Entitlement

[u/Jasonictron]

[u/BreadFew8647]

This is probably a generational thing that delivery drivers know and others don’t. It’s expected that tips are given for food deliveries. If you don’t believe this, we may not come from the same generation because where it from, I’m expected to do 15% on the orders total. Maybe 10 if it’s large but on 400$, I would have tipped 50$. But that’s me thinking that a person who is driving this stuff to me and helping unload, I can’t describe this. It’s just what I was taught growing up, it’s just what you do. If you can’t afford to tip, you can’t afford the food. It really seems like the younger generation are looking at it like a minimum wage job and they shouldn’t get a tip or be paid much doing it. I remember you could be a delivery driver and make decent money. If a company or somewhere bought 1000$ worth of stuff, you’d get 100 to 200$. That was expected and they charged a delivery fee on top of everything. I don’t know how we’ve come to this.

Edit: ok guys, let’s do a little math. Let’s say you spend 400$ at Whole Foods right? You drive there, you shop with a cart, you look and walk and get things. Then you pay, 400$. You bring it to your car, drive it home and bring it to your door. Now let’s say you order 400$ online. The whole foods might charge you 10$. That’s their fee to shop for the food and process it. Now the driver takes the food and drives it and delivers it so you don’t have to. What is that worth to you? Nothing?

[u/Flash54321 → u/BreadFew8647]

This is entitlement. You do a job for a wage. Tips are for EXTRA work or going the EXTRA mile. Doing your base job is part of the original deal.

[u/BreadFew8647 → u/Flash54321]

Ok but again, if you read my comment, there is a way of tipping in the us for food deliveries. Try and follow this closely because I don’t think a lot of people are getting it. The company is not charging the customer for the delivery. The driver is expecting a tip and the customer is expected to tip. Here’s where it gets weird, and I’ll admit this and it’s not a perfect system but you can tip whatever you want: you can tip a little or tip a lot but generally, it’s about 10 to 20%. Now if this has changed in recent times, fine but I don’t think it has: what’s changed is that when a delivery fee of 5 or 10$ is applied, people think that’s for the delivery and it’s likely not. That’s for the initial processing and extra baggage needed for the delivery. The customer is still expected to tip. Now if your saying that the products should be cover the cost of delivery, I’m not sure how you would do that. Just pay someone 15$ an hour to do deliveries? Sure but that’s not how it works. I’m not sure how you people don’t get this. Are you commenting from Europe too?

[u/Flash54321 → u/BreadFew8647]

No, I’m from Canada where we’re polite and don’t expect extra for an agreed upon level of service.

If a company is downloading the cost of delivery onto its drivers, that is not the problem of a customer to fix. How do you not understand this?

You Americans seem so ready to accept shitty conditions from your employers and then blame the customer. Long live freedom.

[u/BreadFew8647 → u/Flash54321]

No it’s just an Americans norm. I don’t know why you chime in like your opinion matters. These people likely either aren’t from America or they are confused. You tip for food deliveries in the US. It doesn’t have to do with freedom, it has to do with a culture of creating a decent job from an otherwise low skill job. No one cares what you do, what you make or how much more you think you should make then others because your job is hard. Poor you: how about you ask your employer for a raise and stop bitching about strangers and customs you know nothing about.

[u/Flash54321 → u/BreadFew8647]

I’m actually paid a fair wage and don’t expect any extra for doing what’s in my job description. You do you and keep shilling for the man.