driver any more than it has to tip the mechanic in the garage that services my car, or the barman who's poured my pint. If I want to buy something, be that goods, services, or both, I get quoted a price and it's my choice whether to accept their goods/services and pay their asked price, or go somewhere else instead. I've never understood the concept of paying more than the asking price.
I understand that in America the system works differently and in some industries you pay for the service separately, in tips, however that never used to be the case here, and IMO the more people tip, the more employers will rely on people tipping and therefore pay st wages.
I understand that in America the system works differently and in some industries you pay for the service separately, in tips, however that never used to be the case here, and IMO the more people tip, the more employers will rely on people tipping and therefore pay s
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