I don’t usually use DoorDash, but a couple months ago I had to use it for a guest. A driver came to my side door, and gave me one item from the order, and he was angry and said something about no tip. But I had given a generous tip. I found out later they split the order in two and gave all the tip to one of the drivers, but I had no control over them doing that.
Could have been worse...could have added her own, spice.
I gave a waiter a $10 tip on a $50 lunch for the wife and I at a nice, but not upscale restaurant. He was insulted and asked if I really meant to give him a $10 tip. I was tempted to say ‘no’, and take it back, but he did an ok job (not that he actually had much to do in our case). I guess a 20% tip doesn’t mean much any more.
This is one where I prefer the way Europeans do things. Tips are left for only extraordinarily good service, then it is just a few Euros, if that. And now they have tip buckets out everywhere, it is ridiculous.
The outrage never ends. We have to bring up stuff that happened 2 years ago to be outraged about since we obviously don’t have enough to worry about in our own lives. Let’s all take sides you take the side of the driver and I will take the side of the customer and we can debate it until we get to the point of calling each other names and wishing we were dead or canceled. It’s very healthy for us to get worked up over a video that will appeal to our base emotions. Especially when it keeps us divided. What difference does it make which elite oligarchs are running our country when the injustice of tipping or not tipping is left unaddressed?
Commack to Smithtown can be a long trip due to traffic at certain times of the day. Not sure I’d order food that has to come come from so far away even without traffic .
Considering the trailer trash I see picking up people’s food, no way would I ever use one of those delivery services. I also see stolen food that is disturbing enough.
I've taken to paying by cash for takeout as much as I can. It avoids them flashing the checkout screen at you which always has the "tip" cluster amounts. Of course, those tip amounts are based on the total bill, which includes sales tax. You don't tip on sales tax.
Doesn't mean I won't tip. I just find the push for one annoying.
A tip is by definition not mandatory. back in the 60s I was a wharf rat at a tourist fishing marina and when the boats came in I cleaned the customers’ fish for tips. Sometimes I got nothing for cleaning 150 pounds of fish. Sometimes I got 35 dollars for cleaning a single 18 pound red snapper. I never complained and ended with, “here you go, sir.” and made good money all in all for three or fours work. Think what $35 would be today.
The less people that touch your food the better. I tend to not even eat at any restaurant where I can not see the kitchen. Let alone what someone is going to do to the food during a drive. No thanks.
I was travelling with a friend of mine many years ago. She was a Florida girl, We stopped at a restaurant on Kentucky and had lunch. There were tow gals that were servers,
When we were leaving and near the door, the two gals got into a big fight over who gets the tip.
My friend looked over there, walked up and grabbed the tip off the table and said “ Ah’ill settle it for ya’ll and have a blessed day”.
LMAO!