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I ordered pizza last night. Instead of Pizza Hut, this time I went with Papa John's. Followed the same logic for both places for "tipping" based on

... travel time ($20/hr) + distance (~.60/mile) + extra bulk (+$2 each bag beyond first) minus any baked in delivery fees ($5.99). This usually works out to total delivery cost of about $13-$14.

Papa John's delivery person thanked me at the door and even gave me a free can of soda.

Previous experience with Pizza Hut is that they outsourced to Uber Eats. That driver was in a rush, and he got less than half the tip I provided

What do you think is an appropriate delivery cost for a meal you don't have to cook, and don't have to go out and pick up?

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Kajoozie Maflingo 4mo ago

Séimí Mac Síomón 4mo ago

He has the good autism 🙏

Aida 4mo ago

I don't think there should be any tip unless the delivery person does something extra or especially hard. Did they walked 11 flights of stairs because the elevator was broken? Sure then they deserve a tip. I don't see a reason otherwise.

Kajoozie Maflingo 4mo ago

They have use to use their own personal vehicle and make minimum wage here. They have to get tipped to stay alive.

mrecheese 🧀 4mo ago

Here's a tip: Check your SimpleX.

Kajoozie Maflingo 4mo ago

Hey thanks

mrecheese 🧀 4mo ago

😘

Nice and Kind Vic 4mo ago

Never fuck with the people that prepare or bring you your food

Aida 4mo ago

I will have to talk to my wife... :-) Neh, I just don't like the tipping culture you have in the US. Rounding up in restaurant is one thing, but tipping for delivery?

Sly Fawkes 4mo ago

I usually pick it up myself and they still expect a tip

Nice and Kind Vic 4mo ago

The only time I tip when I pickup a carryout order is if they've prebagged it, with napkins and utensils and had it ready at the expected time.

🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 4mo ago

When I was a delivery driver:

If you're not too rich to care how much you tip, tell me instead of tipping you want to text screenshots of your order totals and have me beat the price and deliver myself instead of finishing checkout to do it through the app.

Or tell me the items and let me bring you the receipt and add a delivery fee to the price. Then you won't actually know if doordash is cheaper, but you'll know exactly what it would have cost to just pick up the delivery yourself.

Keep doing this every time you need doordash, until so many drivers have said "sure, here's my number" that you always have someone ready to bring food without doordash.

Nice and Kind Vic 4mo ago

Cool thing is that I've never used Door Dash or Uber Eats. That's the restaurants doing that

🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 4mo ago

Same deal though with asking drivers to either beat your screenshot totals or give you receipts+flat fee (some way to match the delivery price to what it should cost)