Delivery tipping etiquette

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spooderman

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54 posts

112 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Do you tip if you order a takeout? I was thinking that if you ordered and paid online and you don't have any spare change, it seems like a faff to hand over a tenner to the delivery chap, instruct him to take a couple of quid and give back the difference, but at the same time I'd like to avoid a jizz relish condiment.

Ideas?

guindilias

5,245 posts

119 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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I always do, a couple of quid a time to someone on minimum wage is a fair bit if everyone does it - and if you can afford takeout, you can afford to tip!

KFC

3,687 posts

129 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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anonymous said:
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Its a funny one as a delivery man working st hours late at night expects a tip. As does a taxi driver. Yet someone working the graveyard shift on Asda tills won't, etc.


I'd always tip them a couple of quid though. They're doing a st thankless job for garbage money and I figure they'll appreciate it more than I would. Plus the selfish angle of if he's got a bunch of orders to go out one day and sees a decent tippers order in there, who do you thinks getting delivered first laugh

NWTony

2,847 posts

227 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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guindilias said:
I always do, a couple of quid a time to someone on minimum wage is a fair bit if everyone does it - and if you can afford takeout, you can afford to tip!
If everyone tips them a couple of quid and he can do 8 delieveries an hour on a good night, that's £16 / hour on top of minimum wage, about £24 / hour! Add in the absolutely no tax and insurance paid on the tip part of that and they're earning the equivalent of £28 / hour!

Same as barbers really, 3 cuts an hour, couple of quid per cut, call it £14 / hour total, £27K per year, full time.

Best case scenario of course, Monday afternoons, money isn't so good I'm sure smile

calibrax

4,788 posts

210 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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I usually have a pound coin and two 50p coins ready. What they get out of that depends on how quick the delivery is, whether the order is complete/correct, and how polite & cheerful they are.

Rick101

6,959 posts

149 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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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.

21TonyK

11,494 posts

208 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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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.


£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 st all night with their mates). Thats "shorting" staff?

HTP99

22,441 posts

139 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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I don't, however I've always wondered whether I should or not, especially when you get that look from the driver as if he is expecting something.

calibrax

4,788 posts

210 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Rick101 said:
I always try and use companies that give a fair wage to their staff.
Do any takeaways pay delivery drivers a "fair wage"? And how do you know which ones?

Giving a tip will make zero difference to the takeaway company profits at the end of the day, as they will not pay good wages for delivery regardless. But it will make a massive difference to the driver, who is scraping a living bringing you your food at unsociable hours in all weathers.

Rick101

6,959 posts

149 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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21TonyK said:


£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 st all night with their mates). Thats "shorting" staff?
Maybe they should improve their recruitment process. Maybe by paying a better wage they would attract better applicants.

21TonyK

11,494 posts

208 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Rick101 said:
Maybe they should improve their recruitment process. Maybe by paying a better wage they would attract better applicants.
Oh yeah sorry, whole industry missed that one didn't they.

Funk

26,254 posts

208 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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I usually tip, especially if they've delivered quickly. I have a pot I chuck all my spare change in at the end of each day so a couple of quid a few times a month isn't going to even be noticed really.

B17NNS

18,506 posts

246 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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guindilias said:
I always do, a couple of quid a time to someone on minimum wage is a fair bit if everyone does it - and if you can afford takeout, you can afford to tip!
Unlike America, employees here aren't paid less than minimum wage. They don't need tips to bring their wages in line with minimum wage. Hence our tipping culture is different.

It's not a customers obligation to ensure someone is paid fairly. It is the employers. Thousands upon thousands of people work very hard in the UK for minimum wage. In hundreds of different sectors. Do you tip the girl who serves you in Morrisons? The guy behind the counter at B&Q?

KFC

3,687 posts

129 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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B17NNS said:
It's not a customers obligation to ensure someone is paid fairly. It is the employers. Thousands upon thousands of people work very hard in the UK for minimum wage. In hundreds of different sectors. Do you tip the girl who serves you in Morrisons? The guy behind the counter at B&Q?
No, but if it was acceptable to do so and they went above and beyond what was required of them (say helping me out to my car with packages etc) then I would.

Someone delivering you a kebab in the rain at 11pm on a saturday night is going to appreciate that extra £1 more than you'll miss it, so why not?

megapixels83

821 posts

150 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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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.

vescaegg

25,489 posts

166 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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In response to KFC - How is that above and beyond their job description though?

No one ever tipped me when I was labouring on a building site in the pissing rain or when it was below freezing point for minimum wage.

That was my job. I got paid what I got paid. The person who owned the house we were building didn't slip me a few quid every so often.

robsa

2,254 posts

183 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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As an ex pizza delivery boy, I always tip a couple of quid. Of its bad weather and there on a bike I tip more. Not only does it brighten up a mistake night for them, but it soon gets round you tip well, and they will deliver to you first if they are busy.

Mastodon2

13,818 posts

164 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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I don't tip them, they're getting paid a wage. I'm happy for them to count my change out in the rain or snow if need be, I even turn the porch light on to help them see so I can shut the door to keep the cold out. I don't tip taxi drivers either, this isn't America.

Martin4x4

6,506 posts

131 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Many deliver drivers don't get paid the tip is their pay.

The greedy scum bags that don't tip should get of their fat asses and go get their own food.

KFC

3,687 posts

129 months

Sunday 25th January 2015
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Mastodon2 said:
I don't tip them, they're getting paid a wage. I'm happy for them to count my change out in the rain or snow if need be, I even turn the porch light on to help them see so I can shut the door to keep the cold out. I don't tip taxi drivers either, this isn't America.
I guess it depends how much you earn in comparison. If you've busted your balls all week stacking shelves in Tesco for the same hourly rate he's working for then no I wouldn't say its reasonable for him expect a tip.