If you use Uber Eats/DoorDash/GrubHub/other similiar apps, PLEASE try to tip and well, if possible.

[Anonymous]

Holy crap, where are you ordering from that's 15 miles away? I feel bad ordering from restaurants 5 miles away!

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Anonymous wrote:We use Instacart for Costco and tip 20% of the order. Since January, we've added an additional $10-$15 on top of that. Our finances didn't change but recognize that a lot of people weren't so fortunate.

With the high prices on each item, you must be paying 50% more by using Costco Instacart. We’ve used it too and it is so expensive before the tip.

It's expensive but worth it since I need to stay healthy to (socially distance) visit my father that has stage 4 cancer.

I am a full service shopper on Instacart and clearly customers think instacart pays The shoppers well. They do not. They only pay the shopper (on average) about $7. So many people don’t tip and we are actually shopping for the food for your family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don't get to dictate what others tip.

Totally agree ×1000

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Anonymous wrote:OP, what was the average tip you got in this area?

OP here. It's hard for me to put it in average tip terms but on a typical Friday/Saturday night, from say 6p-11p, pay can range between $80-$130 for me. These two nights are obviously when people order most often, and tend to tip more as they're getting food for the household vs during breakfast or lunch, oftentimes it's a meal for one, so lots of small to zero tips. I do set aside 20% as I know I'll owe during tax time as an independent contractor but no surprise there when doing this type of work.

If a meal costs $15, you aren't reasonable to expect at $10 tip.

I tip a minimum of $10 no matter what I order because I am considering the driver's time, which is usually a minimum of 30 mins. Basing it on the dollar amount of food makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You don't get to dictate what others tip.

Totally agree ×1000

They just said Please try to tip well. This is not a directive. I bet you two are fun at parties.

[Anonymous]

So I placed my first uber eats order this week. There was already an Uber service charge of $9. And a $1.49 delivery charge. And ubers suggested tip was $11. That’s $22 of fees on a $60 order. I won’t be doing it again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I placed my first uber eats order this week. There was already an Uber service charge of $9. And a $1.49 delivery charge. And ubers suggested tip was $11. That’s $22 of fees on a $60 order. I won’t be doing it again.

They also usually raise the prices on food. I never use them for that reason.

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Anonymous wrote:Montgomery County put out a statement encouraging people to not use these services because they take such a high cut from the restaurants.

Well if only the County would offer an alternative!

There is one--pick up your own food.

We always pick up. I want my dollars to go through the restaurant. I get it faster and with no exorbitant tip expectations

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don't get to dictate what others tip.

Classic, snotty DCUM.

OP: "Please, if you can, tip well. This is my experience as a delivery person."
Snotty NP: "You don't get to dictate what others tip."

No merde, Sherlock. That's why they said "please" and "if you can" and shared their experience, as many privileged people don't know what it's like to drive for one of these services are your income. No "dictating" included.

--not the OP

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Anonymous wrote:Montgomery County put out a statement encouraging people to not use these services because they take such a high cut from the restaurants.

Well if only the County would offer an alternative!

There is one--pick up your own food.

We always pick up. I want my dollars to go through the restaurant. I get it faster and with no exorbitant tip expectations

Yes I think that is what the county is suggesting. Pick up yourself. Also, don’t order through one of these apps to pick up. Call the restaurant directly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I placed my first uber eats order this week. There was already an Uber service charge of $9. And a $1.49 delivery charge. And ubers suggested tip was $11. That’s $22 of fees on a $60 order. I won’t be doing it again.

This is a story about UberEats underpaying its drivers and asking customers to take care of the salary for them. There is no reason why Uber cannot pay drivers to deliver food. The business model is based on underpaying and blaming customers for the shortfall. People would order more if not for these exorbitant totals once fees and tip are added. I would like to ask the owners of Uber to please tip the drivers.

[Anonymous]

The suggested tip amounts on top of the delivery fee are great. I usually build an order and start checkout. Then I see all the additional charges and I decide to either pick it up myself or just cook dinner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I placed my first uber eats order this week. There was already an Uber service charge of $9. And a $1.49 delivery charge. And ubers suggested tip was $11. That’s $22 of fees on a $60 order. I won’t be doing it again.

Wow, that's a ripoff. GrubHub's delivery fee is $2.99, which they waive for the first 3 weeks for new accounts, and they assess a 13% fee (which is usually reasonable unless you're ordering a huge amount of food). Their "suggested" driver tip in the app usually defaults to $3 for restaurants that aren't too far away, but I manually change it to $5.

[Anonymous]

I ordered Dunkin’ Donuts iced coffee the other day because I was out of coffee and had zoom meetings for 8 hours straight. I tipped $15.

[Anonymous]

Glad to know you’re going back to regular employment, OP. We typically place an order for Friday lunch delivery via Doordash and I tip $10 on a $25 order.