Should I have tipped more?

[Anonymous]

I ordered delivery today and when the delivery guy came to drop off the food he held out a receipt for me to sign. I was surprised since I’d already paid through the online order system and told him so.

He kept trying to get me to sign it. It was weird and I didn’t understand why. It was a little hard for me to understand what he was saying. He called the restaurant while we were going back and forth and when he hung up he told me that I needed to tip him more as I hadn’t tipped enough. He was trying to get me to sign a new receipt so I could tip more.

He then proceeded to tell me that he didn’t make any money delivering my order, that’s it cost him more to drive to my house than it was worth, he’s not going to make any money, and if I don’t pay him more tip I shouldn’t order delivery anymore from them. This is a local restaurant that we ordered from - one that we hadn’t ordered from in a couple of years.

I called the restaurant after he left to let them know and they told me that their other customers typically tip more, backing the driver. In retrospect, I probably could have tipped more generously originally, but I was put off by the whole conversation with the driver that I didn’t add anymore to my tip at that time.

Should I have paid the driver more tip when he demanded it?

[Anonymous]

Call the restaurant back and tell them that they should pay the driver a higher wage. (assuming he's employed by the restaurant, and not an app like doordash, uber, etc).

This right here is hor$e$hit and it's time to shift costs back onto the employer, one customer at a time:

"restaurant .... they told me that their other customers typically tip more, backing the driver."

[Anonymous]

Well, how much did you tip and what was the order total?

[Anonymous]

I definitely would have in that situation but wouldn’t have ordered again from that restaurant. How much did you tip?

[Anonymous]

Seems really suspicious that he was pushing you to signa receipt. Possibly he was going to hand write an additional tip and total.

And restaurants shouldn’t be telling customers that they’re not tipping enough (or servers or delivery drivers). That’s about as unprofessional as it gets.

[Anonymous]

A tip is voluntary. No.

[Anonymous]

Share your total and tip first? Also how far it was? Local vs across town/across river?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems really suspicious that he was pushing you to signa receipt. Possibly he was going to hand write an additional tip and total.

And restaurants shouldn’t be telling customers that they’re not tipping enough (or servers or delivery drivers). That’s about as unprofessional as it gets.

Telling OP "to sign" was meant to cover her adding the tip & signing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems really suspicious that he was pushing you to signa receipt. Possibly he was going to hand write an additional tip and total.

And restaurants shouldn’t be telling customers that they’re not tipping enough (or servers or delivery drivers). That’s about as unprofessional as it gets.

Telling OP "to sign" was meant to cover her adding the tip & signing

And having to sign a paper receipt is common with over the phone payments. Vendors think that will cover them if credit card company declines charge, usually though it actually won't protect them.

[Anonymous]

How much was your food order and what dod you tip

[Anonymous]

OP, left $5 on a $60 order to feed her family. The restaurant probably made him drive out and told them he was going to quit. Get your own food, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Share your total and tip first? Also how far it was? Local vs across town/across river?

Thread is useless without OP providing this information.

[Anonymous]

And restaurants shouldn’t be telling customers that they’re not tipping enough (or servers or delivery drivers). That’s about as unprofessional as it gets.

This. Tipping is an optional expression of appreciation for the service. I would never order again from a restaurant that said this or employed a delivery driver that said this.

I tip well for good service, but I refuse to be bullied into tipping anyone. That is the height of tackiness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, left $5 on a $60 order to feed her family. The restaurant probably made him drive out and told them he was going to quit. Get your own food, OP.

Did OP ever say what she tipped?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, left $5 on a $60 order to feed her family. The restaurant probably made him drive out and told them he was going to quit. Get your own food, OP.

Did OP ever say what she tipped?

She did not, which clearly indicates it was cheap AF.