Tipping ‘nudges’ are now popping up on DoorDash. If you don’t leave a gratuity, you’ll hear about it.::DoorDash is the latest delivery service to nudge customers who don’t tip. It shows how intrusive tip requests are, and how important tips are to gig workers.
It’s now expected that you tip even if YOU pick it up. I do not understand
I don’t understand that one at all. Maybe a dollar or two but not 20%
Why tip anything if you are picking up? There is no service. Where do you think that money goes?
It goes to the waitress. Normally I give it out of guilt. During Covid I gave because they were losing tips.
Some friends and I ordered 5 pizzas the other day, so our total was going to be about $100. I was going to pick it up and asked what everyone thought I should tip. Several of the people said 20%, but I was God damned if I was gonna pay someone $20 for me to pick up pizza from them.
I remain confused about what you are tipping for at all for pickup orders? I assume you are under 30? Does purchasing food just equal tip, period? Is it totally detached from a service element and just a kind of bizarre tax for young Americans?
I am over 40. The person who suggested over 20% is over 50. So it’s not just a young person thing.
Restaurants rely more and more on tips to make up server wages as cost of living skyrockets and workers need more and more hourly in order to survive. It sucks that businesses aren’t making the difference from their own pockets, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t tip. You’re not fighting the system, you’re denying people a living wage.
It use to be a dollar or two per pizza. That was the going rate. Now they expect 20%. Delivery use to be free for pizza.
ETA: noticed you said picked up. That use to be free
Curious why a dollar or two? Do you just generally feel that food is underpriced? Is there a scenario where you would just pay the asked price?
Not sure I understand the question.
It just sounds like a strange American tax that is paid for food. The problem of tipping is getting worse. Why pay extra for the basic level of food preparation with no additional services rendered? In what scenario would you not pay extra? Why has this become like this for food but not flowers for example?
Ah. In America we have what’s called tipped workers.
Depending on your state, they can be paid as low at 2.13 an hour plus tips. In Oregon they’re paid minimum wage plus tips.
Historically only certain jobs were tipped and services.
To go food was not tipped but now we are guilted into tipping. Historically we didn’t tip quick service workers such as McDonald’s or Starbucks.
Now every place is adding a tip.
In what scenario would I not tip? Normally at a Starbucks or some place I’m not served but if I’m feeling generous I will.
I’ve tipped working 100-200% on the occasion before.
Flowers typically are not tipped because the person receiving them wouldn’t tip.
It’s a weird American things with tips. The problem is a good tipped worker doesn’t want it to end. I’ve know people waitresses who make six figures working in Vegas.
Personally I’d like them to get paid a living wage and make a small tip the norm.
Right now I don’t like paying double for my food and they expect a large tip as well. Right now many places are adding a living wage % on the bill. It’s normally 20% then they want a 20% tip.
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But isn’t it only the front house workers and delivery people on this pay mechanism? Those people aren’t involved with a pickup order so you are just giving money to the very business that is already underpaying people. I presume some might split that tip amongst the servers and delivery people, but who knows? Even if so, this is really just charity on your part since those people weren’t involved with your food. I’m not going to argue with the ocean here - seems your practice is becoming quite normal, I just don’t understand it and think it sadly contributes to the underlying issue and keeps businesses more powerful and employees less.
If you’re picking up an order, typically it’s the waitstaff handling it. So the tip goes to the person who hands you the order and packaged it.
Don’t get me wrong. The system is outdated and broken but I’m not going to screw the wait staff over. They have to pay taxes on tips even if they don’t receive them.