Should I tip the pizza delivery person?

[JamesBondOO7]

Tomorrow I'm ordering pizza from Dominos
I usually leave to our children but I'm doing this
I will be ordering approx 85 quids worth of food for
6 of us inc 2 toddlers. As we are paying online
and IMO the bill is lager than the usal 50-sh after discounts - I will feel bad not tipping the man/woman

A quid is not right but then I'm thinking why should I as I', pay 2 quid (1-99) in delivery and the employer should be paying a proper wage

It will be easier not to tip as paying online but I don't want the delivery person
giving me faces etc though that would make it easier for me later ie not giving a tip

What do you think but I'm almost a 100% cert I won't

(on the odd occasion we eat out we tip 10% but it does hurt.

Not if I paid online. If I paid cash I'd prob just say keep the change

The point of tipping is that you are rewarding good service or good food. Therefore, I only tip delivery drivers if the delivery is particularly quick/punctual. Otherwise, what are you tipping for? There is already a delivery charge so adding a tip is a bit like tipping in a restaurant after you have already paid a service charge.

Yes, I'm American. Not sure why my phone showed me this 😅. Based on what I read it seems very similar to us.

I've worked in the service industry and it sucks and these people are broke and we all know the restaurant isn't going to raise their wages.

Most of the delivery drivers ds(18) works with are young adults trying to support themselves through uni, so they accept the low wage as it is temporary for a few years and they need the flexible working hours outside of uni hours. The rest mostly have FT jobs and are doing deliveries on top of that as they need to increase their income.

Minimum wage will be minimum wage whether you tip or not. You are kidding yourself if you think it will make any difference to minimum wages if no-one ever tipped. Whereas if everyone tipped just a nominal £1 thank you ds would get an extra £15ish in a shift and over 4 nights a week that £60, or £240/month in his pocket would make a direct and significant difference to him.

our son orders more takeways in a month that we do in a year and he never tips. He does not tip as he feels like me that the employer should pay a decent wage and if the delivery person is not happy get another job

Gosh, you must be so proud (insert sarcasm emoji)

The delivery driver salary is a cost associated with the delivery too.

Always tip Domino's in cash but pay online. Order is a deal for about £22 and tip £3 at the door. They are always really polite and seem pleased.

@JamesBondOO7

Then they should work somewhere else.

You sound like the kind of person who says 'just buy a house then if you don't like it' if someone is stressed about high rental prices.

🙄

They still provide a service and work just as hard, front of house or stocking shelves. Why should those who are visible get tipped and not the ones who aren't? Jobs can equally horrendous, I would choose socialising less painful than shelf-stacking. If you're going to tip waiters and food delivery servers then you should extend it to everyone including the postie and all other parcel delivery services, cashiers, and anyone who does any job but you don't because they are already PAID to do the job. you are paid to serve. A small tip would make a difference to everyone who works, how can you argue that it means more to you as a server than it would be to a shelf-stacker?

The wage of a delivery driver comes from the sale of the pizza and or service charge, whats your point?

They are paid to do a job, lots of jobs are paid at minimum wage. We don't all expect to be tipped.

I get the impression that many of the delivery drivers (round here anyway) are using their own vehicles. Domino’s maybe different as they tend to have those logo things on the roof.

either way I think the drivers aren’t making much or even losing money sometimes.

I always tip. Though I have to admit it is often just for convenience rather than waiting for change which can be an awkward and lengthy transaction.

Yes, they should be paid better, but unfortunately they’re not. So customers have to make up the shortfalll in the way of tips to ensure this otherwise cheap service.

in your situation rounding up to £100 seems to generous. But to £90 seems a little low. So I appreciate the dilemma.

Only cheapskates don't tip.

I presume the delivery drivers are being paid the minimum wage and the job isn't worse than any other minimum wage job. It's not a cheap service given takeaways from Dominos are extremely expensive for what they are. The cost of delivery should come out of the markup they're making on the pizza.

Where does it say on the bill pay the drive xx amount of monet, it DOES NOT
Get a job that you can manage on and do overtime or add the tips to the 2 quid delivery

I opened the door, NO TIP

I'm glad I did not tip as you could not see the toppings, that is the last time I buy from there - in fairness to them the delivery was was quid and the order was as placed. However, whoever made the pizza must have been a tight fisted or very small handed pizza maker. The toppings we almost zero but as we ordered so much food it was not a problem but i and my son wont order from them again

Thank you all for your input and I'm glad I did not pay and thinking about it why should I.

Eating out about 3 times a year, we tip 10% id service is good and if not less than that or zero for poor service with an attidie

Thanks. I rather spend my money on my self and pay a fair price and a free tip to you - tips are NOT mandatory, lol.

I don’t understand the “I don’t tip because that’s the employers responsibility” argument.

Yes its the employers responsibility but not tipping only hurts workers. You’re not making a statement to corporate CEOs by not tipping, it just makes you look like an ass.

some have said that by not tipping, they’re encouraging a higher base pay for employees but that’s such a cop out. Tipping culture is far more prominent in the US than in the UK and yet the average base pay for a Dominoes employee is better in the US than in the UK (£8.23 vs $10.53 per hour).

All of the arguments against tipping are just excuses to tight fist your money. I know for a fact that if you were in the delivery drivers position you all would be disappointed that you didn’t receive a tip.

how about instead of finding reasons not to feel bad about tipping, you listen to your conscience and do the right thing for someone else for a change.

You’re just making excuses so you don’t have to feel bad about this. Congrats about walking 20 feet to your door while the driver had to drive 20 minutes just to get your food to you.

what would make this worthy of a tip? Would the driver have to set the table for you? Spoon feed you your food so you don’t make a mess of yourself?

the fact this is even a conversation is absolutely ridiculous. Do the right thing for others. Its not that hard.

Trust me PP
No "excuses" not having read the support here not to tip. IBH, I'm actually proud of my actions and this is why I've updated.
I post honestly and openly and for sure not everyone will agree but I'm actually very proud of myself and glad I did not tip the guy

Thank you all that support not tipping pizza delivery/etc.

Of course, it is your choice as it is my choice

I've had a bit of abuse here but you know what, I'm happy with what I did, glad I asked and please re other like-minded ladies and gents here

Thanks you all.

Considering you had to consider having your son open the door means you know you are not in the right. Tipping is not mandatory no but neither is being a good person. Choosing to do the right thing is hard and you choose the easy way out.

also, you’re ordering dominoes but you’re clutching your pearls over a few £ lmao if you had standards you wouldn’t be ordering dominoes in the first place.

anyway, karmas a bitch and you’ll get what you’re owed. Keep this in mind next time you’re snubbed in life. You’ve forfeited your right to complain.

I refer you to my previous posts.
Trust me the more I read your stuff the happier I am with my stance and those that have supported my stance. However, you are at your liberty to think as you wish.

The minimum wage in the UK is £9.50 so they must be paying them at least that per hour. You can't really compare it to the fact that people tip in the US because the food itself is a lot cheaper there usually and they tip for just about everything. I bet you don't tip the bar person every time you buy a drink in the UK do you? They do in the US. The culture in the UK is that you tip for good service and/or good food. Tips shouldn't be expected regardless of whether it is good food or good service, particularly when it is overpriced.
As for people “listening to their conscience”, if they feel that they have to tip regardless of the fact that the food is already overpriced, they might be more likely to not order a pizza in the first place which isn't going to do much for the delivery drivers job prospects.

Lovely.

I live in the US and I tip regardless. There’s nothing I can do about CEOs not paying their employees a fair wage. But as a worker I choose to stand in solidarity with other workers and I would hope that they pay it forward and would do the same for others/me. If they don’t, so be it. My conscience is clear.

I worked for them after abruptly losing my job during covid and needing an immediate job to keep a roof over our heads.

I still to this day remember the incredibly sweet people who left little plastic bags or envelopes on the doorstep (we could only deliver to a doorstep) with a pound or two pounds in saying they had sanitised it!

The £1 delivery fee is because they’ve scrapped the mileage system they used to have which brought younger drivers wages up to minimum.

Those drivers wash up, stocktake, sweep and clean, make up mountains of boxes and clean the loos.

Tipping is up to you, it’s genuinely appreciated in a job where you’re not often appreciated!

I have read your other comments hence why I mention you considering sending your son. Seems to me like you are just looking for reasons to justify not tipping. Regardless hope you never find yourself in the position to need tips to survive, maybe by then you’ll understand how nonsensical your argument is. You don’t have to agree with me, I don’t really care tbh. But this is the perception of yourself you’ve chosen to share into the ether so don’t complain when others think poorly of you for it.