Quick, how much to tip a take away delivery driver?

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Its only for me and ds2 so a small order, does that make a difference , like in a restaurant, % of bill?

I just round up normally. If it's £12 then 15, if it's £18 then 20. If a round up is too far away then just give them a couple of pounds?

I’ve never tipped

We don’t tip driver

We used to just round up the total but now we use Just Eat, there's no tipping as we've already paid online for the food 😮

1€ every time.

£1-3 depending on how nice they are and what you have on you.

£2, whether we've already paid or not.
It's so they know they'll get a tip every time and hopefully prioritise us if it ever comes to it.

Gosh, we usually do £5 for our family order but as it was small today I did £3. No wonder the chap.is always so.smiley l

Pay online so no tip! I think I would round up etc if I paid cash.

Always give them an extra quid. Never a big order.

No tip pay online.

I've never tipped a delivery driver. The hand the food over whilst walking away, and it's like they can't get away fast enough. So presumably they're not expecting anything.

I've only ever heard of tipping delivery drivers, taxi drivers etc on mumsnet. I tip in restaurants, but it's not the norm to me to tip elsewhere. I've tried tipping hairdressers etc a few times after reading about it on mumsnet and with the exception of one, they acted all weird and gave the money back. It was awkward.

£5? That would be 25% of our avg takeaway order cost. 😯 no way!

Takeaway drivers get paid terribly and rely on tips to make a decent wage.x

Yes, sugarplumb, it makes far more sense to me to give £5 to a driver who's come out to deliver a £15 meal, than a hairdresser who's done a £40 haircut or to give 10% of a £100 restaurant bill to a waiter who's had 5/6 other tables in the couple of hours we've been there.

£2

Sugarplumb there are lots of people on minimum wage. I don't understand why some are expected to receive tips. I don't get tipped in my job - just my wages. Tipping came from America where people really do rely on tips to get paid!

Alot don't get paid minimum wage though. Where I live the average pay is around £5 an hour!

Most of the take away shops pay cash in hand and just a small pay per delivery they make and its not much at all. My friend done it for a while and gave up as cost her more in petrol than what she got paid

Then why are they working for such illegal employers?! The law is there for a reason & they should be reported! Also they chose to work cash in hand & avoid paying taxes. I pay a chunk of tax out of my legal pay packet. Why should i subsudise these people if i fancy a luxury such as a takeaway??

I was thinking about this tonight. I always give a couple of pounds to takeaway food guys, but tonight I had an Asda delivery and didn't even think of giving him anything. Not sure why!

If I pay online I usually give the driver a couple of quid. If cash then I round it up. So for 17-18 bill I would give them 20

Haha Sunhill. There's nothing illegal about accepting payment in cash and there's no tax due unless you earn £11k + which seems unlikely delivering takeaways on a Friday and Saturday night

@sugarplumfairy2010 where do you live and what jobs are people doing where they are only paid £5 an hour?

£1 - £2. More if there is a good reason (very quick delivery/good service, really nasty weather, Christmas).

It's a shit job - poor working conditions (rain, snow, hanging around, dodgy stairwells etc) and really low paid. If I can afford to get food delivered, I can afford to tip the poor person who is bringing it to me.

I really don't get why you wouldn't tip. A small amount makes a difference if everyone does it.