Tipping the takeaway delivery guy

WoollyRedHat

I just give them a few chips and send them on their way.

Laisurg

Nope, the takeaway is expensive enough and the fúckers never put vinegar on it so they can feck off..... perfectly good chips RUINED by the lack of vinegar :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

arybvtcw0eolkf

jester77 wrote: »

I give €2, more if it's a big order. These guys earn crap money, a lot would be on the €400 a month basis here.

They do in their arse!.

In a busy shop the delivery guy will typically earn more than a taxi driver for the same hours.

(I've done both jobs)

I tip, but usually its just the change and I try to get close to the exact amount anyway - give 'em the shrapnel.

Mr. Presentable

Robdude wrote: »

Nah, I think 10% is fair - but beyond that it seems excessive.

10% of 20 is 2, so €22.00. You are only tipping 5% :eek:

Potential-Monke

I don't tip. They done nothing to earn a tip. Couldn't care less if it was lashing rain, roads covered in snow, etc, that's their job. I don't get tipped for doing my job.

When i was a waiter, i got tipped if i went the extra mile and made the dining experience better. But when your job is to drive to a place and drop off food/collect money, there is nothing you can do to warrant a tip.

Leo Dowling

Yeah I tip a euro or two. If they're doing two or three drops at once, you'll be first to get your food if you've tipped before. So you get hotter food. Simple really.

pabloh999

If you dont tip a euro or two, then YOU ARE A tight ass hungry cnut.;)

A couple of euro extra to have bags of food delivered to your fat lazy ass is not to much to expect is it?

ebixa82

pabloh999 wrote: »

If you dont tip a euro or two, then YOU ARE A tight ass hungry cnut.;)

A couple of euro extra to have bags of food delivered to your fat lazy ass is not to much to expect is it?

Do you tip your postman?

Squidgy Black

Friend of mine used to work as a delivery man.

Basically, they get the delivery charge on an order. They can work from around 5pm-2am and they might get around 20-30 orders a night minimum. On top of that they're paid a basic wage. So more or less, the delivery charge is the equivalent of a tip, it covers more than twice if not three times the fuel cost.

Chocablock

Was working in a pizza hut delivering until a month ago. Worst job ever. Earned 250 a week plus about 50 a week from tips. if I was lucky for a 40 hour week. 5 an hour. 1.50 a delivery. Barely covered petrol costs and I mean barely. They also made you work 1 12-8 shift a week and youd never get a delivery before 5. They had loads of drivers as the drivers had to help out in the kitchen and are basically cheap labour. It was so depressing and whenever someone gave a tip of a euro or two it really cheered me up so stop being tight ass's. Its fine not tipping if you live less than 3 or 4 mins but if there driving 10 mins a euro or two wont hurt

mikemac1

Chocablock wrote: »

Barely covered petrol costs and I mean barely.

basically cheap labour.

It was so depressing

Chocablock wrote: »

so stop being tight ass's.

You should have directed the tight ass comments to your boss and not your customers

bfocusd

There are certain places I always tip, one place in particular the food does be piping hot and is always early and amazing, I've tried myself with ordering it in the restaurant and bringing it home, its never as warm, I even pre heat the car!

No offence to people who deliver pizzas, but I noticed im not as great with tips towards them, I like pizza, I wouldn't order it myself, but he loves pizza, it's very disheartening paying 30 odd euro for a slab of dough and a sprinkle of ingredients, with 30 Euro in a curry house you get much more for your money.
I'd often make my own and I'd have two pizzas for less than 10euro.

One delivery guy in particular, worked for a Chinese, he became very ill and always worked hard, myself and several others always gave him a high tip, I guess it was mainly because he had a terminal illness and we thought, hopefully he wont have to work so many hours if we tip him well. that was 12 years ago and he's still flying around, still delivering 7 days a week, I don't order in the place anymore as the prices are constantly going up and the quality if the food has plummeted.

An ex-delivery guy I know, he is a filthy pig, he was fired as he was taking food while delivering, so he'd take some chips or chicken balls, or even chicken out of the curry! He was caught after the cook got many complaints, so they set him up. That's disgusting though, his greasy fingers in your food! Yuk!

pabloh999

ebixa82 wrote: »

Do you tip your postman?

I dont ring in and order bills and bank statements then sit down and eat them

cloptrop

Yeah its hilarious people blame the customer for the bad working conditions.
I do tip however because you always treat the people who handle your food with the utmost niceness . If they want a euro or two for not spitting in your food Ill pay that.
If everyone stopped tipping would the boss be finally made to pay a decent wage to the delivery dudes.
Are these workers registered or collecting the dole as well . Some of them are doing a second job and making a handy few euro tax free.
Where I grew up you could get the chinese delivery driver to get you smokes or beer in the off licence beside the take away. Kids abused it though and it had to be stopped.
The pump dont work cuse the vandal took the handle as bob dylan would say. Its seen in nearly every line in my post . Im just as poetic as bob today.

TouchingVirus

Last August we ordered a chinese takeaway. It took about an hour and a half to arrive and the five of us were starving by then. I asked how much it was and the driver told me €59.10. I went back in and said the rest of them it was €59.10, I had €20 so I need to make up €60. They must have misheard me, because they handed me €60, which I put with the €20 I had, and gave the whole €80 bones to the driver thinking I was giving him a meagre tip for the shíte delivery time.

A lovely €20.90 tip for food that was only warm on arrival and took over 90 minutes from order to plate - I'll never forget it, I was fcuking sick and haven't tipped since.

mikemac1

ebixa82 wrote: »

Do you tip your postman?

Yes, twenty quid every Christmas or since cash is tight, a tin of roses. Something every Christmas anyway

Our postman is a legend and have worked the area for over forty years. No house numbers and he has to know every family and all the children's names, hundreds and hundreds of names and different townlands.


It's different in towns where you might have a different postman working your area and they get transferred around

Chocablock

mikemac1 wrote: »

You should have directed the tight ass comments to your boss and not your customers

Well my boss isnt reading this right now and I think its common sense that delivery drivers are on crap money and I always tipped before I worked as one and will continue to do so.

JohnK

I see no reason to tip as they're being paid to do their job and if the rate of pay isnt good enough then they should take that up with their boss; I'm not going to subsidise it and give the place any more reason to lower their staffs wages. Also, I'm certainly not inclined to think they're giving me wonderful service since even though there are 3 pizza places within 1km of my apartment (Pizza Hut: 1km, Four Star: 900m & Dominos: 450m) it still takes between 50 minutes to an hour to get something delivered. And then, many of the drivers dont even want to get out of the car and try and get me to walk out to them.

The Master of Disaster

I don't think they make much so I always tip something unless the service is really slow. Nothing major but normally about 1-3 euro depending on how much the order is for.

stoneill

Keep the change - (but not the notes)

mikemac1

Keep the change ya filthy animal

Mr.Biscuits

I use Just-Eat quite a bit and so pay online - the look the driver gives you when he knows you have paid already is like he just got through sucking on a lemon - whereas if I order and choose 'pay on collection' - he's all smiles.

Another tactic I hate is the fumbling for change that some of them do hoping you'll say: 'Ah, sure keep it'.

Cherry_Cola

I remember when me and some friends ordered in a chinese when we were in Florida, this old lady arrived at the door with the food. Fine we thought, pay her and she'll be on her way.

Next thing we know she walks in the door, plated up the food for us, gave us tips on what to do with the leftovers and wished us all well. It was quite bizarre but kinda nice in a weird way. She certainly earned the tip anyway.

fussyonion

Call me mean, but most of the time I don't tip-they're getting enough in the delivery charge to bring me my food, although I have told them to keep the change some times, depending on how much the change is!

The Real B-man

Just enough so they dont spunk in your pizza

chillywilly

I always tip €2. Although it's rarely for good service, usually to avoid an awkward moment.

Funglegunk

Depends if the take-away is a front for the RA or not.

mickptre

Maybe so, my son does delivery's 2 nights a week and be assured that he does NOT receive this fee. He gets a flat fee for the night and depends upon the generosity of good people that give him a euro or two. PS the ones that don't tip are the near neighbours????

mickptre

fussyonion wrote: »

Call me mean, but most of the time I don't tip-they're getting enough in the delivery charge to bring me my food, although I have told them to keep the change some times, depending on how much the change is!

Maybe so, my son does delivery's 2 nights a week and be assured that he does NOT receive this fee. He gets a flat fee for the night and depends upon the generosity of good people that give him a euro or two.

kfallon

Usually give them a euro or two tho tbh it's been so long since I last ordered a take away we're talking about 3 years ago now!

LordSutch

wilkie2006 wrote: »

Does anyone tip the guys who deliver your takeaways? I always give them a quid but I'm beginning to wonder if this is even expected.

Tipping the takeaway guy? Why? never heard of it before

kingtut

I don't tip but that is because I get off my ass and collect it myself!! :cool:

Anyone

€2 usually. I always get my food hot as a result.

kingtut

dee. wrote: »

Yeah, I feel that way! I just moved here and it seems to be 40 minutes minimum, even though my house is about a one minute drive outside of the middle of town. In the old place I lived, delivery usually only took 10-15 minutes.

A 1 minute drive away and you have it delivered ??? Could you not drive yourself or walk !! Surely it would be far quicker. :eek::eek:

Nyan Cat

Sometimes I tip a euro or two of they're early or eg it's icy out. But I will not tip otherwise. I refuse to subsidise anyone's wages - the employer is the problem not customers. I see this every time the subject of tipping comes up (take outs, hairdressers, beaiuticians etc) there is always a host of folks that say ah they're paid badly.
Erm yes maybe but if that's the case they can talk to their boss.

I was in America - I felt a bit sick at the tipping culture. It's totally and utterly expected. Even if the bill clearly states its optional. It's expected. A good chunk of my money spent there went on tips. I hope that culture of tipping doesn't happen here. And yet going by responses to many of these threads it looks like it is

Syllabus

i was a delivery driver many moons ago(it was my second job as apprentices dont get paid well) i got a 5er an hr wage + the delivery charge + tips.

that might sound great but if it was a slow night and the tips were bad i might only make 30-35 for 5hrs work

generally the people that tip get the best service. if you went out with 5 orders and they were 3rd you would go to them first. the people that never tipped didnt get the same service. not sure how it is these days

btw - i always tip

Gerty

Domo230 wrote: »

I thank my busdriver and tip the pizza delivery guy, yet I never say anything to my Doctor.

I thank my doctor.

enrique66_35

The doctor can shag off with his €50 for 5mins faux concern/lectures but the pizza-man usually gets 2-3quid or aprox 10%. Not that I'd expect better service for having a tipping rep rather I'd not find out how crap the service could be if I had the name of not tipping.

That said, I wouldn't like to see the American style of tipping for everything catch on here. They take the piss over there looking for tips for any kind of service at all.

lubo_moravcik

dee. wrote: »

Rarely. All of the takeaways here charge for delivery (usually €2-€4) so I don't see why I should pay them extra when i'm paying them to delivery my food and waiting around 40-60 minutes for it arrive barely warm.

If you tipped then the food would be warmer and get to you quicker.

rgmmg

lubo_moravcik wrote: »

If you tipped then the food would be warmer and get to you quicker.

How would they know if you are going to tip?

I always consider tipping those in the service sector - by which I mean bar staff, restaurant personnel, take away delivery folk and taxi drivers etc.

I worked through uni as a lounge boy and the only tip I got was to use a black binliner on my arm when I was unblocking toilets. I then worked as a bank cashier for a stint and concluded that a lot of folk out there are complete ba*tards, treating me like sh1te on their shoe.

As a result, I ordinarily tip. A small/tiny amount to make a point if required and vice-versa to foster positive reinforcement. If you can't throw a euro or two at a delivery driver then, sorry, you're truly a scabby git.

Anyone

rgmmg wrote: »

How would they know if you are going to tip?

If you are a regular customer then they know.

Nyan Cat

'I tip to get food faster / so they don't spit in my food / take some chips' etc. that's another thing I often see. If anyone ANYONE would do those things (even purposely drag their feet at delivering food out of pettiness) then they don't deserve the job. I know it doesn't pay well unless it's a busy night. But I reiterate that it's between the employer and the employee. It's not the customers fault or up to them to top up people's wages.

Very few people I know get take out regular. It's a rare treat due to the cost. It's not like they're flush with money.

It feels a bit like they hold your food to ransome when the old chip spitting excuse comes out.

lubo_moravcik

rgmmg wrote: »

How would they know if you are going to tip?

I always consider tipping those in the service sector - by which I mean bar staff, restaurant personnel, take away delivery folk and taxi drivers etc.

I worked through uni as a lounge boy and the only tip I got was to use a black binliner on my arm when I was unblocking toilets. I then worked as a bank cashier for a stint and concluded that a lot of folk out there are complete ba*tards, treating me like sh1te on their shoe.

As a result, I ordinarily tip. A small/tiny amount to make a point if required and vice-versa to foster positive reinforcement. If you can't throw a euro or two at a delivery driver then, sorry, you're truly a scabby git.

Only takes one delivery, after that you're either known as a tipper or non tipper, it's upto you if you want your food hot or lukewarm The three doors the driver went to before you sure got theirs warm anyway

rgmmg

lubo_moravcik wrote: »

Only takes one delivery, after that you're either known as a tipper or non tipper, it's upto you if you want your food hot or lukewarm The three doors the driver went to before you sure got theirs warm anyway

Alternatively, you give them €10 the first time and they come back Pavlov's dog style the next 30 times.

lubo_moravcik

rgmmg wrote: »

Alternatively, you give them €10 the first time and they come back Pavlov's dog style the next 30 times.

Well there's common sense, a couple of quid just to keep them interested and you can guarantee your food will arrive nice and warm with a smile (or you're ringing the wrong place)

KTRIC

I don't tip because society says I have to. If they really put forth the effort,
I'll give 'em somethin' extra. But this tipping automatically, it's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned, they're just doin' their job.

rgmmg

lubo_moravcik wrote: »

Well there's common sense, a couple of quid just to keep them interested and you can guarantee your food will arrive nice and warm with a smile (or you're ringing the wrong place)

Not quite - if everyone tips the same then where's his/her incentive to choose you ahead of another order?

leggit

I know a few lads that used to deliver and they'd do a couple of deliverys at a time, always said that they knew who tipped and who didn't and guess who'd get their food last...

As for me, if the bill is something like €19.70 and I hand them a €20 they won't be getting much of a tip because I couldn't be bothered looking for change.

Never more than €2 though as long as I get enough change back from what I gave them.

Leo Dowling

Nyan Cat wrote: »

'I tip to get food faster / so they don't spit in my food / take some chips' etc. that's another thing I often see. If anyone ANYONE would do those things (even purposely drag their feet at delivering food out of pettiness) then they don't deserve the job. I know it doesn't pay well unless it's a busy night. But I reiterate that it's between the employer and the employee. It's not the customers fault or up to them to top up people's wages.

I'm not sure there are many people out there who would spit in food, no matter how much they dislike the person.

On the issue of how hot the food is, that can certainly be affected. I worked as a delivery driver when I was in college and I didn't have an employer, I was self-employed and had a contract with the pizza place. All of the drivers worked on this basis, the companies do this so that they don't have to pay minimum wage. There were as many as ten drivers on at one time and you can bet that if a regular tipper's name comes up on the screen for delivery it will get picked up and delivered before a non-tipper's pizza.

The Snipe

I often would yes, depending on where I'm getting it (If its my local chinese, I would as I know the delivery guy for years) and how long it takes to come (if its pizza it can sometimes take ages!) Also if there is only like 50c or whatnot in coinage being handed back to me, I'll tell him keep it and just take the notes!