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DPedia t1_j055lqk wrote

Reply to comment by Happyjee in Check your credit card receipts for altered tips by Morrigan-27

And percentage based tips for delivery. Delivery was always like, a couple bucks. Maybe more if it was raining or a huge order. 20% on delivery on top of all the wild fees is a little crazy to me. They’re not coming inside and serving me the food, they’re dropping off a bag of cold overpriced shit.

Obligatory disclaimer that I’m a habitual good tipper in restaurants, even for “bad service.” But the takeout and delivery tip expectations are out of control these days.

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DifficultyNext7666 t1_j06k524 wrote

Well you don't tip on fees or taxes. I agree it's out of control but I also don't think people know the rules

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DPedia t1_j0780un wrote

I know that (although in restaurants I disregard that and tip 20% on the total), but are we sure delivery apps and point-of-sale terminals default to the total without those fees? They may, but I doubt it.

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DifficultyNext7666 t1_j07a9yv wrote

Thats a good point, i dont actually know what the answer is there.

I would agree they probably dont tip on the total. Fuck some restaurants i notice the 20% suggestion number at the bottom includes tax, credit card fee, and "covid charge

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HElGHTS t1_j08fs2o wrote

I just tried GrubHub and the "Driver Tip" defaults to 20% which gets calculated as 3.27 for my order having a subtotal of 13.95, waived delivery fee due to Amazon prime integration, 1.40 service fee, and 1.01 tax.

When adding up 13.95+1.40+1.01, and then taking 20%, it comes to 3.27

Totally bogus. Well, reasonable at this subtotal, but not at higher subtotals... Because using a percentage is nonsensical in the first place.

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