how much do you tip the guys that delivers food?

who_ru

ordered a takeaway tonite, cost 10 euro, tipped 2 euro. am i a tight git?

Deus Ex Machina

Is English your first language?

deathrider

Tip? What is this tip you speak off?

rednik

Normally give him a few chips and maybe a chicken ball.

admiralofthefleet

nothing at all. they get a wage and free food, the greedy bastards

meemeep

I had the amazing experience on Friday night of having a tip refused - twice:) Pizza and chinese - separately. Usually try tip one or two euro - first time pizza guy said - no too much! (I'd miscounted and tipped him before he'd finished given me the change). Second guy refused totally. will use both places again! Decent folk

strobe

I tend to do the same as I do when tipping anyone. Just tip to the nearest fiver. If the bill comes to 34 then they get a one euro tip. If it come to 31 then lucky them they get 4 euro. Luck of the draw for them. They get wages in anyway so I don't feel particularly inclined to tip anyone unless they go above and beyond what their job is.

Einhard

Eh, don't eat yellow snow is about the only tip they'll get out of me. I hate this bloody tipping lark. He gets the minimum wage. The woman serving me in Centra gets the minimum wage. What the fook is so exceptional about delivering food to my house that makes him deserving of a tip, and not her?

Badgermonkey

You tipped 20%, Issue?

Krusader

meemeep wrote: »

I had the amazing experience on Friday night of having a tip refused - twice:) Pizza and chinese - separately. Usually try tip one or two euro - first time pizza guy said - no too much! (I'd miscounted and tipped him before he'd finished given me the change). Second guy refused totally. will use both places again! Decent folk

They probably spitted on your chips

Einhard

meemeep wrote: »

I had the amazing experience on Friday night of having a tip refused - twice:) Pizza and chinese - separately. Usually try tip one or two euro - first time pizza guy said - no too much! (I'd miscounted and tipped him before he'd finished given me the change). Second guy refused totally. will use both places again! Decent folk

Two take aways in the one night?! Fat baxtard!!

R0ot

Depends if I like the driver, if they take too long, if they are funny and of course their odour is pleasant. :pac:

So around €2 to €4 depending.

Oranage2

For a tip i usually tell them how to fill out an extra income tax form!

mikemac

You pay delivery fee, that's for the driver. It's maybe €1.50 or €2, it differs

And nobody is fooled by pizzas with "free delivery" and "carry out discounts" :rolleyes:
The delivery price isn't free, it's worked into the price

Koloman

Normally no tip but during the recent snow I made an exception.

don ramo

i only tend to tip when i collect from the chinese, and normally its only the excess change they give me 80c or something,

ireland isnt like the US you get paid a decent wage, and what little tips some get dont really affect there standard of living very much, wheras in the US it would, some doormen in 5 star hotels can get tips of $50,000 a year, but they gets paid somthing like $10,000 a year off the hotel, cause they know how much they gets in tips, same goes for waitresses over there, sh1t pay great tips,

RichieC

Depends, if the order is say 13 quid I'll say keep the change from 15, only when it's hassely waiting for change do I tip, they fumble slowly through their money on purpose, the gits! :mad:

Lumen

I don't tip food delivery people. I don't tip furniture delivery people. I don't tip the postman.

stevejr

What pisses me off is the way they stand there on the doorstep fiddling for the €1 and €2 in your change, obviously hoping that you'll get impatient and round it off the nearest €5.....:(

RMD

I never see the point of tipping someone unless they did some sort of exceptional job. I work in retail, do I get a tip from a customer for finding what they want in their size or if I go to the effort of ordering something in for them? No, I don't. So why should I tip a person working in a cafe or a delivery driver for doing their job. It makes no sense to me.

df1985

1 to 2 euro each time.

CabanasBoy

Oranage2 wrote: »

For a tip i usually tell them how to fill out an extra income tax form!

Yeah, and ask to see their tax clearance cert as well, and their car insurance cert covering the use of vehicle for "hire and reward".

J. Marston

€2 at the most. Feck all if I've been waiting ages.

KeithM89_old

I think Dwight Schrute says it best....

Why tip someone for a job I’m capable of doing myself? I can deliver food. I can drive a taxi. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did however, tip my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.

gizmo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-qV9wVGb38

I always give a euro tip.

From my experience they do not get minimum wage. They get the delivery fees, so on a slow night they might only get a tenner but they have to be available all night regardless.

Johro

Crosáidí wrote: »

They probably spitted on your chips

They probably shatted on your spelling:D

TPD

I'd tip whatever's left from a multiple of 5 if I'm happy with the service.

jociro.123

yeah would agree E2 or E3 is plenty.

WilburWild

who_ru wrote: »

ordered a takeaway tonite, cost 10 euro, tipped 2 euro. am i a tight git?

I've become very tight since the levy came in a few years ago. Now the only place I tip is in a restaurant if there is no service charge. I know it's not their fault but it just made me change my attitude to money. Where once I was very frivolous with money, now I'm a big saver. :cool:

LeBash

I always throw the delivery guy from the local 3-4 Euro, and as he said, thats why I always get the hot dinner.

Greenmachine

Only tip if I am in an especially good mood. The food is expensive enough as it is. Have friends who used to deliver. Got a lump sum plus what ever delivery charges were. More people tipped than didn't. Went out with a mate one night when he was delivering, he was pretty pleased with his earnings that night.

DingChavez

Why would you tip takeaway delivery people as opposed to shopkeepers, bar staff, postmen and every other person you don't tip that do things for you?

JayEnnis

Trust me, delivery drivers do not make minimum wage.

stevejr

JayEnnis wrote: »

Trust me, delivery drivers do not make minimum wage.

Out of interest what do they make?

Einhard

LeBash wrote: »

I always throw the delivery guy from the local 3-4 Euro, and as he said, thats why I always get the hot dinner.

Not being an asshole, but if the food I paid good money for wasn't delivered hot because I didn't throw the driver some extra $$$, I'd be having a chat with his manager. Give me extra money or I waon't do my job properly. What an asshole attitude to have.

Einhard

JayEnnis wrote: »

Trust me, delivery drivers do not make minimum wage.

Well that's their issue, and there are ways and means of addressing it. They can't expect other people to give them extra money because they won't press their own rights.

UrbanSea

Einhard wrote: »

Eh, don't eat yellow snow is about the only tip they'll get out of me. I hate this bloody tipping lark. He gets the minimum wage. The woman serving me in Centra gets the minimum wage. What the fook is so exceptional about delivering food to my house that makes him deserving of a tip, and not her?

Because not all drivers are on minimum wage,many are paid per delivery and tips make up a good bit for them.

amdublin

€1 - 2

Metallergy

LeBash wrote: »

I always throw the delivery guy from the local 3-4 Euro, and as he said, thats why I always get the hot dinner.

are you rich bud? you don't want to go n give a guy expectations.. give him a buck. a punt; a hump or a kick

TeddyTedson

€2
Even the ones that charge for delivery get it.

stovelid

Usually 2 or 3 Euro.

mikemac

I doubt many are declaring their work to their insurance company.

Metallergy

TeddyTedson wrote: »

€2
Even the ones that charge for delivery get it.

even the ones that charge €3.50, maybe for less than a mile delivery?

Tar.Aldarion

Nuthin'.


<----America thatta way

dillo2k10

I just let them keep the change unless its over €5.

I done deliveries with a someone from my school one night and I was very surprised to find that most people didn't tip. He made very little after having to pay for petrol to drive around for the night.

That €1 or €2 may not make a huge difference to you but for them it does make a difference. I also noticed that people who didn't live in as nice of a house or have a nice car were more likely to give a tip that those who did and I thought it would have been the opposite.

Tar.Aldarion

dillo2k10 wrote: »

I just let them keep the change unless its over €5.

I done deliveries with a someone from my school one night and I was very surprised to find that most people didn't tip. He made very little after having to pay for petrol to drive around for the night.

That €1 or €2 may not make a huge difference to you but for them it does make a difference. I also noticed that people who didn't live in as nice of a house or have a nice car were more likely to give a tip that those who did and I thought it would have been the opposite.

That's because they spent all their money on tipping people.

macquarie

Don't eat takeaways they are way too expensive here and also very unhealthy. You can buy a weeks worth of fresh fruit and vegetables for the price of 1 takeaway meal.

Joe10000

I always give the guy two euro but one night I miscalculated and told the guy to keep the change but it was 12.50 and not 2.50 as I thought, he never said anything and was back the next time but left without a tip.

Tar.Aldarion

Joe10000 wrote: »

I always give the guy two euro but one night I miscalculated and told the guy to keep the change but it was 12.50 and not 2.50 as I thought, he never said anything and was back the next time but left without a tip.

hardly his fault!

I dont tip them anything unless maybe it's lashing rain and I'm in the mood to feel sorry for them.