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Tipping the takeaway delivery guy

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  • #32
    Captain_Generic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,409 ✭✭✭Captain_Generic


    dee. wrote: »
    If the weather was that bad and he made it through a snowstorm to deliver my dinner, I would be happy to tip. But I live about a minutes drive outside of town, and the weather hasn't been that bad here, aside from the odd shower of rain. So I am not going to tip him for taking close to an hour to deliver my food, which always arrives almost cold.

    If the service was great, they would be tipped but it never has been. Why should I tip if I feel they don't deserve it?

    Ehh, try a different place?


  • #33
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    squod wrote: »
    What?? ((:eek:))

    After waiting 40mins I'd be psychotic !

    You find that slow?

    It's the general waiting time around here though all the takeaways are within about two km of my flat.

    I'm so used to it then it seems normal to me I suppose


  • #34
    up for anything
    Registered Users Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭up for anything


    A young chap I know has started doing deliveries. It's a cut throat business. The first job he got, he got a €20 flat rate for being on hand from 6pm-2am and the €2 delivery charges. Set against that petrol could cost him €40-€50 if it's busy and it takes him a long while to see a profit. Then another chap came in and said he'd do it for €3 per delivery without the flat rate and the take away owner gave him the job because it saved him €20! Tips are really what makes up his pay in his new job as all he gets there is €2 per delivery.


  • #35
    Clogsworth
    Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭Clogsworth


    My brother does deliveries for a take away, they get very little from the take away, €30 to be there from 5 to 11, so that's a lot less than the minimum wage. They rely on the tips to make it worth their while sitting around for 6 hours. They definitely deserve something. If you don't want to tip then get off your a$$ and go collect your own food and then no one will think your miserable!


  • #36
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Clogsworth wrote: »
    They rely on the tips to make it worth their while sitting around for 6 hours. They definitely deserve something. If you don't want to tip then get off your a$$ and go collect your own food


    Wow, customers get the guilt trip though the manager won't give them minimum wage :(

    So this is what America feels like


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  • #37
    dee.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,461 ✭✭✭dee.


    Captain_Generic wrote: »
    Ehh, try a different place?

    Lol, I have. Since I moved here I have tried about 5-6 different takeaways. I have ordered from two of them more than once, all took at LEAST 40 mins (some over an hour)


  • #38
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,391 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    My typical takeaway works out at €32. I had him 35 and tell him he can keep the change.


  • #39
    dee.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,461 ✭✭✭dee.


    Clogsworth wrote: »
    My brother does deliveries for a take away, they get very little from the take away, €30 to be there from 5 to 11, so that's a lot less than the minimum wage. They rely on the tips to make it worth their while sitting around for 6 hours. They definitely deserve something. If you don't want to tip then get off your a$$ and go collect your own food and then no one will think your miserable!

    Can't speak for anyone else but personally I don't care if anyone thinks i'm miserable for not tipping. If the service was great, I would, but it never is here. In my old town I would tip a certain driver 1-2 euro each time (my orders were never more than €15) because he delivered in quick time, the food was still piping hot and he was very friendly. I felt that he deserved the tip.


  • #40
    marketty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭marketty


    I sue takeaways if the food arrives cold. So I hav plenty of cash for tipping when they do it right


  • #41
    JustAThought
    Registered Users Posts: 5,323 ✭✭✭JustAThought


    If they're dead late, rude or Sullen they get nothing.
    If they try to shortchange me or " forget " to give me my change & I have to call them back for it; they get nothing.
    But otherwise I'll give them 70 cent or a euro, or two if it's late & ive been at the gargle!!!! If they're on a motorcycle they'll always get something regardless for extra effort!!!
    Oh the maths of it!


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  • #42
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    I usually tip the take-away guy about €2, same when I get my car cleaned and about 15% in a restaurant. I never tip in my local even though I frequent there more than anywhere else and they give me excellent service.


  • #43
    Friel
    Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭Friel


    I never tip anybody. They get paid, times are tough enough. England was a shock to the system, they want tipped just for ****ing smiling at you.


  • #44
    catthinkin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,060 ✭✭✭catthinkin


    ebixa82 wrote: »
    catthinkin wrote: »
    I tip if they are nice freindly on time i.e good at what they do if they are late have earphones on attitude i dont .

    what if they are nice but late?

    They get a smile :)


  • #45
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    no i dont tip them. they get a wage and free food


  • #46
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,217 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    No tipping from me either but I rarely get takeaway.

    Delivery guy is free to take it up with his boss if he's not getting paid enough to be honest. I don't tip the courier that delivers my packages either.


  • #47
    Robdude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 709 ✭✭✭Robdude


    I tip the delivery guy 10%. 20 euro pizza - I give him 21 euro.


  • #48
    VagnerLove
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭VagnerLove


    Robdude wrote: »
    I tip the delivery guy 10%. 20 euro pizza - I give him 21 euro.

    Shouldn't you be giving him €22 then?


  • #49
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,217 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    Robdude wrote: »
    I tip the delivery guy 10%. 20 euro pizza - I give him 21 euro.

    Who in their right mind pays €20 for a pizza?!! :eek:


  • #50
    Robdude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 709 ✭✭✭Robdude


    VagnerLove wrote: »
    Shouldn't you be giving him €22 then?

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


  • #51
    Robdude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 709 ✭✭✭Robdude


    Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »
    Who in their right mind pays €20 for a pizza?!! :eek:

    I think it's called 'The Winning Deal' from Pizza Hut Delivery.

    I get a large stuffed-crust, double-pepperoni pizza and two sides of cheesy bread (with extra cheese).

    I'm also pretty fat. So that kind of sucks.


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  • #52
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


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


  • #53
    Laisurg
    Registered Users Posts: 810 ✭✭✭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:


  • #54
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #55
    Mr. Presentable
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,496 ✭✭✭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:


  • #56
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,795 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #57
    Leo Dowling
    Closed Accounts Posts: 322 ✭✭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.


  • #58
    pabloh999
    Registered Users Posts: 516 ✭✭✭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?


  • #59
    ebixa82
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭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?


  • #60
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,605 ✭✭✭✭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.


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  • #61
    Chocablock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭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


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