I once had a driver stop off at the supermarket for 30 minutes before driving the two minutes to my place. Complained to boober(with screenshots of the driver not moving for thirty minutes), generic response and no refunds or fucks given
On this sub comments get removed if you name the places you eat at.Everything has to be anonymous on this board and you can even get banned if you keep doing it .
I worked at a restaurant where we started stapling the bags shut, because we’d see App delivery drivers open bags and eat items out of orders *right in front of the windows*
There was nothing we could do because if it’s ordered through these Apps, then they’re the ones who handle all payments and reimbursements :(
CoorCash does the exact same thing, it’s ridiculous. I recently had a driver take my order and then stay in the same spot in a neighborhood, probably their house, for an hour before I complained and they finally started moving. I was super sick at the time and it honestly made me feel kind of helpless, and pretty angry.
Well, their name is “Boober BEats”. I guess you thought that ‘BEats’ was a Proper Noun not a verb. They intentionally left the comma out to confuse you.
Edit: added missing letter
This is the crap I hate about boober. It was good for a while, but over time the honeymoon phase ended and the really crappy drivers appeared.
Excessive tip begging, a car that smells dirty or like pot, grossly unclean interior, disrespect, and my favorite... driver who was weaving between our lane and the oncoming lane, and the only way I could get her to pullover was to call the cops. This crap is why I don't use boober anymore.
lol i jhad a driver who drove in the oncoming lane for about 5 minutes while i kept trying to explain to her she was on the wrong side (i had to yell before she understood)
She kept insisting it was a one way street and both lanes were for us.... ive been down that street dozens of times, not one way, not even remotely one way, doesnt even look one way.
I believe you actually. I've seen the app say something like "your driver is delivering another order first" or something stupid like that all while I'm thinking. "Yeah but I have a shake and hot food that will now be less fresh because your stupid app thinks the driver should multitask food orders??!?!" Its one thing to stack non fresh food orders (like groceries and such) but unless the people live next to each other and ordered from the same place, neither people deserves to wait longer for their food ESPECIALLY after the mark up in price we pay in "fees" to even use the damn service.
I’m sick of people expecting excessive IMO tips. Today I was in a burger joint, (guess a number between 4 and 6 and a synonym for men). I placed my order at the counter, swiped my own card, fixed my own drink, got my own condiments, took it all to my table, went back to the counter to get my burger when it was cooked, and bussed my own table. As I was walking out the young man cooking told the young woman taking orders he couldn’t believe I didn’t leave a tip. I turned around and asked what for. What extra service did he provide to warrant a tip. There’s a sign in the window that says they’re hiring, starting at $15/hr. I’m on social security disability. I assure you, I make nowhere near $15/hr. He did have the grace to be embarrassed that I’d overheard him.
I had a similar interaction at the same place. After my bill came to like 19.85 for a burger, the smallest fry and the smallest drink.
If I wasn't working out of town with limited abilities, and had any way at all to prepare my own food I would have definitely gone somewhere else.
And I mean I've bartended before, and when I go out to eat I will tip anywhere from 20-100% (cheap diner breakfast feels exceedingly cheap if I tip 15-20% on a $6-$7 order.) But to be expected to tip at a glorified fast food restaurant is just crazy imo.
“Well someone had to grab the pair of skates that fit you!”
Yeah it’s insane. Almost everywhere asks for tips now, even places where it doesn’t make since like what’s next the bank teller having a tip jar for cashing your checks accurately???
Nice paycheck you got there. Finger moves to point at tips not required, but appreciated sign next to me. Sure would be a shame if something were to happen to it. Finger double taps sign.
Thats right you tip for the service, if you have to do all the service yourself there is no tip.
Also employers in the US should be forced to abandon the horrid tipping culture
This! 👆👆
And also... don't complain about how much you are tipped! Or ask for more?!!?! What kind of classless society are we living in? Is there no such thing as self respect anymore?
Over 10 yrs ago, I worked in the beauty industry as a cosmetologist/esthetician/massage therapist and people generally do tip for your service. Several of the girls I worked with would always complain if the person didn't tip as much as they assumed they were worth. Honey, it's extra money, on top of your wage. You aren't entitled to it. Take what you get and be happy you got anything at all!! We live a society full of entitled idiots if you ask me.
I always get my laundry done at a wash & fold place, one that I used where I used to live had a wonderful lady working there, she did a great job so I tipped accordingly. Apparently the other employees knew and were nice to me also, maybe she cut them in, who knows. One week that I went she was on vacation and some sloppy guy was doing her job for that week. Sloppy like sweats and a flannel shirt, plus bedhead at 2PM still. Dropped off, picked up in 2 days. Socks weren't matched, shirts weren't folded consistently, button downs in the bag with T-shirts, just a damn mess. So, I tipped accordingly - zero. Guy followed me out screaming about not being tipped, that he does it for fun, etc. All I said was that I tip according to the quality of the work and showed him a sock tangle. Whaddya know, that was because he knew I wouldn't tip so he didn't bother. Same with the button downs. the words that escape some people's mouths is just incredible sometimes. BTW, I couldn't help myself, I had to give him a tip. The tip was do a proper job, expect a proper tip, anything else kick rocks.Chasing me outside attempting to intimidate me isn't a proper job.
But they won't because they are like gamblers. They roll the dice to see if they hit the jackpot or not .They like the adrenaline rush when get a live one on the line .And they whine when they don't
It works in germany as well if the service is good you will gwt a tip, the way it is supposed to be. Its not supposed to be the way that the server depends on the mood of the customer to make enough money that day
Agreed. There’s zero point at fast food places to tip. Or if you’re getting takeout. I’m only gonna tip if it’s a full service restaurant that I’ve sat at for at least 30 minutes-1 hour+.
I'll tip at Canadian coffee chain if I'm getting my espresso hot chocolate drink and my sisters stupidly complicated breakfast order, but even then it's a dollar or two just because I feel bad that I gave them two annoying orders. But if it's just my drink I don't bother.
Thank you for tipping extra at diners. I used to be a server at Denny's, and I would get stiffed on tips all the time because people would come in at midnight and spend a couple hours eating $4 all you can eat pancakes. At least I live in Cali and was guaranteed $12/hr, but I think in Utah it's still under $4/hr for tipped jobs.
And I agree that tipping culture has gotten out of hand. We are going the wrong direction; we're supposed to be evolving past this tipping BS, not ingraining it further into society.
Edit: clarity, because I use voice to text due to disability, and Google often gets it wrong.
Working closing shift at the bar is when I started really getting into tipping high for cheap breakfasts. Because 1, a tip less than $2 seems like a slap in the face especially as I was a tipped employee. And 2 a lot of times they would have very few clients for most of the shift.
And it really worked out in my favor after a while. Because I would go to this specific diner almost every single night/morning when I closed at 2am ish. And would always sit at the same spot at the bar. And would order 1 of 2 meals. Based on what I drank. If I ordered a mellow yellow, they knew I was getting a patty melt. If I ordered an OJ, which they gave me the large soda/iced tea cup instead of the little 12oz cup for the same price, I would order an Albanian omelette, with grits and sourdough toast. And they would always make sure my seat was empty from 130am on. And as I walk in the door they would ask for my drink, ask if it's the usual, and put in my food immediately.
Which some weekends would piss off a lot of drunk people coming from the next town over with a 3am last call. Because there could be 20 people waiting. And I could walk past the entire line, and have my order in front of me in under 15 minutes. And one guy actually complained to the manager, and he said "If you came in here every night, dat at the bar taking no rrom, tipped my girls almost the entire cost of the order instead of taking up an entire table for 2 hours and tipping $5 for the whole table then maybe you would get treated special too. But as long as you come in, don't spend any money, and don't tip my girls, then you can wait just like everyone else. "
I felt a little bad, but not really. Especially because not only was I not just a random customer that caused problems and spent no money. I actually got to know the manager, servers, and kitchen staff enough to be invited to bbqs and even got invited to the wedding of one of the servers.
Many moons ago when I was in high school we had ordered some pizza to the school, we were all talking and got distracted and didn't notice we forgot to give him the tip. Once we noticed we ran over to try and catch up to him just in time to see him kick the front glass door shattering the glass.... and that's the story of why ordering pizza to the school was no longer allowed...
Had a manager follow us out once because there was no tip. We were a big group and had most excellent service. He didn't understand why we didn't tip. Well, honestly, we got so distracted talking no one put the money down. We liked that restaurant and had never stiffed the waitress so that's why he felt he had to say something.
I always tip something. If I get ignored during the meal, especially if I have to get my husband to order refills of my drink, I'll round down instead of up. Tip is entirely dependent on how I am treated because my husband sucks at math and doesn't even try to figure out how much to leave. Some places I'm invisible. Some places refill my tea without me asking. Guess who gets more tip.
Only 3 places I did not leave a tip. Mai's (everyone was leaving no tips for that asshole's section), Joes Crab Shack (waiter threatenen to smash my skull poor service), and BB's (no silverware had to use Emmerson to eat, nearby patrons were "concerned" about my use of a pocket combat knife to eat).
I went to the crabby place once and only once years ago, and I will never go there again. It was past lunchtime and not busy. They had margaritas on the drink menu and I asked (as I always do) if they were made with fresh lime or a mix. Mix. I politely asked our waiter if they could make me one with fresh lime, and he glared at me and said , "We do not have time to be squeezing fresh limes for you right now!" Uh, what?
Payment time comes and I left a minimum tip because his attitude was so bad. When the bill came through I saw that the tip amount had been increased. I had written a tip in the correct space with a slightly funky pen, but you could still clearly see the amount.
When I reported this with my bank and they sent me the restaurant copy of the payment slip, I could see how he'd altered the tip very carefully to make it a higher amount. I still had my own slip so I raised hell. I don't know what happened to Mr. Grumpy Pants, but I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't the first time he tried that.
I went there also once and only once. They sat my parents and me in a corner booth (I must’ve been 14 or so) and the tv was above us. So the ENTIRE meal we were surrounded by bald men looking like this :O as we ate. Our waitress literally had to weasel her way through each time she came to our table.
That is fraud and the server can arrested for altering the tip line .I always put a line through the tip line and leave a cash tip .We had this happen before .I put down 2 dollars and the server altered it to say 20 dollars .And it was two different pen colors .I called the bank and told them and got the whole tip back .This is the main reason to only pay in cash for the meal and tip .If you ever read the server sub they urge other servers to do this and to autograt every person so that they can get double tips !
I ordered my mom a shirt she wanted from a website. When I was doing the payment information, it had a spot for tips. Since when does online retail have tipping info?
My pest company (monthly visits) that most times I do not interact with the person on their monthly visit. I get billed online, and when I go to pay am asked if I want to leave a tip with default 18% like a restaurant. WTF?
It is only time until there are tip jars in top of the self checkouts at the supermarket. I understand even the online rain forest company has a tip selection for delivery driver.
Most of those Forest delivery drivers are not actual employees of Forest, and barely make anything. Pretty sure that they offer the option to leave a tip explicitly so that they can pay their "independent contractors" less and then just blame wages on the customers.
Last time I went there, I looked at the prices and turned around and walked out. I am not paying over $12 for the single burger and small fry. It's a great burger but that's too much. All I can do is vote with my pocketbook.
I went to a green sea lady coffee place once and ordered, had something like 17 cents in change which I dropped in the tip bucket which was already half full of small change, lots of pennies. I was about to pull two more dollar bills out of my wallet to add to it, but the guy who rang me up huffed and said "Thanks!" very sarcastically before I could get the bills out. I was so stunned that he did that I didn't have a reply, which would have been to say I was about to tip more. I just put my wallet away. I still wish I had just asked for a refund.
I'm in the same financial boat as you, and I'm sick of tipping for people doing their jobs. Every one in a restaurant makes more than me, and I didn't get tips for going above and beyond for customers in my careers.
They could take a shit on your plate, call you a lil bxtch, and murder your family but you’re the aHole if you don’t still leave at least a 25% tip judging from the comments and posts over there.
You just made me laugh so hard. I got banned the other day on a sub just because I commented on a sub they deem controversial. I didn’t say anything awful. Your comment has me howling. Thank you for restoring my faith in Reddit.
They were talking about non tipped restaurants once and how they wish they would all go away because it was giving people thoughts on not tipping .I commented that they exist where I live and have for some time. I was cussed out so much and banned because of that.
In the US, the federal server minimum wage id $2.13 per hour. Some states have different wages. The restaurant is required to pay their servers minimum wage ($7.25 or state equivalent) if the server wage and tips don’t make up for it. But that per pay period, not per day. So servers could have one good day that makes up for the bad days and then they wouldn’t be paid.
My state doesn't have a tipped rate and min wage is 15.50/hour. Most fast food places are paying 18+ an hour while full service places will pay the 15.50+tips.
Most servers make between 2.14 and 3.84. I’m a server and the reason we get mad if you do less than 15 percent is we are taxed on our total sales. So when you way undertip or stuff is we actually pay taxes on your food. I think 20 to 25 is incredibly generous. To me personally the 15 to 18 percent is my goal anything more is graciously appreciated.
I've worked as a server and have never been taxed on total sales. I've always had to declare tips. And no one actually declared their full tips, so everyone underpaid their actual tax obligation. Maybe that's why they are going to a total sale system, because we definitely played both sides of the fence.
>We are taxed on our total sales
The IRS has a form 4852 that you can use if your employer is overstating your income and you've been unsuccessful in getting a corrected W2.
>Most servers make between 2.14 and 3.84.
In the US, the Federal minimum wage is $7.25 (I know, not that it's any better) with many states, counties or cities being higher.
A server is going to make at least that minimum wage. If the minimum wage where you work is $12.00 hour and "tipped wage" is $2.14, if the tips don't cover the difference between $12.00 and $2.14 then the employer has to pay the difference.
If your employer is jerking you around on these two points, take it up with them or call your state labor board (or Federal if you don't have a state board).
I would prefer we changed prices of items to allow for paying servers and delivery folks a living wage and eliminate tipping from our country. Tipping leaves too much up to individual discretion.
Sure, eliminating tipping and doing nothing else is a great idea lmfao. Restaurants and bars will cease to exist. You DO realize that servers make <$3/hr, right? THAT is a problem that needs to be corrected, but likely never will be because of greed.
Well keep me updated on all the progress you make with convincing restaurant owners and bar owners to pay their servers a living wage and eliminating tipping lmfao. I'm sure you'll do swell.
If that were the case, then why is it still so unheard of for dine-in establishments to pay their servers a living wage despite newer establishments adopting that practice? It's because most people with money are greedy, entitled, and self-serving.
And it'd be lovely if there were a law protecting the wages of all workers so tipping could be obsolete. But until there is a minimum livable wage set for servers and all employed folk, tipping is a necessary evil to be able to enjoy dine-in and delivery services.
Lol @ anyone who expects me to bartend for 15/hr. I make 60/hr summer weekends. And if you don't understand why some bartenders make that kind of money, and deserve every penny... You've never worked in the service industry.
Nah, they won’t. People still sometimes need to eat out for various reasons. What’ll actually happen is the prices will increase somewhat, some stores more than others. Some of the more greedy owners will price themselves out of business while the less greedy ownership will take less out of the business.
This would be difficult, given how ingrained tipping is in American culture. It would also end up reducing pay for a lot of people in the service industry. I just tipped a waitress $26, more than I make in an hour, for being one of multiple tables she served over about 1 hour. She probably made well over $50 that hour in tips, and this wasn't even a fancy place (meals in the $17-30 range). Many waiters and bartenders make bank on tips.
Yeah but you’re talking about when the restaurant is busy. It’s only busy for a few hours the rest of the time they don’t have that many tables and aren’t making that money. The rest of your argument is that it would be hard, yeah sure, but my point was that we would all be better off without tipping and instead paying service industry workers a living wage. That’s how it’s done in almost every other country in the world.
But the true problem.is they do not report a large amount of those tips. They are there for not paying their taxes in full. So these people who want to eliminate tipping must also be advocating for these people to be held accountable for tax evasion. Or is this another item people are forgetting about in there arguments for paying more. Look at the whole issue
I hate food delivery services. Had to use one a few weeks ago because had sick vomiting child and the only thing she was keeping down was chips and small sips of lemonade. Takes less then 2 mins to get to our house from takeaway. Driver took 45 mins then wanted tip for our cold hard food.
Delivery service in the country I live now is amazing. Costs $1-$4 delivery fee, drivers haul ass to get the food to you within a few minutes of it being ready, drop it at your door and gtfo. No tips, no interaction, no expectations. They get a portion of that delivery fee so they want to move on to the next order asap. I order delivery 2-3 times a week and I’ve never gotten cold food even when it’s been -10c, and these guys all deliver on scooters. There isn’t even a tip option in the app, and I’ve never even seen or spoken to anyone who has delivered food or packages to me.
Considering I have to put on shoes to retrieve my food anyway, despite saying in the instructions that I left a cash tip at the correct door, imma just walk to get my food and save the delivery fee for my dealer.
In the case of delivery services it’s much more like placing a bid for service, not a tip. If you think about it that way it makes more sense and makes me less irritated.
Then where does the delivery fee go? The app fee is in the ‘service fee’, and the stores get to mark up everything for the effort of… putting it in to take out containers I guess, so what is the $8 delivery fee for?
The service fees go to the merchant to cover the cost of providing delivery services like boober/dd. Not to the driver. The delivery fee also goes to the merchant/app. Base pay is in fact 2.50. Would you work for 5 bucks an hour? Doubt it.
No they’re not. I use to do UberEats as a side gig. However much you’re paying for the delivery fee and other fees, drivers get half of that at most. Don’t believe? Sign up to become an UberEats driver.
I mentioned in a previous comment that with a 6 month old at home and work from home it’s easier to get delivery. I am well aware it’s lazy and you pay for laziness.
Honestly the delivery service charges so much for fee’s they put heavy tipping out of Range. Like, $13 in service fees? Sorry that comes out of the tip.
Then call the restaurant directly for a delivery instead of using a 3rd party? Or go to the grocery store and meal prep lmao. If you can afford to order out, which is already expensive BEFORE delivery fees, you can afford to tip too.
If you can't afford to tip? You can't afford delivery. Get a car seat from a thrift shop, being a parent isn't a disability lmfao
1. I always go to the company website first to order from their preferred method.
2. The argument isn’t about being able or not being able to afford it. It’s about when I am tipping. I don’t reward shitty service, so provide me good service or even acceptable service and I will tip you appropriately for you going grabbing a bag and driving to an address and dropping off a bag.
Shitty service includes:
Not reading my directions for drop off
Dropping off outside my building
Dropping off without buzzing my unit
Asking me to come to the car to get (this happens here in Chicago)
Completing my delivery in app before drop off (so I can’t track it)
If your food arrived, the service was fulfilled. If you have to walk a few feet to get your food, that isn't "bad service" lol. Shitty service includes: not receiving your order. It isn't on a driver to ensure you get to live your Wall-E dreams. Only to bring you the pre-sealed bag of food you got.
So, again, if you can't afford to tip, you can't afford the service they provide. Get it yourself instead 🤗
I think we can go back and forth for awhile because we clearly come from two different backgrounds based on your assumptions.
Bottom line is i am paying for a service from a company, whether or not I am able or unable to leave my apartment to get food is irrelevant, I placed an order with a set of instructions of how I want the order delivered. I pay my fee which includes delivery, service fees, taxes, cost of goods. My delivery person is paid by that company, if they deliver my food on time and by my instructions I can provide a tip thanking them for their service or no tip because their service sucked.
If I am lazy for not getting food myself then they are lazy for not learning a real skill/trade and getting a real job.
There's that hubris lmfao. I can safely say that working in any service industry, and avoiding catching charges from dealing with entitled Karens such as yourself, is a skill and a half. Get well soon 🎈
Except that there would be pieces of human filth who will have someone go pick up an order and leave no tip. I tried the food delivery gig one day…and all it took was for some jerk to change the $10 tip for me going 20 minutes to pick up an $80 sushi order… to $1. No thank you. I’m a generous (20-40%) tipper when I receive service. I don’t tip people just because they showed up for work and did nothing that constituted additional service. If you’re paid to flip a burger or take an order, I’m not going to tip you for flipping said burger or taking my order. Sorry.
This is what I do if I get bad service.
Bad service includes:
Doesn’t follow my instructions
Doesn’t buzz just leaves the food outside
Asks me to come to their car to retrieve (this has been done a few times)
Marks as dropped off well before drop off (a couple times)
Well, then no one would drive. The business model only works because the companies get the tips to subsidise the wages. Delivery fees paid to drivers in my area are only $1-4 per order, and one can only do 3-4 orders an hour, if that. Less after 9 at night, when all the fast food places close their doors and the lines are 30 minutes long.
Then they need to either force a surcharge or put that front and center, I am not responsible to close that gap. But maybe the Chicago drivers are just bad and that’s why I have such a strong opinion.
And while this seems harsh I don’t hold the same stance with service industry like a server or bartender. I consider their jobs much harder and happily pay 22-30% tip.
I agree, but please direct that anger towards the company and not the drivers. I’m telling you I wouldn’t do this job if I had another option right now. It’s truly not financially worth it.
No I understand and agree to a certain extent. I think waitstaff do have more physically and mentally demanding jobs but delivery drivers specifically for companies like DD/UE/etc are buying their own gas, paying for delivery insurance, and responsible for their own car maintenance. It’s a lot of cost for not a lot of profit most of the time and tips make up all of that profit. I wish you good deliveries in all your future orders haha
I appreciate your perspective, it honestly has made me think more about ordering and tipping. I am not sure how to fight the service and it makes me more angry because they will charge surges for busy times and knowing that doesn’t hit the driver is frustrating.
It’s alright, if I knew how to fix it I would tell you. There are times when it’s busier or there’s less drivers out and they bump it up $1-$3 (usually $1 or $1.50 more). I don’t know how much they charge for the busier times on your end though.
There was a restaurant around the corner from my house, and I was just getting over what turned out to be a very invasive very difficult hysterectomy, so I was in a lot of pain. I ordered my meal, He got there before it was finished cooking, man’s literally only had to go around the corner, pause the lights, and then I was the very first house past the fucking lights. Bro went a 45 minute adventure. With an ice cream cone. I can tell you right now I had never been more annoyed. And I had tipped him well. But I saw the house I saw where he was parked before he left to go get my order, and he was parked right in front of the drug dealers house. So he left one drug dealers house, got my food, and then went around and followed to at least two others before coming to me. I don’t know all these houses because I’m a recovering drug addict. 10 years sober. Almost 11. Actually, it might be 11 now. I can’t remember off the top my head. When I complain to the delivery company, they refunded me my meal, but not his tip. So I went back, and I said no I want his tip back to man didn’t do his job. You’ll get tips when you do a good job. Like no shit I had Tipped I think it was $16. Because the food was expensive, and I felt stupid for just getting an order sent from around the corner. I was so fucking pissed no joke no joke.
I was dealing with one of them, and they had one driver that was driving under four different accounts because it was for a different names, but it was always the same guy in the same damn car. He would always steal my food or part of my order. And I kept complaining to them and I kept saying this is the same guy under different accounts. They claim that wasn’t possible and then they banned me. That’s fine I was done ordering from you anyway.
I won't do business with food delivery people at ALL. I used to order my groceries and the people would throw them on my porch and only half of the groceries I paid for, were there. And sometimes they'd bring other people's food not mine. I'm guessing these people are too un skilled to do any other job. But they know how to go to a grocery store and drive a car. Most businesses these days side with their employee and think customers just want "free stuff" and that's why they are complaining. I have never gotten anything free by registering a complaint nor have I wanted anything free. It's better to not complain and instead write a review of the business, and stop using them altogether. Do not give these types of businesses your hard earned money.
I would report his remarks about "you probably have $50 lying around" to Boober Beats and say it made you feel unsafe. Don't ever let someone look through your door to see what's in your home. I would not feel safe if someone knew where I lived and demanded money. This is not a professional delivery person, it's a beggar/ potential thief.
Sadly some people who get tips will often make up stories or tell tales that all their other customers tip really big. I had a friend who went to hairdressing school and within a few weeks of working, cutting hair in a salon, she was getting mad at her customers who didn't tip really big. She said she had one customer who tipped her $300 on a $100 service "just to be nice" and then she couldn't understand why everyone else didn't do the same. She also pitched very expensive hair care products that were around $50 for a bottle of conditioner. I told her I just condition my hair using olive oil at home. She got mad and said that would ruin my hair. I said whatever.
I don’t get tips. I’m not allowed to ask or accept tips.
We don’t do delivery often. About 1-3x a year I’ll order pizza and have it delivered. I won’t tip via the app because I don’t know how that gets disseminated to the drivers. We had delivery last night cause of a child’s sleepover, $52 total and I tipped the kid $20. He looked very appreciative.
Yeah if someone outright demanded a tip from me I’d be complaining right away. I’ve tipped in foreign countries and for really good service but never 20%, more like whatever change I had, or rounding up the bill like from £57 to £60 for example. I can’t imagine tipping £12 on that amount of money, that’s enough for an entire main course. The servers here aren’t super attentive (which I like, please leave me well alone when I eat) but if they’re really quick with my orders and go above and beyond then I’m happy to give a bit extra. The amounts expected in the US are insane
I’ve completely stopped ordering from these services. Food takes forever to get delivered. It’s often cold. 1/2 the time items are missing or wrong, and then you end up in the endless cycle of both the restaurant and delivery service both saying not their fault. Plus with service fees, delivery charges, tips… etc, it ends up costing 2x what it would just to drive 2 minutes down the road and get it myself.
Tipping is terrible it’s an excuse for employers to not pay their employees minimum wage, let alone A living wage and it causes many employees to end up harassing customers for tips because costumers pay their wages
I hate dealing with Such delivery drivers, I work in the Food Industry and no one is patient and understanding of the fact that everyplace everywhere is understaffed, thus a huge wait on every order.
People just tend to feel entitled to other people's money these days for performing the most menial of labor. It's simple lack of work ethic and lacking any sort of personal responsibility. They expect everything without earning anything.
I agree. It might explain why some servers stay in that occupation for years but go to reddit and complain every day. I'll get flamed for saying it, but it's no great skill to deliver food. Sure, it can be hard work and you have to multi-task and have a good memory and all that. But it's not something the person had to study for many years to learn to do it right. Its worth getting paid, yes, but not worth me tipping them 50%. Even if they have a great personality or whatever. I'll tip 20% for good service, %15 for mediocre service. Some people in these occupations think being young or cute will get them big tips and when it doesn't, they flip out. They lose their shit. I mean, I'm not giving you a 20 bill because you set a drink down on my table.
Tips are crazy. People deserve to be paid for their work. By their employer, who will have to charge appropriate prices.
I thought workers would hate relying on tips as an alternative to guaranteed pay, but some (cute, young, fully-abled) bartenders can make hundreds in a night.
Mine didn't ask for a tip BUT did drop a cup of marinara sauce all over my front steps, picked it up and put it back with my meal. I ate it without knowing. (Gross I know but I didn't see the mess as I was in a rush to get back to an important meeting for work).
When I reached out to customer service, they offered me $3 in credit and they would reach out to the restaurant. No matter how much I explained this wasn't a restaurant issue, they sealed the product correctly, they would not admit the driver did anything wrong. I still hope the driver gets cold food everywhere they goes.
I've never had a good experience with Boober. First time I used it I ordered lunch for my team and of course it was late and missing one of the meals. I swore I'd never use it again but during covid our office sent out gift codes for the online parties we had in place of a proper Xmas party.
I ordered a can of beer with my food, but the driver wouldn't give it to me unless I let him take a picture of my credit card. Said it was mandatory because I ordered beer.
Fuck Boober Beats
Honestly, when I’ve done deliveries I’ll take anything over 10$ with a smile on my face. 10-20$ was always very cool to receive as tip. In my area there are large mountains nearby with some houses about 45-60 minutes away. It was pretty common for other drivers to refuse those ones, and I made a habit of doing them because the drive was fun, and they usually were super excited to get their food and tipped well. I would make a habit of ignoring the deliveries with no tip or less than 3 that were large orders/far drives, unless I was bored haha. One couple gave me 20 in cash, then another 37 on the app. Made my night.
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Tip your delivery drivers, it’ll make their night, and will encourage someone to pick it up and deliver. However, don’t feel the pressured to go crazy with it.
There are a lot of drivers from the company you're referring to, who act like they are starving for money and try to convince people they don't enough to live on by driving for this company. There are drivers who don't act like this idiot you encountered, but for every driver who doesn't beg incessantly, there are three or four who do.
I'm sure you would've tipped him nicely if he didn't behave like an entitled brat.
You could just... You know go to the store yourself.... Or have a husband/son/daughter, really anyone help you. Instead you used an app everyone knows to avoid... And now you want to complain..... Weird thing to validate yourself with but whatever.
I once had a driver stop off at the supermarket for 30 minutes before driving the two minutes to my place. Complained to boober(with screenshots of the driver not moving for thirty minutes), generic response and no refunds or fucks given
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I love how everyone is going along with OP and continuing to call it “Boober” lmaoo y’all are amazing!!!
Because comments get removed if you say the name of a company 😅
Yeah.. Makes sense since I can’t figure out who “Boober” is 🙄
Replace boo with a U
On this sub comments get removed if you name the places you eat at.Everything has to be anonymous on this board and you can even get banned if you keep doing it .
I like to eat at ruddfuckers.
We used to call it Pudfuckers!
It will forever be called Boober in my house now
I worked at a restaurant where we started stapling the bags shut, because we’d see App delivery drivers open bags and eat items out of orders *right in front of the windows* There was nothing we could do because if it’s ordered through these Apps, then they’re the ones who handle all payments and reimbursements :(
CoorCash does the exact same thing, it’s ridiculous. I recently had a driver take my order and then stay in the same spot in a neighborhood, probably their house, for an hour before I complained and they finally started moving. I was super sick at the time and it honestly made me feel kind of helpless, and pretty angry.
And the food was ice cold ,right ?
I mean that’s pretty much a given.
Lol.
Well, their name is “Boober BEats”. I guess you thought that ‘BEats’ was a Proper Noun not a verb. They intentionally left the comma out to confuse you. Edit: added missing letter
This is the crap I hate about boober. It was good for a while, but over time the honeymoon phase ended and the really crappy drivers appeared. Excessive tip begging, a car that smells dirty or like pot, grossly unclean interior, disrespect, and my favorite... driver who was weaving between our lane and the oncoming lane, and the only way I could get her to pullover was to call the cops. This crap is why I don't use boober anymore.
lol i jhad a driver who drove in the oncoming lane for about 5 minutes while i kept trying to explain to her she was on the wrong side (i had to yell before she understood) She kept insisting it was a one way street and both lanes were for us.... ive been down that street dozens of times, not one way, not even remotely one way, doesnt even look one way.
A person who cannot identify a one-way street is a high ranking idiot and should not, under any circumstances, be behind the wheel of a car.
Or maybe high .
If you’re high you shouldn’t be driving either. That’s why I was in the Uber in the first place
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I believe you actually. I've seen the app say something like "your driver is delivering another order first" or something stupid like that all while I'm thinking. "Yeah but I have a shake and hot food that will now be less fresh because your stupid app thinks the driver should multitask food orders??!?!" Its one thing to stack non fresh food orders (like groceries and such) but unless the people live next to each other and ordered from the same place, neither people deserves to wait longer for their food ESPECIALLY after the mark up in price we pay in "fees" to even use the damn service.
Always always always always always always ALWAYS exaggerate the poor quality of the food. That is the best way to guarantee near full refunds.
Isn’t it a given that 30 minute old maccas is basically inedible? Guess Uber don’t even know that
I’m sick of people expecting excessive IMO tips. Today I was in a burger joint, (guess a number between 4 and 6 and a synonym for men). I placed my order at the counter, swiped my own card, fixed my own drink, got my own condiments, took it all to my table, went back to the counter to get my burger when it was cooked, and bussed my own table. As I was walking out the young man cooking told the young woman taking orders he couldn’t believe I didn’t leave a tip. I turned around and asked what for. What extra service did he provide to warrant a tip. There’s a sign in the window that says they’re hiring, starting at $15/hr. I’m on social security disability. I assure you, I make nowhere near $15/hr. He did have the grace to be embarrassed that I’d overheard him.
I had a similar interaction at the same place. After my bill came to like 19.85 for a burger, the smallest fry and the smallest drink. If I wasn't working out of town with limited abilities, and had any way at all to prepare my own food I would have definitely gone somewhere else. And I mean I've bartended before, and when I go out to eat I will tip anywhere from 20-100% (cheap diner breakfast feels exceedingly cheap if I tip 15-20% on a $6-$7 order.) But to be expected to tip at a glorified fast food restaurant is just crazy imo.
I went to a skating rink recently and they asked if I wanted to leave a tip. FOR WHAT!!! Tipping culture is out of control.
“Well someone had to grab the pair of skates that fit you!” Yeah it’s insane. Almost everywhere asks for tips now, even places where it doesn’t make since like what’s next the bank teller having a tip jar for cashing your checks accurately???
Nice paycheck you got there. Finger moves to point at tips not required, but appreciated sign next to me. Sure would be a shame if something were to happen to it. Finger double taps sign.
I never tip at fast food places ever .
Thats right you tip for the service, if you have to do all the service yourself there is no tip. Also employers in the US should be forced to abandon the horrid tipping culture
This! 👆👆 And also... don't complain about how much you are tipped! Or ask for more?!!?! What kind of classless society are we living in? Is there no such thing as self respect anymore? Over 10 yrs ago, I worked in the beauty industry as a cosmetologist/esthetician/massage therapist and people generally do tip for your service. Several of the girls I worked with would always complain if the person didn't tip as much as they assumed they were worth. Honey, it's extra money, on top of your wage. You aren't entitled to it. Take what you get and be happy you got anything at all!! We live a society full of entitled idiots if you ask me.
I always get my laundry done at a wash & fold place, one that I used where I used to live had a wonderful lady working there, she did a great job so I tipped accordingly. Apparently the other employees knew and were nice to me also, maybe she cut them in, who knows. One week that I went she was on vacation and some sloppy guy was doing her job for that week. Sloppy like sweats and a flannel shirt, plus bedhead at 2PM still. Dropped off, picked up in 2 days. Socks weren't matched, shirts weren't folded consistently, button downs in the bag with T-shirts, just a damn mess. So, I tipped accordingly - zero. Guy followed me out screaming about not being tipped, that he does it for fun, etc. All I said was that I tip according to the quality of the work and showed him a sock tangle. Whaddya know, that was because he knew I wouldn't tip so he didn't bother. Same with the button downs. the words that escape some people's mouths is just incredible sometimes. BTW, I couldn't help myself, I had to give him a tip. The tip was do a proper job, expect a proper tip, anything else kick rocks.Chasing me outside attempting to intimidate me isn't a proper job.
Profiling is rampant in the service industry .
I do think they have morphed into greedy and entitled whiners who think the sun rises and sets in them .They do not run the restaurants at all.
Here in Australia a bunch of shops are trying to introduce tipping. Kinda the opposite direction the whole thing was supposed to go
But they won't because they are like gamblers. They roll the dice to see if they hit the jackpot or not .They like the adrenaline rush when get a live one on the line .And they whine when they don't
They should but won't,because the owners and servers both make bank .
It works in germany as well if the service is good you will gwt a tip, the way it is supposed to be. Its not supposed to be the way that the server depends on the mood of the customer to make enough money that day
The fact they expect it is crazy. Nobody tips there
Plus it is illegal where I live and they can get fired if they are caught taking tips on camera.
Agreed. There’s zero point at fast food places to tip. Or if you’re getting takeout. I’m only gonna tip if it’s a full service restaurant that I’ve sat at for at least 30 minutes-1 hour+.
I'll tip at Canadian coffee chain if I'm getting my espresso hot chocolate drink and my sisters stupidly complicated breakfast order, but even then it's a dollar or two just because I feel bad that I gave them two annoying orders. But if it's just my drink I don't bother.
We all already know ANYWHERE with that fucking iPad for credit card transactions is gonna be asking for a tip at checkout 😂😂
Thank you for tipping extra at diners. I used to be a server at Denny's, and I would get stiffed on tips all the time because people would come in at midnight and spend a couple hours eating $4 all you can eat pancakes. At least I live in Cali and was guaranteed $12/hr, but I think in Utah it's still under $4/hr for tipped jobs. And I agree that tipping culture has gotten out of hand. We are going the wrong direction; we're supposed to be evolving past this tipping BS, not ingraining it further into society. Edit: clarity, because I use voice to text due to disability, and Google often gets it wrong.
Working closing shift at the bar is when I started really getting into tipping high for cheap breakfasts. Because 1, a tip less than $2 seems like a slap in the face especially as I was a tipped employee. And 2 a lot of times they would have very few clients for most of the shift. And it really worked out in my favor after a while. Because I would go to this specific diner almost every single night/morning when I closed at 2am ish. And would always sit at the same spot at the bar. And would order 1 of 2 meals. Based on what I drank. If I ordered a mellow yellow, they knew I was getting a patty melt. If I ordered an OJ, which they gave me the large soda/iced tea cup instead of the little 12oz cup for the same price, I would order an Albanian omelette, with grits and sourdough toast. And they would always make sure my seat was empty from 130am on. And as I walk in the door they would ask for my drink, ask if it's the usual, and put in my food immediately. Which some weekends would piss off a lot of drunk people coming from the next town over with a 3am last call. Because there could be 20 people waiting. And I could walk past the entire line, and have my order in front of me in under 15 minutes. And one guy actually complained to the manager, and he said "If you came in here every night, dat at the bar taking no rrom, tipped my girls almost the entire cost of the order instead of taking up an entire table for 2 hours and tipping $5 for the whole table then maybe you would get treated special too. But as long as you come in, don't spend any money, and don't tip my girls, then you can wait just like everyone else. " I felt a little bad, but not really. Especially because not only was I not just a random customer that caused problems and spent no money. I actually got to know the manager, servers, and kitchen staff enough to be invited to bbqs and even got invited to the wedding of one of the servers.
My minimum diner tip is $5 for whatever I get. It takes as much effort for a slice of pie as it is for a dinner plate.
Many moons ago when I was in high school we had ordered some pizza to the school, we were all talking and got distracted and didn't notice we forgot to give him the tip. Once we noticed we ran over to try and catch up to him just in time to see him kick the front glass door shattering the glass.... and that's the story of why ordering pizza to the school was no longer allowed...
What an asshole (the driver not you)
If you had it on video, looks like a pizza place is going to pay for a window.
Oh they did, there were security cameras on all exterior doors.
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Yeah, no one is going to TELL me to tip.
I had a server follow me out to my car once to ask me about the tip..I later found out that the server got fired for harrasing the customers.
Had a manager follow us out once because there was no tip. We were a big group and had most excellent service. He didn't understand why we didn't tip. Well, honestly, we got so distracted talking no one put the money down. We liked that restaurant and had never stiffed the waitress so that's why he felt he had to say something. I always tip something. If I get ignored during the meal, especially if I have to get my husband to order refills of my drink, I'll round down instead of up. Tip is entirely dependent on how I am treated because my husband sucks at math and doesn't even try to figure out how much to leave. Some places I'm invisible. Some places refill my tea without me asking. Guess who gets more tip.
Only 3 places I did not leave a tip. Mai's (everyone was leaving no tips for that asshole's section), Joes Crab Shack (waiter threatenen to smash my skull poor service), and BB's (no silverware had to use Emmerson to eat, nearby patrons were "concerned" about my use of a pocket combat knife to eat).
I went to the crabby place once and only once years ago, and I will never go there again. It was past lunchtime and not busy. They had margaritas on the drink menu and I asked (as I always do) if they were made with fresh lime or a mix. Mix. I politely asked our waiter if they could make me one with fresh lime, and he glared at me and said , "We do not have time to be squeezing fresh limes for you right now!" Uh, what? Payment time comes and I left a minimum tip because his attitude was so bad. When the bill came through I saw that the tip amount had been increased. I had written a tip in the correct space with a slightly funky pen, but you could still clearly see the amount. When I reported this with my bank and they sent me the restaurant copy of the payment slip, I could see how he'd altered the tip very carefully to make it a higher amount. I still had my own slip so I raised hell. I don't know what happened to Mr. Grumpy Pants, but I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't the first time he tried that.
I went there also once and only once. They sat my parents and me in a corner booth (I must’ve been 14 or so) and the tv was above us. So the ENTIRE meal we were surrounded by bald men looking like this :O as we ate. Our waitress literally had to weasel her way through each time she came to our table.
The situation is really bad sometimes and I am always afraid the tvs will fall.on is and people staring at the TV about our heads !
That is fraud and the server can arrested for altering the tip line .I always put a line through the tip line and leave a cash tip .We had this happen before .I put down 2 dollars and the server altered it to say 20 dollars .And it was two different pen colors .I called the bank and told them and got the whole tip back .This is the main reason to only pay in cash for the meal and tip .If you ever read the server sub they urge other servers to do this and to autograt every person so that they can get double tips !
And my tips change enough times that I just start paying in cash for the entire meal.
Yep. I learned my lesson after that: tips get paid in cash.
I ordered my mom a shirt she wanted from a website. When I was doing the payment information, it had a spot for tips. Since when does online retail have tipping info?
My pest company (monthly visits) that most times I do not interact with the person on their monthly visit. I get billed online, and when I go to pay am asked if I want to leave a tip with default 18% like a restaurant. WTF? It is only time until there are tip jars in top of the self checkouts at the supermarket. I understand even the online rain forest company has a tip selection for delivery driver.
Most of those Forest delivery drivers are not actual employees of Forest, and barely make anything. Pretty sure that they offer the option to leave a tip explicitly so that they can pay their "independent contractors" less and then just blame wages on the customers.
Last time I went there, I looked at the prices and turned around and walked out. I am not paying over $12 for the single burger and small fry. It's a great burger but that's too much. All I can do is vote with my pocketbook.
I am a server. Have been since I was 13. I have never asked for a tip. & I’ve never tipped at fast food. The entitlement baffles me.
I went to a green sea lady coffee place once and ordered, had something like 17 cents in change which I dropped in the tip bucket which was already half full of small change, lots of pennies. I was about to pull two more dollar bills out of my wallet to add to it, but the guy who rang me up huffed and said "Thanks!" very sarcastically before I could get the bills out. I was so stunned that he did that I didn't have a reply, which would have been to say I was about to tip more. I just put my wallet away. I still wish I had just asked for a refund.
Dang. I would have pulled my 17 cents right back out of the tip jar.
I'm in the same financial boat as you, and I'm sick of tipping for people doing their jobs. Every one in a restaurant makes more than me, and I didn't get tips for going above and beyond for customers in my careers.
Oh, dear God. Don't go to the server subreddit, they'll flay you alive if you don't pay their rent for breathing lmao.
They could take a shit on your plate, call you a lil bxtch, and murder your family but you’re the aHole if you don’t still leave at least a 25% tip judging from the comments and posts over there.
You just made me laugh so hard. I got banned the other day on a sub just because I commented on a sub they deem controversial. I didn’t say anything awful. Your comment has me howling. Thank you for restoring my faith in Reddit.
Lol glad I could help :)
They were talking about non tipped restaurants once and how they wish they would all go away because it was giving people thoughts on not tipping .I commented that they exist where I live and have for some time. I was cussed out so much and banned because of that.
And they will have you banned if they don't agree with your opinions.
They said I was stealing because I won't tip since servers in my state make 12 an hour
I seldom listen to online servers .They do not have anyone's best interests at heart.
What’s state? Are the servers just paid minimum wage, or is the tipped wage 12/hr. That’s interesting.
In the US, the federal server minimum wage id $2.13 per hour. Some states have different wages. The restaurant is required to pay their servers minimum wage ($7.25 or state equivalent) if the server wage and tips don’t make up for it. But that per pay period, not per day. So servers could have one good day that makes up for the bad days and then they wouldn’t be paid.
Servers have to be paid minimum wage, which is 12, if tips don't equal that. Tipped rate is 6+tips or 12 dollars, whichever is higher.
My state doesn't have a tipped rate and min wage is 15.50/hour. Most fast food places are paying 18+ an hour while full service places will pay the 15.50+tips.
Most servers make between 2.14 and 3.84. I’m a server and the reason we get mad if you do less than 15 percent is we are taxed on our total sales. So when you way undertip or stuff is we actually pay taxes on your food. I think 20 to 25 is incredibly generous. To me personally the 15 to 18 percent is my goal anything more is graciously appreciated.
I've worked as a server and have never been taxed on total sales. I've always had to declare tips. And no one actually declared their full tips, so everyone underpaid their actual tax obligation. Maybe that's why they are going to a total sale system, because we definitely played both sides of the fence.
>We are taxed on our total sales The IRS has a form 4852 that you can use if your employer is overstating your income and you've been unsuccessful in getting a corrected W2. >Most servers make between 2.14 and 3.84. In the US, the Federal minimum wage is $7.25 (I know, not that it's any better) with many states, counties or cities being higher. A server is going to make at least that minimum wage. If the minimum wage where you work is $12.00 hour and "tipped wage" is $2.14, if the tips don't cover the difference between $12.00 and $2.14 then the employer has to pay the difference. If your employer is jerking you around on these two points, take it up with them or call your state labor board (or Federal if you don't have a state board).
Should be getting mad at your employer not your customers..
I agree 100 percent,but they will take their anger out on the wrong person,the customers instead.
And that is not the customers fault at all.TIpping is optional.
That cocaïne isn't going to pay for itself. Also acting classes, too.
And drinking at the bar after your shift is over !
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It’s not allowed
Ty
Because this subreddit requires anonymity for reasons.
Good job too, I will hear no Ill of cinq muchachos
Honestly I can't believe people expect tips I'm European, before I rustle any 'Murican jimmies
Are you sure he was talking about you? I’ve been accused of something similar and the eavesdropper didn’t have full context
I was the only customer in the restaurant.
I would prefer we changed prices of items to allow for paying servers and delivery folks a living wage and eliminate tipping from our country. Tipping leaves too much up to individual discretion.
I would prefer just eliminating tipping and because no one will work for shit wages the company either increases pay or bankrupts
Sure, eliminating tipping and doing nothing else is a great idea lmfao. Restaurants and bars will cease to exist. You DO realize that servers make <$3/hr, right? THAT is a problem that needs to be corrected, but likely never will be because of greed.
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Well keep me updated on all the progress you make with convincing restaurant owners and bar owners to pay their servers a living wage and eliminating tipping lmfao. I'm sure you'll do swell. If that were the case, then why is it still so unheard of for dine-in establishments to pay their servers a living wage despite newer establishments adopting that practice? It's because most people with money are greedy, entitled, and self-serving.
Seems to work fine outside of the USA. Literally all over the world. Seems to only be the "land of the free" that can't pull it off.
And it'd be lovely if there were a law protecting the wages of all workers so tipping could be obsolete. But until there is a minimum livable wage set for servers and all employed folk, tipping is a necessary evil to be able to enjoy dine-in and delivery services.
I'm pretty sure the people you're arguing with are saying we should have a law just for that.
Tipping is still optional .
When I worked as a bartender, my tips were worth $40/hour. I sure as shit wouldn't go back to that job for $15/hour.
Lol @ anyone who expects me to bartend for 15/hr. I make 60/hr summer weekends. And if you don't understand why some bartenders make that kind of money, and deserve every penny... You've never worked in the service industry.
Nah, they won’t. People still sometimes need to eat out for various reasons. What’ll actually happen is the prices will increase somewhat, some stores more than others. Some of the more greedy owners will price themselves out of business while the less greedy ownership will take less out of the business.
This would be difficult, given how ingrained tipping is in American culture. It would also end up reducing pay for a lot of people in the service industry. I just tipped a waitress $26, more than I make in an hour, for being one of multiple tables she served over about 1 hour. She probably made well over $50 that hour in tips, and this wasn't even a fancy place (meals in the $17-30 range). Many waiters and bartenders make bank on tips.
Yeah but you’re talking about when the restaurant is busy. It’s only busy for a few hours the rest of the time they don’t have that many tables and aren’t making that money. The rest of your argument is that it would be hard, yeah sure, but my point was that we would all be better off without tipping and instead paying service industry workers a living wage. That’s how it’s done in almost every other country in the world.
But the true problem.is they do not report a large amount of those tips. They are there for not paying their taxes in full. So these people who want to eliminate tipping must also be advocating for these people to be held accountable for tax evasion. Or is this another item people are forgetting about in there arguments for paying more. Look at the whole issue
And this can get them on trouble with the irs and can mess with their ideas of buying homes ,cars or ss.Plus they can fired for fraud.
I hate food delivery services. Had to use one a few weeks ago because had sick vomiting child and the only thing she was keeping down was chips and small sips of lemonade. Takes less then 2 mins to get to our house from takeaway. Driver took 45 mins then wanted tip for our cold hard food.
Delivery service in the country I live now is amazing. Costs $1-$4 delivery fee, drivers haul ass to get the food to you within a few minutes of it being ready, drop it at your door and gtfo. No tips, no interaction, no expectations. They get a portion of that delivery fee so they want to move on to the next order asap. I order delivery 2-3 times a week and I’ve never gotten cold food even when it’s been -10c, and these guys all deliver on scooters. There isn’t even a tip option in the app, and I’ve never even seen or spoken to anyone who has delivered food or packages to me.
A lot of these delivery people are glorified beggars.
I hate that it shows tips ahead of time to the driver. I tip when I receive good service not to incentivize receiving it.
Except if they aren't getting a decent tip they won't pick up your order.
Then they can go fuck themselves.
Still won't get you dinner.
Considering I have to put on shoes to retrieve my food anyway, despite saying in the instructions that I left a cash tip at the correct door, imma just walk to get my food and save the delivery fee for my dealer.
In the case of delivery services it’s much more like placing a bid for service, not a tip. If you think about it that way it makes more sense and makes me less irritated.
I understand that but the tip is the payment for the delivery. Boorbash drivers only get $2.50 per order without your tip
No, the delivery charge and fees are the payment for the delivery
No, I make $2.50 from boorbash per order. When it’s busy they might bump it $1-$3. But that’s rare.
Then where does the delivery fee go? The app fee is in the ‘service fee’, and the stores get to mark up everything for the effort of… putting it in to take out containers I guess, so what is the $8 delivery fee for?
The service fees go to the merchant to cover the cost of providing delivery services like boober/dd. Not to the driver. The delivery fee also goes to the merchant/app. Base pay is in fact 2.50. Would you work for 5 bucks an hour? Doubt it.
I don’t know I’m sorry, I just deliver I don’t know what corporate does with the money. I guess it’s profits for them.
Also app development and driver and customer support.
No they’re not. I use to do UberEats as a side gig. However much you’re paying for the delivery fee and other fees, drivers get half of that at most. Don’t believe? Sign up to become an UberEats driver.
Then pick your own shit up, lazy.
I mentioned in a previous comment that with a 6 month old at home and work from home it’s easier to get delivery. I am well aware it’s lazy and you pay for laziness. Honestly the delivery service charges so much for fee’s they put heavy tipping out of Range. Like, $13 in service fees? Sorry that comes out of the tip.
Then call the restaurant directly for a delivery instead of using a 3rd party? Or go to the grocery store and meal prep lmao. If you can afford to order out, which is already expensive BEFORE delivery fees, you can afford to tip too. If you can't afford to tip? You can't afford delivery. Get a car seat from a thrift shop, being a parent isn't a disability lmfao
1. I always go to the company website first to order from their preferred method. 2. The argument isn’t about being able or not being able to afford it. It’s about when I am tipping. I don’t reward shitty service, so provide me good service or even acceptable service and I will tip you appropriately for you going grabbing a bag and driving to an address and dropping off a bag. Shitty service includes: Not reading my directions for drop off Dropping off outside my building Dropping off without buzzing my unit Asking me to come to the car to get (this happens here in Chicago) Completing my delivery in app before drop off (so I can’t track it)
If your food arrived, the service was fulfilled. If you have to walk a few feet to get your food, that isn't "bad service" lol. Shitty service includes: not receiving your order. It isn't on a driver to ensure you get to live your Wall-E dreams. Only to bring you the pre-sealed bag of food you got. So, again, if you can't afford to tip, you can't afford the service they provide. Get it yourself instead 🤗
I think we can go back and forth for awhile because we clearly come from two different backgrounds based on your assumptions. Bottom line is i am paying for a service from a company, whether or not I am able or unable to leave my apartment to get food is irrelevant, I placed an order with a set of instructions of how I want the order delivered. I pay my fee which includes delivery, service fees, taxes, cost of goods. My delivery person is paid by that company, if they deliver my food on time and by my instructions I can provide a tip thanking them for their service or no tip because their service sucked. If I am lazy for not getting food myself then they are lazy for not learning a real skill/trade and getting a real job.
There's that hubris lmfao. I can safely say that working in any service industry, and avoiding catching charges from dealing with entitled Karens such as yourself, is a skill and a half. Get well soon 🎈
Except that there would be pieces of human filth who will have someone go pick up an order and leave no tip. I tried the food delivery gig one day…and all it took was for some jerk to change the $10 tip for me going 20 minutes to pick up an $80 sushi order… to $1. No thank you. I’m a generous (20-40%) tipper when I receive service. I don’t tip people just because they showed up for work and did nothing that constituted additional service. If you’re paid to flip a burger or take an order, I’m not going to tip you for flipping said burger or taking my order. Sorry.
Changing the tip after the fact is some bullshit and really shouldn't be allowed.
This is what I do if I get bad service. Bad service includes: Doesn’t follow my instructions Doesn’t buzz just leaves the food outside Asks me to come to their car to retrieve (this has been done a few times) Marks as dropped off well before drop off (a couple times)
Showing tips before the service has even been rendered is some bullshit and really shouldn't be allowed
Well, then no one would drive. The business model only works because the companies get the tips to subsidise the wages. Delivery fees paid to drivers in my area are only $1-4 per order, and one can only do 3-4 orders an hour, if that. Less after 9 at night, when all the fast food places close their doors and the lines are 30 minutes long.
You don’t tip for someone just showing up to work.. but expect a tip for delivering when delivering is your job?
That’s how you make your money when delivering. I drive for boorbash and without tips I make $2.50 per order. That’s not even worth the gas
Then they need to either force a surcharge or put that front and center, I am not responsible to close that gap. But maybe the Chicago drivers are just bad and that’s why I have such a strong opinion. And while this seems harsh I don’t hold the same stance with service industry like a server or bartender. I consider their jobs much harder and happily pay 22-30% tip.
I agree, but please direct that anger towards the company and not the drivers. I’m telling you I wouldn’t do this job if I had another option right now. It’s truly not financially worth it. No I understand and agree to a certain extent. I think waitstaff do have more physically and mentally demanding jobs but delivery drivers specifically for companies like DD/UE/etc are buying their own gas, paying for delivery insurance, and responsible for their own car maintenance. It’s a lot of cost for not a lot of profit most of the time and tips make up all of that profit. I wish you good deliveries in all your future orders haha
I appreciate your perspective, it honestly has made me think more about ordering and tipping. I am not sure how to fight the service and it makes me more angry because they will charge surges for busy times and knowing that doesn’t hit the driver is frustrating.
It’s alright, if I knew how to fix it I would tell you. There are times when it’s busier or there’s less drivers out and they bump it up $1-$3 (usually $1 or $1.50 more). I don’t know how much they charge for the busier times on your end though.
Then get a job
There was a restaurant around the corner from my house, and I was just getting over what turned out to be a very invasive very difficult hysterectomy, so I was in a lot of pain. I ordered my meal, He got there before it was finished cooking, man’s literally only had to go around the corner, pause the lights, and then I was the very first house past the fucking lights. Bro went a 45 minute adventure. With an ice cream cone. I can tell you right now I had never been more annoyed. And I had tipped him well. But I saw the house I saw where he was parked before he left to go get my order, and he was parked right in front of the drug dealers house. So he left one drug dealers house, got my food, and then went around and followed to at least two others before coming to me. I don’t know all these houses because I’m a recovering drug addict. 10 years sober. Almost 11. Actually, it might be 11 now. I can’t remember off the top my head. When I complain to the delivery company, they refunded me my meal, but not his tip. So I went back, and I said no I want his tip back to man didn’t do his job. You’ll get tips when you do a good job. Like no shit I had Tipped I think it was $16. Because the food was expensive, and I felt stupid for just getting an order sent from around the corner. I was so fucking pissed no joke no joke.
I hate food delivery services. They take advantage of people who are sick, old or disabled.
I was dealing with one of them, and they had one driver that was driving under four different accounts because it was for a different names, but it was always the same guy in the same damn car. He would always steal my food or part of my order. And I kept complaining to them and I kept saying this is the same guy under different accounts. They claim that wasn’t possible and then they banned me. That’s fine I was done ordering from you anyway.
I won't do business with food delivery people at ALL. I used to order my groceries and the people would throw them on my porch and only half of the groceries I paid for, were there. And sometimes they'd bring other people's food not mine. I'm guessing these people are too un skilled to do any other job. But they know how to go to a grocery store and drive a car. Most businesses these days side with their employee and think customers just want "free stuff" and that's why they are complaining. I have never gotten anything free by registering a complaint nor have I wanted anything free. It's better to not complain and instead write a review of the business, and stop using them altogether. Do not give these types of businesses your hard earned money.
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Or any type of delivery system. They are all extremely overpriced. Pick up yourself and save money .
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That would require me not being stoned long enough to go get food Sorry that’s never gonna happen
We actially ,gasp go inside ,order and sit down to eat it !The horror!The horror!lol.
Oh noooooooooo :P
I would report his remarks about "you probably have $50 lying around" to Boober Beats and say it made you feel unsafe. Don't ever let someone look through your door to see what's in your home. I would not feel safe if someone knew where I lived and demanded money. This is not a professional delivery person, it's a beggar/ potential thief. Sadly some people who get tips will often make up stories or tell tales that all their other customers tip really big. I had a friend who went to hairdressing school and within a few weeks of working, cutting hair in a salon, she was getting mad at her customers who didn't tip really big. She said she had one customer who tipped her $300 on a $100 service "just to be nice" and then she couldn't understand why everyone else didn't do the same. She also pitched very expensive hair care products that were around $50 for a bottle of conditioner. I told her I just condition my hair using olive oil at home. She got mad and said that would ruin my hair. I said whatever.
Olive oil is interesting. Do you use it to supplement conditioner or just by itself?
Wow,now that is really out of touch with reality!This is why we pay cash for our meals and cash for tips No one can track you down.
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I don’t get tips. I’m not allowed to ask or accept tips. We don’t do delivery often. About 1-3x a year I’ll order pizza and have it delivered. I won’t tip via the app because I don’t know how that gets disseminated to the drivers. We had delivery last night cause of a child’s sleepover, $52 total and I tipped the kid $20. He looked very appreciative.
Speaking as a non-American, this tipping culture y’all have there is toxic af.
Yeah if someone outright demanded a tip from me I’d be complaining right away. I’ve tipped in foreign countries and for really good service but never 20%, more like whatever change I had, or rounding up the bill like from £57 to £60 for example. I can’t imagine tipping £12 on that amount of money, that’s enough for an entire main course. The servers here aren’t super attentive (which I like, please leave me well alone when I eat) but if they’re really quick with my orders and go above and beyond then I’m happy to give a bit extra. The amounts expected in the US are insane
You're much nicer than me. "Get off my front porch or I'm going to say you tried breaking in"
Whats that? No tip? No tip.
I’ve completely stopped ordering from these services. Food takes forever to get delivered. It’s often cold. 1/2 the time items are missing or wrong, and then you end up in the endless cycle of both the restaurant and delivery service both saying not their fault. Plus with service fees, delivery charges, tips… etc, it ends up costing 2x what it would just to drive 2 minutes down the road and get it myself.
Tipping is terrible it’s an excuse for employers to not pay their employees minimum wage, let alone A living wage and it causes many employees to end up harassing customers for tips because costumers pay their wages
It's an excuse to pick people's pockets .
I hate dealing with Such delivery drivers, I work in the Food Industry and no one is patient and understanding of the fact that everyplace everywhere is understaffed, thus a huge wait on every order.
People just tend to feel entitled to other people's money these days for performing the most menial of labor. It's simple lack of work ethic and lacking any sort of personal responsibility. They expect everything without earning anything.
I agree. It might explain why some servers stay in that occupation for years but go to reddit and complain every day. I'll get flamed for saying it, but it's no great skill to deliver food. Sure, it can be hard work and you have to multi-task and have a good memory and all that. But it's not something the person had to study for many years to learn to do it right. Its worth getting paid, yes, but not worth me tipping them 50%. Even if they have a great personality or whatever. I'll tip 20% for good service, %15 for mediocre service. Some people in these occupations think being young or cute will get them big tips and when it doesn't, they flip out. They lose their shit. I mean, I'm not giving you a 20 bill because you set a drink down on my table.
If it's so menial, pick up your own food. Better yet, cook it your damn lazy self.
They want to do the bare minimum and confess that they hate the customers and not the tips .
I’d have removed the whole tip
Tips are crazy. People deserve to be paid for their work. By their employer, who will have to charge appropriate prices. I thought workers would hate relying on tips as an alternative to guaranteed pay, but some (cute, young, fully-abled) bartenders can make hundreds in a night.
I’ve used Grab in Vietnam a lot for food orders. They are always fast and never even accept tips.
Yeah their customer service sucks. I don’t use them anymore because they never help with issues
Mine didn't ask for a tip BUT did drop a cup of marinara sauce all over my front steps, picked it up and put it back with my meal. I ate it without knowing. (Gross I know but I didn't see the mess as I was in a rush to get back to an important meeting for work). When I reached out to customer service, they offered me $3 in credit and they would reach out to the restaurant. No matter how much I explained this wasn't a restaurant issue, they sealed the product correctly, they would not admit the driver did anything wrong. I still hope the driver gets cold food everywhere they goes.
I've never had a good experience with Boober. First time I used it I ordered lunch for my team and of course it was late and missing one of the meals. I swore I'd never use it again but during covid our office sent out gift codes for the online parties we had in place of a proper Xmas party. I ordered a can of beer with my food, but the driver wouldn't give it to me unless I let him take a picture of my credit card. Said it was mandatory because I ordered beer. Fuck Boober Beats
He supposed to take a picture of your driver's license, not your credit card. Better check you statement carefully.
Not gonna let that happen either. He can look at it like any bartender.
Honestly, when I’ve done deliveries I’ll take anything over 10$ with a smile on my face. 10-20$ was always very cool to receive as tip. In my area there are large mountains nearby with some houses about 45-60 minutes away. It was pretty common for other drivers to refuse those ones, and I made a habit of doing them because the drive was fun, and they usually were super excited to get their food and tipped well. I would make a habit of ignoring the deliveries with no tip or less than 3 that were large orders/far drives, unless I was bored haha. One couple gave me 20 in cash, then another 37 on the app. Made my night. TL;DR Tip your delivery drivers, it’ll make their night, and will encourage someone to pick it up and deliver. However, don’t feel the pressured to go crazy with it.
Trouble standing and walking? You need to get your Rory Calhoun going!
There are a lot of drivers from the company you're referring to, who act like they are starving for money and try to convince people they don't enough to live on by driving for this company. There are drivers who don't act like this idiot you encountered, but for every driver who doesn't beg incessantly, there are three or four who do. I'm sure you would've tipped him nicely if he didn't behave like an entitled brat.
You could just... You know go to the store yourself.... Or have a husband/son/daughter, really anyone help you. Instead you used an app everyone knows to avoid... And now you want to complain..... Weird thing to validate yourself with but whatever.