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To never tip the Uber Eats driver?

63 replies

oceanbeach2000 · 07/08/2023 19:46

I used to tip every driver even if it was a mere £2. Still something.

But I think everyone has experienced that disappointment when 1 or more items from your order is missing.

(I'm not talking just specifically Uber Eats, I also mean Just Eat, Hungry House, Deliveroo etc)

Do you tip? If not, why?

OP posts:
Sigmama · 07/08/2023 21:35

Of course I tip, they don't earn enough

KrisAkabusi · 07/08/2023 21:34

It's not the driver's fault if food is missing though, so why should he miss out on a tip for someone else's mistake?

VinEtFromage · 07/08/2023 20:03

I've used Deliveroo twice recently (and no others previously) I didn't tip because they charge delivery & a service fee. If the guys aren't getting paid enough out of that, they need to kick up or a stink or change companies.

SM4713 · 07/08/2023 20:03

I don't use any of those apps, because they already add a surcharge to each dish for using them! I only order home delivery from places who have their own delivery drivers. If they don't deliver and the uber/just eat etc is the ONLY option for delivery, then I'll collect it or not bother.

I don't routinely tip them- no.

MrsRobinsonsHandprints · 07/08/2023 20:00

I always tip the person that is alone in the car with my food. Where possible I tip before it arrives. I try and use the same take out.

Wanking in the mayonnaise was not an urban myth where I grew up. He was arrested.

Neverseenbefore · 07/08/2023 19:59

No. But then I never use UberEats, or the other companies. I don’t think I’d tip if I did, though.

BlackForestCake · 07/08/2023 19:59

I've used Uber Eats precisely twice and I couldn't believe all the extra charges. There was something like a minimum order and then a delivery charge and a platform fee and then you're expected to tip as well?

guineacup · 07/08/2023 19:58

oceanbeach2000 · 07/08/2023 19:46

I used to tip every driver even if it was a mere £2. Still something.

But I think everyone has experienced that disappointment when 1 or more items from your order is missing.

(I'm not talking just specifically Uber Eats, I also mean Just Eat, Hungry House, Deliveroo etc)

Do you tip? If not, why?

Missing items are presumably not the driver's fault though. They are given the completed order by the restaurant. They don't actually prepare and pack it!

HRTQueen · 07/08/2023 19:57

I always tip £2

£3 when it’s pouring with rain

majority thank me for the tip

guineacup · 07/08/2023 19:56

FlyingSoap · 07/08/2023 19:52

Depends. Usually not. I wish I did more. Not an easy job and imagine poorly paid for what it is

It really is an easy job compared to most... Yoi drive to an address, and deliver the take away to the door, get back in your van, and drive back!

DinoRoar14 · 07/08/2023 19:56

No I don't tip.

guineacup · 07/08/2023 19:55

No, I don't agree in principle with tipping someone simply for doing their job.

And I find the "it's a hard job and poorly paid..." so let's give him some loose change all a bit condescending, especially as care workers and cleaners never get tips and frankly a delivery driver has a much easier job!

FlyingSoap · 07/08/2023 19:52

Depends. Usually not. I wish I did more. Not an easy job and imagine poorly paid for what it is