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[quote=Anonymous]Most of my life (I am mid - late 50s), I tipped for food delivery (usually pizza, chinese food, etc - door dashing all restaurants did’t exist) not as a percentage of the price of the whole order, as I would in a restaurant, but as some flat fee that seemed reasonable/market tipping - the delivery person was not driving more than a mile or so, it really isn’t more work to deliver 2 pizzas vs pizzas and a salad, and they’d be delivering other pizzas etc not just mine.

Now, if you don’t tip 20-25% of your delivery order, you are considered cheap. I recently had a chinese restaurant exclaim at me for tipping $10 on delivery of a $70 order (which basically was 3 dishes, an app and their delivery fee plus tax). The delivery person had to drive 0.7 mi to my house. I cancelled the order, because if I have to pay $15, I can walk the 10 minutes and pick it up myself. But that probably means I’ll start ordering from there less, too.

Which leads me to frustration that there is also a trend that we need to tip on pick up orders. This started during the pandemic and I gladly did it then - I usually tipped 25% on my take out orders then. But why am I still tipping on take out? At that point, the owner should just raise prices and pass the difference on in wages (like Two Amys does) and I’d not be resentful.

I gladly tip when I am dining in, and of course always have. Someone is doing extra work then! And my meal is hot and fresh. And I am enjoying the ambiance. I tip 20% post-tax and often round up. [/quote]

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