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

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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.

I've used Instacart twice, and both times the shopper stole my order, about $350 worth of food. So incredibly annoying since it also take a lot of time to put together an order. I love that Instacart does absolutely nothing about it, either.

[Anonymous]

Not ordering in is not an option for many people. There was a poster here who's pregnant with 4 kids at home - this is literally the only option she has. We had another poster who literally makes less than her delivery person. There are people who are immunocompromised, or living off retirement incomes. You're bullying them for tips and calling them bad people because you're hoping they'll cave (and they do). Why wouldn't you ask the company - wouldn't that incentivize them to pay more? You were the one who accepted poor terms of employment, so by your own rules you should either put up with it, or ask for and get better pay or leave the company.

[Anonymous]

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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.

I’m a low paid essential worker and that’s more than I make in an evening babysitting, so I’m cool with not tipping. I’m already paying for the service. Since you do so well in tips, you will be fine without money from me.

Do you also not tip your hairdresser, since she probably makes more than you as well? If you’re as poor as you claim, you have no business ordering food. Cook your own meals, or go pick them up, you cheap scum.

What's wrong with you? Are you unable to see other people as human beings unless they give you a hand-out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not ordering in is not an option for many people. There was a poster here who's pregnant with 4 kids at home - this is literally the only option she has. We had another poster who literally makes less than her delivery person. There are people who are immunocompromised, or living off retirement incomes. You're bullying them for tips and calling them bad people because you're hoping they'll cave (and they do). Why wouldn't you ask the company - wouldn't that incentivize them to pay more? You were the one who accepted poor terms of employment, so by your own rules you should either put up with it, or ask for and get better pay or leave the company.

Self-created problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not ordering in is not an option for many people. There was a poster here who's pregnant with 4 kids at home - this is literally the only option she has. We had another poster who literally makes less than her delivery person. There are people who are immunocompromised, or living off retirement incomes. You're bullying them for tips and calling them bad people because you're hoping they'll cave (and they do). Why wouldn't you ask the company - wouldn't that incentivize them to pay more? You were the one who accepted poor terms of employment, so by your own rules you should either put up with it, or ask for and get better pay or leave the company.

Self-created problem.

Also, takeout is not a neccessity. Just cook at home if you are too cheap to tip or can't tip.

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Anonymous wrote:I hear you, OP. But those services are expensive. It’s not worth it to me to pay more for them. So I will just quit using them. The choices are either I use them one per month or less and tip as I currently do or quit using them. I’m not willing to pay more. I will forgo the service rather than pay more, in other words.

+1. We have a high HHI and relatively low stress jobs. We also live in the burbs where there is ample parking and not much traffic. So I'd rather pick up my own $30 takout order than pay $50-60 for the same food to be driven to my house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not ordering in is not an option for many people. There was a poster here who's pregnant with 4 kids at home - this is literally the only option she has. We had another poster who literally makes less than her delivery person. There are people who are immunocompromised, or living off retirement incomes. You're bullying them for tips and calling them bad people because you're hoping they'll cave (and they do). Why wouldn't you ask the company - wouldn't that incentivize them to pay more? You were the one who accepted poor terms of employment, so by your own rules you should either put up with it, or ask for and get better pay or leave the company.

Nobody HAS to have restaurant delivery. Nobody. My grandmother is 101 and has never used this service in her entire life.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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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.

I’m a low paid essential worker and that’s more than I make in an evening babysitting, so I’m cool with not tipping. I’m already paying for the service. Since you do so well in tips, you will be fine without money from me.

Do you also not tip your hairdresser, since she probably makes more than you as well? If you’re as poor as you claim, you have no business ordering food. Cook your own meals, or go pick them up, you cheap scum.

What's wrong with you? Are you unable to see other people as human beings unless they give you a hand-out?

Not a handout, you moron. Payment for services rendered. Tips are understood to be part of the deal. If you can't afford or are just too terrible a person to compensate someone performing a completely unnecessary service for you, then don't use the service. Uber Eats has a ranking system for customers, right? I hope the other services have same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I've used Instacart twice, and both times the shopper stole my order, about $350 worth of food. So incredibly annoying since it also take a lot of time to put together an order. I love that Instacart does absolutely nothing about it, either.

Huh? Instacart is great about refunding in cases of missing items or orders.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hear you, OP. But those services are expensive. It’s not worth it to me to pay more for them. So I will just quit using them. The choices are either I use them one per month or less and tip as I currently do or quit using them. I’m not willing to pay more. I will forgo the service rather than pay more, in other words.

Good call. If more people do this, it might incentivize the companies to treat their workers better.

This is the only ethical answer. Tip or don't use the service.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hear you, OP. But those services are expensive. It’s not worth it to me to pay more for them. So I will just quit using them. The choices are either I use them one per month or less and tip as I currently do or quit using them. I’m not willing to pay more. I will forgo the service rather than pay more, in other words.

Good call. If more people do this, it might incentivize the companies to treat their workers better.

This is the only ethical answer. Tip or don't use the service.

+2

[Anonymous]

Sorry for the circumstances for why someone has to do this but tipping is for someone who goes above and beyond the expectations of whatever service is being delivered. If the pay is not good, that’s an issue between employee and employer. I won’t reward someone for simply doing the expected job to an average or worse standard. That said, I think that a living wage should be paid, but this falls on the employer to do, not me, and yes I know that cost will be past on to the customer, but again tips are rewards for superior service.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not ordering in is not an option for many people. There was a poster here who's pregnant with 4 kids at home - this is literally the only option she has. We had another poster who literally makes less than her delivery person. There are people who are immunocompromised, or living off retirement incomes. You're bullying them for tips and calling them bad people because you're hoping they'll cave (and they do). Why wouldn't you ask the company - wouldn't that incentivize them to pay more? You were the one who accepted poor terms of employment, so by your own rules you should either put up with it, or ask for and get better pay or leave the company.

Nobody HAS to have restaurant delivery. Nobody. My grandmother is 101 and has never used this service in her entire life.

This is BS. Tell that to the pregnant lady who can’t leave the house because she has 4 kids to take care of, or the elderly couple who’re too scared to leave the house because people are running around maskless

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I’m a low paid essential worker and that’s more than I make in an evening babysitting, so I’m cool with not tipping. I’m already paying for the service. Since you do so well in tips, you will be fine without money from me.

Do you also not tip your hairdresser, since she probably makes more than you as well? If you’re as poor as you claim, you have no business ordering food. Cook your own meals, or go pick them up, you cheap scum.

What's wrong with you? Are you unable to see other people as human beings unless they give you a hand-out?

You sound like a shill for Ubereats or Amazon - don’t exploit your workers and don’t expect your customers to solve your problem for you


Not a handout, you moron. Payment for services rendered. Tips are understood to be part of the deal. If you can't afford or are just too terrible a person to compensate someone performing a completely unnecessary service for you, then don't use the service. Uber Eats has a ranking system for customers, right? I hope the other services have same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I’m a low paid essential worker and that’s more than I make in an evening babysitting, so I’m cool with not tipping. I’m already paying for the service. Since you do so well in tips, you will be fine without money from me.

Do you also not tip your hairdresser, since she probably makes more than you as well? If you’re as poor as you claim, you have no business ordering food. Cook your own meals, or go pick them up, you cheap scum.

What's wrong with you? Are you unable to see other people as human beings unless they give you a hand-out?

Not a handout, you moron. Payment for services rendered. Tips are understood to be part of the deal. If you can't afford or are just too terrible a person to compensate someone performing a completely unnecessary service for you, then don't use the service. Uber Eats has a ranking system for customers, right? I hope the other services have same.

You sound like a shill for Ubereats or Amazon - don’t exploit your workers and don’t expect your customers to solve your problem for you by guilt tripping them.