The biggest offenders? Film/TV productions or company lunch orders - one snapshot shows a bill for nearly $90 with a $3 tip. Ouch!I have to admit, I've always thought that tipping on deliveries required a lower percentage than in a restaurant. But this guy makes some good points and the comments (with his responses) are keeping things interesting.
Some folks have complained that they shouldn't have to tip a delivery person for just doing their job. Seems legit, right? But many people don't realize that tipped positions in the service industry are often paid less than the standard minimum wage - there's actually a separate tipped minimum that can be as low as $2.13 per hour! The expectation is that the employee's tips will bring them up to at least the standard minimum wage. How lame is that? The restaurant gets to keep it's profits by having customers pay it's labor costs. So maybe tipping isn't optional, since New York has a "tipped minimum."
My biggest take-away from perusing the posts on ≤15% was this: tip your delivery driver well, especially in bad weather, because he or she will remember if you don't!!
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Not that I really want to defend anyone in the film industry, but shitty tips are actually mandated by Studios, and the corporate entities that control them... Most accounting guidelines list 10% as the maximum we can tip a delivery person or tip for takeout.
I usually just tip out of my own pocket to avoid pissing off my accounting dept as well as keep the people working at the restaurant satisfied.
Mike - Yes, I've heard that the studios sometimes allow as little as 5%!! It seems like the delivery places should add an automatic gratuity for "corporate" orders, just like restaurants do for parties of 6 or more.
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