How much to tip for Door Dash delivery of groceries?
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Comments (2)Yes, I tip....if the delivery guys are polite and careful about bringing the stuff into my house. Depending on the time involved and the difficulty, I hand each guy a bill... If the delivery just involves walking in the door with a chair and setting it down, the tip might be a $10 bill...or a five....if the delivery involves taking the door off it's hinges and carrying a big piece of furniture up stairs and setting up, say a bed....of course the tip is more. Linda C...See MoreHow much tip do you give for take out?
Comments (53)It's not just chains- I've personally worked for two independent restaurants, one mid level and one very high end fine dining, that calculate taxes based on assumed tips. Most servers will receive paychecks for $0.00; the $2.13/hour the restaurant owes them is completely consumed by taxes, so tips are literally all they take home most of the time. And if your state has income taxes they are the last to be taken out of a paycheck, so your server will get hit at tax time for all the state taxes there wasn't enough In her paycheck to cover. Here's another one most people don't know about- the 1-3% to run your credit card is often taken out of your servers tips! It's the same as any industry, if you haven't done it, you have no idea. Poor service? By all means, show your displeasure in your tip, I do! But no tip because you assume takeout is no work? That's just cheap. Some restaurants are moving to a no tip model for many of these reasons; Joe's Crab Shack announced they would be switching to a higher set wage and no tips, and they have already said the menu prices will rise accordingly. Good food, good service, cheap prices- pick any two ya like, but you can't have all three....See MoreTip percentage for carry out delivery
Comments (25)JoanEileen, the first time it occurred to me was actually at Pizza Hut when I lived in an actual city. I picked up pizza for my kids soccer team and used a credit card. When I saw the tip line, I commented to the cashier I kind of thought it was a bit rude to have a tip line for carry out and he agreed, saying since they had eat in and carry out that they couldn't help it being on there. I ended up tipping because I felt bad for being bitchy and he had promptly agreed with me. I do have an issue with wanting everyone to like me. (Unless you are my cable/internet provider ;) )...See MoreHave YOU tried Door Dash? Uber Eats? Grubhub?
Comments (35)Not for delivery. Lots of local places around us use doordash as their ordering app for both delivery and takeout, and I will order through them for me or SO to pick up. I live too far away from any of them for delivery and all of the services charge extra fees to bring it to my job because of all the extra headache it is to deliver it there, as its a secure facility and its a HUGE pain to get in if you do not work there. But even the pizza places have been charging that for years before such services were even conceived of. So i have never used them. Not saying that I would not. I think that if I lived alone and closer to the area where they deliver, there would for sure be those times when cooking wasn't gonna happen and neither is me getting dressed to go out in public. But I would not order anything that would be disgusting if cold and hard to reheat back to its original glory, like fried things. Door dash every single night IS very lazy, IMO. And ridiculous. You would think with portion sizes served these days, those invading in-laws would at least have leftovers! I get being tired and all, but every night?...See More- 5 years ago
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