Pizza delivery tip on both tax & delivery fee?

[Anonymous]

People are so cheap!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are so cheap!

How?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are so cheap!

My sister and her DH are preschool/middle school teachers. They really cannot afford a $10 tip on top of the delivery fee (they tip like $8-10% in addition to the delivery charge). They want to support the local restaurants, but are afraid of looking cheap, and even worse, if the delivery person may do something to their food if their tip is small. What do you suggest? Should they not order delivery?

[Anonymous]

I tip a minimum of 5 dollars under usual circumstances. In covid times that has increased to $10, often $15 or $20

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are so cheap!

My sister and her DH are preschool/middle school teachers. They really cannot afford a $10 tip on top of the delivery fee (they tip like $8-10% in addition to the delivery charge). They want to support the local restaurants, but are afraid of looking cheap, and even worse, if the delivery person may do something to their food if their tip is small. What do you suggest? Should they not order delivery?

Delivery charges usually go to the restaurant and tips to the delivery person. If they want individuals to get more of the money they can do curbside pickup.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are so cheap!

My sister and her DH are preschool/middle school teachers. They really cannot afford a $10 tip on top of the delivery fee (they tip like $8-10% in addition to the delivery charge). They want to support the local restaurants, but are afraid of looking cheap, and even worse, if the delivery person may do something to their food if their tip is small. What do you suggest? Should they not order delivery?

Delivery charges usually go to the restaurant and tips to the delivery person. If they want individuals to get more of the money they can do curbside pickup.

How could the restaurant take the entire delivery fee? $1 or $2 is fine, but why $4.49?
How much to tip for curbside pickup?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are so cheap!

My sister and her DH are preschool/middle school teachers. They really cannot afford a $10 tip on top of the delivery fee (they tip like $8-10% in addition to the delivery charge). They want to support the local restaurants, but are afraid of looking cheap, and even worse, if the delivery person may do something to their food if their tip is small. What do you suggest? Should they not order delivery?

Delivery charges usually go to the restaurant and tips to the delivery person. If they want individuals to get more of the money they can do curbside pickup.

How could the restaurant take the entire delivery fee? $1 or $2 is fine, but why $4.49?
How much to tip for curbside pickup?

If you order online some places it specifically states that the delivery fee is separate from tip and does not go to the driver. It may indirectly to reimburse for mileage but the restaurant keeps the fee because they can. $5 or $10 is a good curbside tip if that's what they can afford. At this point some restaurants are staffed mostly by salaried managers and all tips are pooled for employee relief funds (My husband is a manager)

[Anonymous]

$5-$10 flat rate for delivery. In a restaurant I do tip in principle on the subtotal, but usually round up generously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
If you order online some places it specifically states that the delivery fee is separate from tip and does not go to the driver. It may indirectly to reimburse for mileage but the restaurant keeps the fee because they can. $5 or $10 is a good curbside tip if that's what they can afford. At this point some restaurants are staffed mostly by salaried managers and all tips are pooled for employee relief funds (My husband is a manager)

Can you tell me why restaurants do things this way? I think this practice hurts the pizza stores, in particular during the covid time. Why not just increase slightly the price of the food itself, and not charge delivery fee? People will order delivery more frequently and tip drivers more generously. Telling customers that you charge a relatively large delivery fee and not giving it to the driver makes people more resentful.

[Anonymous]

Why would you tip for curbside. That’s called carry out.
I’ve prepaid to make it easier. They open my back door, put bag on seat. Sorry. That’s not a tip service. Their being paid to work.

A driver gets a tip because they drove to you and your helping cover their time and fuel.

Am I going to tip the pharmacy that hands me the bag at the door? No. That’s their new procedure.

Am I going to tip all the package drivers? Nope. That’s their job.

Instant cart yes. Because they shop for me.

PIzza. The standard $5-8 on any order is fine.

Flame away. But I’ll continue to be fiscally conservative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
If you order online some places it specifically states that the delivery fee is separate from tip and does not go to the driver. It may indirectly to reimburse for mileage but the restaurant keeps the fee because they can. $5 or $10 is a good curbside tip if that's what they can afford. At this point some restaurants are staffed mostly by salaried managers and all tips are pooled for employee relief funds (My husband is a manager)

Can you tell me why restaurants do things this way? I think this practice hurts the pizza stores, in particular during the covid time. Why not just increase slightly the price of the food itself, and not charge delivery fee? People will order delivery more frequently and tip drivers more generously. Telling customers that you charge a relatively large delivery fee and not giving it to the driver makes people more resentful.

It's usually tacked on at the end, so by then people have made their order and will just go along with it. If prices were higher they may look and decide not to order after all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would you tip for curbside. That’s called carry out.
I’ve prepaid to make it easier. They open my back door, put bag on seat. Sorry. That’s not a tip service. Their being paid to work.

A driver gets a tip because they drove to you and your helping cover their time and fuel.

Am I going to tip the pharmacy that hands me the bag at the door? No. That’s their new procedure.

Am I going to tip all the package drivers? Nope. That’s their job.

Instant cart yes. Because they shop for me.

PIzza. The standard $5-8 on any order is fine.

Flame away. But I’ll continue to be fiscally conservative.

You don't have to. Many people do choose to tip on curbside orders as a recognition of the service and risk of working right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would you tip for curbside. That’s called carry out.
I’ve prepaid to make it easier. They open my back door, put bag on seat. Sorry. That’s not a tip service. Their being paid to work.

A driver gets a tip because they drove to you and your helping cover their time and fuel.

Am I going to tip the pharmacy that hands me the bag at the door? No. That’s their new procedure.

Am I going to tip all the package drivers? Nope. That’s their job.

Instant cart yes. Because they shop for me.

PIzza. The standard $5-8 on any order is fine.

Flame away. But I’ll continue to be fiscally conservative.

+1. If you are rich, you are welcome to tip $20, $200, $2000. But for ordinary people, the expectation should be reasonable. Just saying "Not a whole heck of a lot, but it makes a difference to the person bringing your meal to your doorstep" does not make sense. Some customers are not much more rich than the restaurant workers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
If you order online some places it specifically states that the delivery fee is separate from tip and does not go to the driver. It may indirectly to reimburse for mileage but the restaurant keeps the fee because they can. $5 or $10 is a good curbside tip if that's what they can afford. At this point some restaurants are staffed mostly by salaried managers and all tips are pooled for employee relief funds (My husband is a manager)

Can you tell me why restaurants do things this way? I think this practice hurts the pizza stores, in particular during the covid time. Why not just increase slightly the price of the food itself, and not charge delivery fee? People will order delivery more frequently and tip drivers more generously. Telling customers that you charge a relatively large delivery fee and not giving it to the driver makes people more resentful.

It's usually tacked on at the end, so by then people have made their order and will just go along with it. If prices were higher they may look and decide not to order after all.

So, just a scam?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would you tip for curbside. That’s called carry out.
I’ve prepaid to make it easier. They open my back door, put bag on seat. Sorry. That’s not a tip service. Their being paid to work.

A driver gets a tip because they drove to you and your helping cover their time and fuel.

Am I going to tip the pharmacy that hands me the bag at the door? No. That’s their new procedure.

Am I going to tip all the package drivers? Nope. That’s their job.

Instant cart yes. Because they shop for me.

PIzza. The standard $5-8 on any order is fine.

Flame away. But I’ll continue to be fiscally conservative.

+1. If you are rich, you are welcome to tip $20, $200, $2000. But for ordinary people, the expectation should be reasonable. Just saying "Not a whole heck of a lot, but it makes a difference to the person bringing your meal to your doorstep" does not make sense. Some customers are not much more rich than the restaurant workers.

How does this not make sense?