I’ve been tipping pizza type deliveries 20% since Covid, but it seems high to me. What’s everyone tip their delivery guys? I don’t want to short them, but I don’t want to go broke either.

  • Karlos_Cantana@sopuli.xyz
    133·
    1 year ago

    “The US” is a broad spectrum. I would tip a lot more in Los Angeles, California where a shit hole house costs $1.2 million and gas is $6/gallon than I would in Anderson Missouri where a really nice house is $95,000 and gas is $2/gallon.

    Most delivery drivers pay for their own gas and make minimum “tip” wage, which is lower than the regular minimum wage. They also have to pay for maintenance and repairs for their vehicle, which is more than it would be if they were just driving to work and back. When I delivered, I averaged about 60,000 miles a year. That’s a lot of gas and maintenance.

    When you tip a server in restaurant, you’re tipping them to walk the food out about 30 feet to your table. When you tip a delivery driver, you’re tipping them to drive your food X number of miles to you in their own vehicle, at their own expense.

    I think you should tip more for a delivery than for service at a restaurant, but the beautiful part of tipping is that it’s up to you.

    I usually tip $10 for a small delivery. If I’m ordering for multiple people, I try to get everyone to chip in $4-$5 each for the tip.

    • NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social
      53·
      1 year ago

      As someone whos has been a driver and manager at multiple places over multiple years, I have NEVER seen anyone make less than minimum wage BEFORE tips.

      We had split pay too, if i worked a manager shift it was $8 an hour and delivery was $5.25 IIRC

      I would never order from anywhere that does that

      • Alto@kbin.social
        4·
        1 year ago

        Store I delivered at, all the drivers made below minimum before tips. Minimum in store, 1/2 that on the road. Plus a pittance in mileage that never actually covered it