To tip or not to tip, that is the question

Pizza delivery tipping ettiquette

Whenever I go out to eat at a restaurant I am always happy to leave a tip for good service and when I feel I have had excellent service I will always be more generous. I very rarely refuse to leave a tip, although my husband has sometimes requested it be removed from our bill when on the rare occasion we’ve had a bad experience.

We Brits seem to be comfortable with tipping for good service at a restaurant, with Voucherbox’s recent research saying 20% of us will leave a bigger tip if the waiter or waitress is attractive. However, we rarely tip barmen or the lady at the launderettes and when it comes to tipping for services such as takeaway delivery drivers, only a 20% of us tip our every time and I have to admit that I usually don’t, but should I?

Yes, you should tip your takeaway driver

Tipping is a pretty standard practice in the food industry and what is the difference between a waiter bringing food from the kitchen over to your table and a delivery person dropping off your meal at your door?

When you think about it is something of a luxury to have food brought to you and if you always order from the same takeaway it’s worth building a positive relationship with them, especially if your house can be tricky to find (like ours!)

There are benefits to tipping for good service, it ultimately encourages more good service! If you tip your delivery person then they will do their best to make sure they get their tips with fast, fuss free delivery of your meals.

No, you shouldn’t tip your takeaway driver

If you order from the same restaurants regularly and always receive excellent service then it might be an easy decision to tip your driver, however, if you are ordering from a new restaurant it might be tricky to judge as you will need to eat your meal to decide how good it is.

In America, delivery drivers are paid below minimum wage and have to be supplemented by the promise of tips. Here, with our minimum wage, there’s no need to feel like you have to make up for someone’s wages. Tipping the driver may actually be somewhat unfair as it’s not that likely your tip will be shared with the people who actually cooked your dinner!

Whereas tipping may encourage good service, it’s worth considering that if you tip for every meal, every time then eventually your delivery driver may realise that there is no need to work hard because you tip them anyway!

Do you tip?

Pizza delivery tipping ettquette

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