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Home Delivery Take-a-way's: Do you tip at the door?
Paul M C
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Hi all
Just wanted to get people's opinions as to whether or not you tip delivery drivers for home delivery take-a-ways?
Some people I speak to always do, others don't,.
I use an Indian take-a-way every weekend who do home delivery. Thing is, I always pay by card, over the phone, at time of placing the order.
I don't usually cash on me, so when the driver brings it to the door, as I've pre-paid, I don't tip. However, I always feel guilty and feel like I should?
However, if I am using our Kebab House who do home delivery, because this is cash only upon delivery, if, say, the cost is £11.20 - I will give them £12 and say keep the change - that sort of thing..... However, if something comes to exactly £10, then again, I don't tend to tip.
I guess perhaps the exception here is when places (and we have one here) that charges you extra for home delivery... then for sure, I wouldn't feel guilty!
So, just wondered what the common 'etiquette' is here?
Do you always tip?
Just wanted to get people's opinions as to whether or not you tip delivery drivers for home delivery take-a-ways?
Some people I speak to always do, others don't,.
I use an Indian take-a-way every weekend who do home delivery. Thing is, I always pay by card, over the phone, at time of placing the order.
I don't usually cash on me, so when the driver brings it to the door, as I've pre-paid, I don't tip. However, I always feel guilty and feel like I should?
However, if I am using our Kebab House who do home delivery, because this is cash only upon delivery, if, say, the cost is £11.20 - I will give them £12 and say keep the change - that sort of thing..... However, if something comes to exactly £10, then again, I don't tend to tip.
I guess perhaps the exception here is when places (and we have one here) that charges you extra for home delivery... then for sure, I wouldn't feel guilty!
So, just wondered what the common 'etiquette' is here?
Do you always tip?
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I think its a good little earner that job. I know my local takeaway used to pay them £2.00 per delivery, then they get the tips on top. Not bad money for a few hours work each night.
This is what we do.
Well, how do you know? I use the same places regularly, and my service is always excellent. Would yours be?
we do this , we tend to use the same places each time and always get good service . Foods good too
I agree, when I order a takeaway I pay an extra £1.00 for delivery. I don't give a tip at the Indian takeaway / pizzeria after a night out in town so why should I when it's delivered after paying a delivery surplus?
I know it's all built into the price, but for the convenience of having tastiness delivered to my door I couldn't be doing with the faffing about of getting a quid or so in change.
On occasion we would find little extras in the bag, and the food was consistently good.
Shame it burnt down, now I have to go collect from another
I pay by card but still give the delivery person a tip
Hmm, If you buy something off eBay, do you give the postman a tip? The delivery person gets a fixed wage just like a postman does.
No they dont, some might, but most just get a £ or two per delivery , like waiters and waitresses most of their wages are made up with tips. If it wasn't for tips it would not be worth their while doing it and the shop would have to charge more for delivery
Some years ago, during a period of unemployment, my brother was actually working delivering take-aways. He delivered Indian, pizzas and Chinese at various different times. He's told me some very interesting stories about what he found/encountered during some of his deliveries.
One of the most memorable is the one, which happened on many occasions, when he's actually been standing on someones doorstep, in pouring rain, counting out a customers change to the exact penny!
I know there's no obligation whatsoever to give the driver a tip but something like that, under those circumstances,sounds so very mean to me.
Conversely, he's been to houses where someone has ordered, say, £15 worth of food and he's been given £20 and told to keep the change for his trouble!
There's good and bad!
Well my delivery guy usually has a van so I suspect he does several deliveries per hour. I pay a surplus so therefore no tip required.
PS. I'm not tight and ALWAYS give a tip in a restaurant, usually between 10-15% of total cost but will not tip for takeaways. Quite often I don't even have any change in the house when it's delivered.