Delivery tipping etiquette
Discussion
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?
Ideas?
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
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
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 st all night with their mates). Thats "shorting" staff?
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.
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?
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?
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?
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.
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.
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. Gassing Station | Food, Drink & Restaurants | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff