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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, what was the average tip you got in this area?[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

If you can't afford to tip, you can't afford Uber Eats, or going to a restaurant. You are better off saving that little money you have for rent and groceries and cook or pick up your own food.

Delivery is a luxury, if it is so expensive for you that you can't tip, don't do it.

You are wasting the driver/waiter/bartender's time.

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PP, don’t listen to this super-entitled person. He has no idea what you might be going through and what your reasons are for ordering delivery and you don’t owe him an explanation. I know what it’s like to be so pregnant and exhausted that even walking up a floor is an effort -  I can’t even begin to imagine how the other poster is  handling it with 4 kids, and this PP decided to insult her for it. Don’t let him shame you for any decision you take, including not tipping or minimum tips. He does not get to control your choices. The only choices he can control are his own. He’s chosen this industry to make a career in and this is the nature of the industry. He, at this time, has more choices than you do.[/quote]

You don't know what industry I am in.

I am middle aged now, but when I was young I saved money by, among other things, severely limiting how often I ate out... but in the few times I did (sometimes yes, because I had to) I did tip.

From the service industry professional's viewpoint, the math just doesn't work without tips. I was a bartender and server when I was younger, and delivery drivers are no different be it Uber or others.

If you don't tip them, there is no point in their jobs, financially.

So what is really entitled is to expect someone to serve you, deliver your food or make your drinks, or clean up after you and do it while LOSING money, ok?[/quote]

I feel for you, I really do - you’ve led a tough life. But consider this,
First, You’re being paid 12-14 or 16-25 dollars an hour(depending on the delivery service) to pick food up from the restaurant and drop food off at PP’s home - no more and no less, and you’re guaranteed a specific wage by the delivery service. If tips don’t cover it they are legally obligated to pay you that amount - this is important to note.. Now, compare this to  the cook at the restaurant who makes the food and gets 10/hr. The restaurant does not have the deep pockets Amazon and ubereats have. Compare this to the similarly paid registered nurse or even a babysitter, who cleans their patients/babies up when they soil themselves. They and people like them work really hard, and do plenty of unpleasant things, with no expectation of tips unless they go over and above their mandate.

Second, the only reason you think the industry doesn’t work without tips is because the industry is exploiting you. You cannot put this on the customer.[/quote]

You compared a babysitter or Uber Eats to the profession of a Registered Nurse??[/quote]

RN pay starts at 16/hr which is less than what an Amazon driver makes. Heck it’s less than what a garbage pickup person makes.[/quote]

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