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[quote=Anonymous]I recently ordered Chinese food for delivery and the bill was about $80 including tax and a $2 delivery fee, the total was up from where the same food bill would have been a few years ago and I get it. We live 1.2 miles from the restaurant, it takes between 5-8 min to drive there depending how you hit lights. I ordered over the phone and the cashier asked how much I want to tip the driver. I said $5 and she exclaimed, “this is an $80 bill!” so I ashamedly said okay $8.

I’d appreciate thoughts on what is reasonable tipping in this situation. I would appreciate not being lambasted - if $8 or more is appropriate in the current times, let me know, I’ll do it forward going and never post about it again :-)

My thoughts were that the driver had the same minimal work no matter if my bill was $25 or $80, and that I wound up paying $10 in delivery fee/tip for a $70ish pre tax order. Isn’t the delivery fee so the restaurant pays them a slightly higher wage, and then I added $5 for a short drive- seemed reasonable to me.

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