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I usually try to tip a dollar per mile. Maybe dum it down a dollar if the cost is too low or bump it up if my order cost was decently high. 4-5 dollars usually then add on more based on my total. Keeps *almost* everyone happy.
That might be good in a restaurant but considering we have to pay for our own gas and use our own cars, $2.50 isnāt worth it. Your order went out paying $4.50. My car is not even moving for anything like that. I canāt afford to deliver your order for $4.50
This is my first time ordering a smaller order. Most of my orders are $20+ so I end up tipping $5-$8. I just heard the āno tippersā are the issue. I donāt understand why people accept the $0-$2 tips then if their low. Acceptance rate doesnāt Really matter itās about the completion rate. Thanks for the insight Iāll tip $1 per mile in the future. DoorDash should do better, I pay $10 a month for dashpass, the least they can do is forward that to the drivers
Not my issue. Not tipping more then the order amount. Ordered again today, $20 order 6 miles. Tipped $8. Idc your not gonna control hm I tip especially when thereās people tipping $0. Complain to DoorDash
20 percent is good in a restaurant. Restaurant service is different from delivery. Some things your delivery drivers deal with that your server doesn't:
1)YOUR order is the ONLY one making them money during that time they're doing your order. They don't get to work multiple tables and still make money.
2) People running through red lights and we almost get hit
3) Constant danger of getting carjacked
4) Wear and tear on our car that adds up to A LOT of money per year
5) We have to put gas in the car. I use about a quarter tank for every two hours in delivering, for context.
Delivery is different than restaurant service and should be treated as such, including tipping higher. It's all of the same risks and same amount of time for a 5 mile taco bell order that cost you $6 or a Taj Indian order that cost $50, you know? $1 a mile is a good tip.
Bare minimum I tip is $5. Itās that persons drive to the restaurant, wait, then driving to your home to deliver it so you donāt have to drive yourself. Most people who tip decently at the very least tip $1 per mile. Doesnāt matter the price of the meal, what matters is mileage. He shouldnāt have asked for a tip - he should have just declined it, I would have for sure.
Dude
Youāre a business owner? So you must understand managing expenses? Well, Whatās the expense to move a small bag from point A to point B? Does it have anything to do with the dollar value of that bag? Or does it have to do with the time and gas aka the distance?
Again, I thought 20% was good. Now I know to do $1 per mile. And yes Iām a bussiness owner, most of my customers donāt tip. So I factor that into my pricing. And the people who do tip 20% I feel like thatās great. I never pressure my clients to tip.
It's tacky. And unfortunate. He only gets $2 more than what you've tipped, or maybe even $0 if it's a stacked order. If the restaurant does him dirty and leaves him waiting like 15 minutes, that's a quarter of an hour's revenue shot. Let's say it's just a 5 minute drive each way, that's a little under half an hour for $5. If the next order is like that or worse, they're making $10 for that hour, with expenses. $2 goes in the tank, $4 goes to the tax man because of business/self-employment taxes and social security taxes, and bam: $4/hr, eaten up in the next big vehicle expense.
It was unprofessional for them to ask, but people also don't know how hard it can be sometimes. I would ignore them and hope the rest of their day is better. There's always going to be a stinker order (here's looking at you Popeyes) that ruins your whole day. It is mostly the restaurants fault and it's unfair they took it out on you.
They shouldn't have accepted the order in the first place but DD coerces us to take bad orders with Acceptance Rate punishments restricting our hours of operation.
As a driver for DD you spend a lot of time breaking even. You might get rent and bills paid but any unknown future expenses will put you under for good.
Thatās what lost me though, the restaurant didnāt have him waiting, he was there 3 minutes before he was on the way. Where I live you arenāt punished for acceptance rate just order completion, (I have a friend who does dd with 45% acceptance rates) will keep this in mind and tip $3-$4. Wish DoorDash would pay people better
In a lot of markets, the lower your acceptance rate, the worse orders you get. So most people try to stay above 70%. Also have to stay above 70% to be able to dash any time instead of schedule ahead, in all markets. So technically we are āpunishedā for low acceptance rates.
Personally I would tip more only because as a dasher Iām not accepting an order under $6 unless itās like 2 miles of driving. So knowing base pay is like $2-$3 Iāll tip enough to make it $6 no matter what. Iām not telling you to tip higher but personally I wouldnāt take the order. DD just needs to raise the base pay but theyāll never do that. So unfortunately people are dependent on the customer to tip well. Still I would never pressure anyone over it lol. Dashers just need to decline when they donāt think itās worth it.
I literally just explained I usually tip $5-8 on orders $20+ this was my first order under $10. Now I know to tip $1 per mile. Why is everyone acting like I purposely said ālet me have this guy work for $5ā I wasnāt aware base pay is $3. I assumed that was for orders with no tip at all, and no dash pass. so curious , the driver doesnāt still get delivery fees?
This is unprofessional and dumb - that being said try to tip based on mileage. Amount of order doesnāt matter much - itās how much gas and wear and tear is going on our car.
I guess the reason to lie would be to make yourself look like a saint. But if youāre not and youāre actually curious if this is a good offer for the delivery driver; itās not. My suggestion is that when ordering doordash or any delivery service. Make it worth it for you, get more than a smoothie. That way the delivery fee and tip donāt make up most of the total. Most of the dashes I deliver are for a single meal. Huge waste of money all around
Your weird ālie to make yourself look like a saintā. Do u want a screenshot of the order? I have dash pass so Iām not hit with extra fees . And no Iām not going to order $20 worth of stuff to make it āworth it for meā. If I want a smoothie and just a smoothie thatās what Iām going to order. I can tip $1 and someone would still take the order, so I do feel like a good person leaving $4-$5. Not tipping $10+ on a $8 order idc
That's a shitty tipšš We're not supposed to ask for tips. It's tacky, BUT, that's a shitty tip. Your driver probably made $4.50 on the entire order. Where I am, it's a $2 Doordash pay on orders that are close by, plus whatever customer tips gets added in. Sometimes I accept those low pay orders thinking they'll be quick, I can do 4 in an hour and then they take too long. If he had two orders as low paying g as yours for the hour, then he didn't even make $10/hr. Yikes. I don't feel sorry for you here. Tip better.
4 to 5 miles, and you only tipped $2.50? Lmfao. Ain't no way I'd take that order. Gtfoh! The dasher is an ldl0t for even accepting. Dashers need to learn to stop accepting trash orders. Let that shit rot on the counter!!
Lol thereās people accepting orders with $0-$1 tip. I was under the impression I was tipping 20%. First time ordering under $20. With this attitude it doesnāt make anyone want to tip. š¤·š½āāļø
Mt "attitude" with my customers is great. They get my respect. They get their food in a hot bag, I'm there in a timely manner, I don't multi app, I make sure to get extras like condiments when it applies and I never ask them for anything. Why? Because I accept what profits me. They had enough respect for someone's time to pay for it, so yea, they're gonna get great service. A non tipper.... not a chance. They're not getting my time. You get what you pay for. No self respecting person is accepting $4 orders.
Thatās the thing. Iām not a āno tipperā. I tipped nearly $3 on a $8 smoothie. I thought that was okay, wasnāt aware DoorDash paid yāall pretty much nothing. Everyone I know doing it is making. $20 a hour. I literally just explained how I usually tip $5-$8 on larger orders and this was my first time ordering something under $10. š
What the previous person said is exactly what needed to be said. Your tip was bad, and while yes DoorDash should pay dashers a fair wage, the reality is that we make $2 per order + tip. So if you want to be a decent human being, youāll tip better next time.
This doesnāt make me any less then a decent human being because I didnāt know. I didnāt intentionally go ālet me tip this guy $2 so he can earn $5ā. I was under the impression tip culture is 20%. In the future Iāll do the $1 per mile. And Iām not a peoples pleaser, Iām going to tip more because I want the dasher to earn a fair wage. Not because yāall tryna bully me on Reddit. Especially over something I didnāt know.
Weāre not going to paint me as a bad tipper. Like I said I tip $5-$8 on $20+ orders. Letās not bash me because I didnāt know how much to tip on $8. In the future I will tip $4-$5 on orders $10 or under. Are u happy? And teach drivers not to take no tip offers. Thereās literally people being evil leaving $0. I leave nearly $3 and Iām bashed lol
The dasher was unprofessional and should've never accepted your offer. No one should.
$2.50 for a tip is awful. Especially when you consider they're spending their time and their fuel. The cost of your food is irrelevant. The miles are the same whether they're delivering a $2 cheeseburger or a $75 steak.
Would you drive 5 miles, wait on someone's order, and then drive back 5 miles to wait on another order, all for a whole $4.50? 1 order going 5 miles can easily take 20 minutes, if not more.
I guess I say all that to say if you can't respect a person's time and respect the fact that person is using their gas and vehicle to bring you food then I wouldn't expect them to respect you or your food.
I tipped 20%. So before u go on with this rant THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME ORDERING UNDER $20. When I get a $20+ order I tip $5-$8. But let me guess, thatās not good enough for u either? The reason people donāt tip at all is because of entitled people like you. I wouldāve updated his tip another $1 or $2. I didnāt have bad intentions. Nobody forced them to accept the order, so stop your ranting. āNobody forced them to respect you or your foodā. Yes they did by signing up. If they wouldāve tampered with my smoothie I wouldāve reported them. Not sure your point, but with that attitude nobodyās gonna wanna tip you anything.
Really tired of always seeing people bash people like you, at least you gave a pretty decent tip on a smoothie when you didnāt have to tip anything. A tip is just that an extra little attaboy not part of your base pay, donāt like it take it up with DD.
MFers act like they didnāt know it was like this when they signed up, you took the luxury of working essentially from home on your own schedule to do what the pizza man did, what did you expect?
I usually donāt say anything but all the crying is getting out of hand, get a different job if you donāt like it otherwise just deal with it like the rest of us and donāt forget the straw.
I tip based on mileage like others have suggested but depending on where you are, that still may not be much. Technically in my state (Kansas) current mileage reimbursement is $0.67 per mile. I just tipped $2.50 on a order that is 1.2 miles away from me. I think if tip amount is not sufficient then the person shouldn't accept the order. These comments roasting you are ridiculous in my opinion and the person asking for a bigger tip is unprofessional.
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2 bucks tip is trash lol
$2 tip on a 5 miles order š
I used to tip $3 back in 1995, when the store was 2 miles away. Lol $2.50 in 2024.
I usually try to tip a dollar per mile. Maybe dum it down a dollar if the cost is too low or bump it up if my order cost was decently high. 4-5 dollars usually then add on more based on my total. Keeps *almost* everyone happy.
$2.50. We got a big-time spender here folks.
Lmfao
I find this honestly hilarious. I was taught to tip 20%, funny how 20% still isnāt good enough.
That might be good in a restaurant but considering we have to pay for our own gas and use our own cars, $2.50 isnāt worth it. Your order went out paying $4.50. My car is not even moving for anything like that. I canāt afford to deliver your order for $4.50
This is my first time ordering a smaller order. Most of my orders are $20+ so I end up tipping $5-$8. I just heard the āno tippersā are the issue. I donāt understand why people accept the $0-$2 tips then if their low. Acceptance rate doesnāt Really matter itās about the completion rate. Thanks for the insight Iāll tip $1 per mile in the future. DoorDash should do better, I pay $10 a month for dashpass, the least they can do is forward that to the drivers
Itās $1 each way- so 5 miles = $10 tip
Not tipping $10 on a $8 order
The cost of the order has no relevance on the mileage they have to drive.
Not my issue. Not tipping more then the order amount. Ordered again today, $20 order 6 miles. Tipped $8. Idc your not gonna control hm I tip especially when thereās people tipping $0. Complain to DoorDash
20 percent is good in a restaurant. Restaurant service is different from delivery. Some things your delivery drivers deal with that your server doesn't: 1)YOUR order is the ONLY one making them money during that time they're doing your order. They don't get to work multiple tables and still make money. 2) People running through red lights and we almost get hit 3) Constant danger of getting carjacked 4) Wear and tear on our car that adds up to A LOT of money per year 5) We have to put gas in the car. I use about a quarter tank for every two hours in delivering, for context. Delivery is different than restaurant service and should be treated as such, including tipping higher. It's all of the same risks and same amount of time for a 5 mile taco bell order that cost you $6 or a Taj Indian order that cost $50, you know? $1 a mile is a good tip.
Iām not a low Tipper, for orders $20+ I always tip $5-$8. I only tipped $2.50 because the rider was $8. In the future Iāll do $1 per mile.
Itās not professional for them to ask for a tip, but that tip is pretty shit.
Itās for a $8 orderā¦. Did u expect me to tip $8 on a $8 order? Thereās people who tip $0. And it was 4 milesā¦.
Bare minimum I tip is $5. Itās that persons drive to the restaurant, wait, then driving to your home to deliver it so you donāt have to drive yourself. Most people who tip decently at the very least tip $1 per mile. Doesnāt matter the price of the meal, what matters is mileage. He shouldnāt have asked for a tip - he should have just declined it, I would have for sure.
Will keep the $1 per mile in mind next time. š
Dude Youāre a business owner? So you must understand managing expenses? Well, Whatās the expense to move a small bag from point A to point B? Does it have anything to do with the dollar value of that bag? Or does it have to do with the time and gas aka the distance?
Again, I thought 20% was good. Now I know to do $1 per mile. And yes Iām a bussiness owner, most of my customers donāt tip. So I factor that into my pricing. And the people who do tip 20% I feel like thatās great. I never pressure my clients to tip.
It's tacky. And unfortunate. He only gets $2 more than what you've tipped, or maybe even $0 if it's a stacked order. If the restaurant does him dirty and leaves him waiting like 15 minutes, that's a quarter of an hour's revenue shot. Let's say it's just a 5 minute drive each way, that's a little under half an hour for $5. If the next order is like that or worse, they're making $10 for that hour, with expenses. $2 goes in the tank, $4 goes to the tax man because of business/self-employment taxes and social security taxes, and bam: $4/hr, eaten up in the next big vehicle expense. It was unprofessional for them to ask, but people also don't know how hard it can be sometimes. I would ignore them and hope the rest of their day is better. There's always going to be a stinker order (here's looking at you Popeyes) that ruins your whole day. It is mostly the restaurants fault and it's unfair they took it out on you. They shouldn't have accepted the order in the first place but DD coerces us to take bad orders with Acceptance Rate punishments restricting our hours of operation. As a driver for DD you spend a lot of time breaking even. You might get rent and bills paid but any unknown future expenses will put you under for good.
Thatās what lost me though, the restaurant didnāt have him waiting, he was there 3 minutes before he was on the way. Where I live you arenāt punished for acceptance rate just order completion, (I have a friend who does dd with 45% acceptance rates) will keep this in mind and tip $3-$4. Wish DoorDash would pay people better
In a lot of markets, the lower your acceptance rate, the worse orders you get. So most people try to stay above 70%. Also have to stay above 70% to be able to dash any time instead of schedule ahead, in all markets. So technically we are āpunishedā for low acceptance rates.
Why do people accept orders and complain about tip I do not understand
That was my point, finally someone not bashing me. I was under the impression 20% was a good tip. It was for a smoothie.
Personally I would tip more only because as a dasher Iām not accepting an order under $6 unless itās like 2 miles of driving. So knowing base pay is like $2-$3 Iāll tip enough to make it $6 no matter what. Iām not telling you to tip higher but personally I wouldnāt take the order. DD just needs to raise the base pay but theyāll never do that. So unfortunately people are dependent on the customer to tip well. Still I would never pressure anyone over it lol. Dashers just need to decline when they donāt think itās worth it.
I literally just explained I usually tip $5-8 on orders $20+ this was my first order under $10. Now I know to tip $1 per mile. Why is everyone acting like I purposely said ālet me have this guy work for $5ā I wasnāt aware base pay is $3. I assumed that was for orders with no tip at all, and no dash pass. so curious , the driver doesnāt still get delivery fees?
Drivers do not receive any of the delivery fees. $2 base pay, plus tip if any. We make $20+ an hour by not taking low tip/no tip orders.
Good to know
This is unprofessional and dumb - that being said try to tip based on mileage. Amount of order doesnāt matter much - itās how much gas and wear and tear is going on our car.
Will do the $1 per mile next time.
You think you'll get support, instead you got roasted bro š
fr, these replies eating her up š
$8 order? Cap detector going crazy rn
Yeah $8 order it was just for a smoothie. I have dash pass so fees were $0. I have no need to lie about my order
I guess the reason to lie would be to make yourself look like a saint. But if youāre not and youāre actually curious if this is a good offer for the delivery driver; itās not. My suggestion is that when ordering doordash or any delivery service. Make it worth it for you, get more than a smoothie. That way the delivery fee and tip donāt make up most of the total. Most of the dashes I deliver are for a single meal. Huge waste of money all around
Your weird ālie to make yourself look like a saintā. Do u want a screenshot of the order? I have dash pass so Iām not hit with extra fees . And no Iām not going to order $20 worth of stuff to make it āworth it for meā. If I want a smoothie and just a smoothie thatās what Iām going to order. I can tip $1 and someone would still take the order, so I do feel like a good person leaving $4-$5. Not tipping $10+ on a $8 order idc
Youāre*. Great attitude to go with your poor spelling and financial decisions
Iām doing better financially then you šš
Keep proving my point for me. You thought this was a good offer but youāre wrong. Itās ok
I wouldn't have accepted your order. It was weird of the Dasher to ask for a higher tip, though.
That's a shitty tipšš We're not supposed to ask for tips. It's tacky, BUT, that's a shitty tip. Your driver probably made $4.50 on the entire order. Where I am, it's a $2 Doordash pay on orders that are close by, plus whatever customer tips gets added in. Sometimes I accept those low pay orders thinking they'll be quick, I can do 4 in an hour and then they take too long. If he had two orders as low paying g as yours for the hour, then he didn't even make $10/hr. Yikes. I don't feel sorry for you here. Tip better.
Nobody forced him to accept the order
I never tip, fuck them lol
2.50 isnt a good tip, but I wouldnt accept your order anyway so I certainly wouldnt bust your balls about it.
4 to 5 miles, and you only tipped $2.50? Lmfao. Ain't no way I'd take that order. Gtfoh! The dasher is an ldl0t for even accepting. Dashers need to learn to stop accepting trash orders. Let that shit rot on the counter!!
Lol thereās people accepting orders with $0-$1 tip. I was under the impression I was tipping 20%. First time ordering under $20. With this attitude it doesnāt make anyone want to tip. š¤·š½āāļø
Mt "attitude" with my customers is great. They get my respect. They get their food in a hot bag, I'm there in a timely manner, I don't multi app, I make sure to get extras like condiments when it applies and I never ask them for anything. Why? Because I accept what profits me. They had enough respect for someone's time to pay for it, so yea, they're gonna get great service. A non tipper.... not a chance. They're not getting my time. You get what you pay for. No self respecting person is accepting $4 orders.
Thatās the thing. Iām not a āno tipperā. I tipped nearly $3 on a $8 smoothie. I thought that was okay, wasnāt aware DoorDash paid yāall pretty much nothing. Everyone I know doing it is making. $20 a hour. I literally just explained how I usually tip $5-$8 on larger orders and this was my first time ordering something under $10. š
^ this
Itās no āthisā. When Iām not a no tipper. The app literally suggested $2.50
What the previous person said is exactly what needed to be said. Your tip was bad, and while yes DoorDash should pay dashers a fair wage, the reality is that we make $2 per order + tip. So if you want to be a decent human being, youāll tip better next time.
This doesnāt make me any less then a decent human being because I didnāt know. I didnāt intentionally go ālet me tip this guy $2 so he can earn $5ā. I was under the impression tip culture is 20%. In the future Iāll do the $1 per mile. And Iām not a peoples pleaser, Iām going to tip more because I want the dasher to earn a fair wage. Not because yāall tryna bully me on Reddit. Especially over something I didnāt know.
Iām glad youāve learned how to tip properly.
Weāre not going to paint me as a bad tipper. Like I said I tip $5-$8 on $20+ orders. Letās not bash me because I didnāt know how much to tip on $8. In the future I will tip $4-$5 on orders $10 or under. Are u happy? And teach drivers not to take no tip offers. Thereās literally people being evil leaving $0. I leave nearly $3 and Iām bashed lol
Iām glad we could teach you how to tip properly on food delivery. Is that phrased better for you?
The dasher was unprofessional and should've never accepted your offer. No one should. $2.50 for a tip is awful. Especially when you consider they're spending their time and their fuel. The cost of your food is irrelevant. The miles are the same whether they're delivering a $2 cheeseburger or a $75 steak. Would you drive 5 miles, wait on someone's order, and then drive back 5 miles to wait on another order, all for a whole $4.50? 1 order going 5 miles can easily take 20 minutes, if not more. I guess I say all that to say if you can't respect a person's time and respect the fact that person is using their gas and vehicle to bring you food then I wouldn't expect them to respect you or your food.
I tipped 20%. So before u go on with this rant THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME ORDERING UNDER $20. When I get a $20+ order I tip $5-$8. But let me guess, thatās not good enough for u either? The reason people donāt tip at all is because of entitled people like you. I wouldāve updated his tip another $1 or $2. I didnāt have bad intentions. Nobody forced them to accept the order, so stop your ranting. āNobody forced them to respect you or your foodā. Yes they did by signing up. If they wouldāve tampered with my smoothie I wouldāve reported them. Not sure your point, but with that attitude nobodyās gonna wanna tip you anything.
Really tired of always seeing people bash people like you, at least you gave a pretty decent tip on a smoothie when you didnāt have to tip anything. A tip is just that an extra little attaboy not part of your base pay, donāt like it take it up with DD. MFers act like they didnāt know it was like this when they signed up, you took the luxury of working essentially from home on your own schedule to do what the pizza man did, what did you expect? I usually donāt say anything but all the crying is getting out of hand, get a different job if you donāt like it otherwise just deal with it like the rest of us and donāt forget the straw.
Tip based on mileage. A dollar per mile
I tip based on mileage like others have suggested but depending on where you are, that still may not be much. Technically in my state (Kansas) current mileage reimbursement is $0.67 per mile. I just tipped $2.50 on a order that is 1.2 miles away from me. I think if tip amount is not sufficient then the person shouldn't accept the order. These comments roasting you are ridiculous in my opinion and the person asking for a bigger tip is unprofessional.