Originally Posted by
meester69
I cannot see how a percentage % tip for delivery can be appropriate. In a fine dining restaurant it makes more sense, because you do get more personal service than a cheap place, but for delivery, 10% is irrational, since you get exactly the same delivery service whether you've ordered $10 of food or $40.
In the UK £1 would always be ok for a tip for a delivery person.
It normally turns out to be in the $1 to $1.50 range anyway. Some online ordering sites (like Seamlessweb) force you to put in the tip before your place your order, I hate that. Naturally tip goes down in that case. And tip obviously goes up if the food is delivered piping hot in 10 minutes rather than stone cold in an hour and a half. The longest I waited was 2 hours. Needless to say, there was no tip. I was ready to file a chargeback.
New York delivery people are especially hostile about this, so I found it to be a good compromise (for my own safety of course). the next time I order delivery and they get mad about not tipping "enough" I'm sending the food back and filing a chargeback. Even if it's denied the place had to pay $25 or whatever to fight it.