Should I tip on delivery Chinese?

intent · Jan 21, 2011

This thread better be a troll, or else I'm very disappointed in SF.

Sazerac · Jan 21, 2011

Originally Posted by acidboy

when you 'merkuns are in hong kong or china, do you tip when you eat out?

This 'Merkun tips like a 'Merkun whether he's in New York, Shanghai, Moscow, of Timbuktu. We, as a nation, are well practiced in the art of ******* things up for everyone else everywhere we go.

Y'all a bunch of heathen, 'Merka hatin', high-tax-havin', non-tippin' cheapskates.

changy · Jan 21, 2011

Originally Posted by Nil

I usually do a minimum of $2 or 10%, whatever is more.

This. Although I tip 20% when the weather is nasty.

I feel like delivery men deserves more tip than waiter/waitress. They have to deal with nyc traffic while balancing food on their bike when its dumping snow outside. IMO this is a far more demanding job than waitering.

kwilkinson · Jan 21, 2011

Originally Posted by changy

This. Although I tip 20% when the weather is nasty.

I feel like delivery men deserves more tip than waiter/waitress. They have to deal with nyc traffic while balancing food on their bike when its dumping snow outside. IMO this is a far more demanding job than waitering.

You've obviously never been a server.

itsstillmatt · Jan 21, 2011

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

You've obviously never been a server.
Get me a beer bvro.

kwilkinson · Jan 21, 2011

BDC2823 · Jan 21, 2011

My first job was delivering pizzas. Typical range was $2 - $5. At both places I worked at, it never made much sense but the farther away the house, the lower the tip would most likely be. The closer the house, the higher the tip. The best tips were always the ones where I just walked outside and crossed the street. No offense, but Asians were the worst tippers.

On occasion, I'd get "lost" for a half hour or so. Getting "lost" just happened to coincide with a delivery to a sorority party, regular party, or when a playoff game/MNF game was on and the people I delivered to invited me to watch the game.

Nil · Jan 21, 2011

Originally Posted by changy

This. Although I tip 20% when the weather is nasty.

I feel like delivery men deserves more tip than waiter/waitress. They have to deal with nyc traffic while balancing food on their bike when its dumping snow outside. IMO this is a far more demanding job than waitering.

Yeah, I'll definitely tip more in ****** weather or if I order something during a big game, because, well, that sucks for them.

changy · Jan 21, 2011

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

You've obviously never been a server.

have you ever been a delivery man?

kwilkinson · Jan 21, 2011

Originally Posted by changy

have you ever been a delivery man?

Yes.

edinatlanta · Jan 21, 2011

Originally Posted by Reggs

I tip them, but it's still something to think about.

No. It isn't. In America you are supposed to tip. End of story. Also its only a couple bucks. Why be an utter **** over such an inconsequential amount?

Originally Posted by whiteslashasian

If I order for 2, generally around $16-20, my tip will be in the $3-4 range. I'll always give a minimum $2 even if the delivery is fairly late. If the guy gives me an attitude while still being late, he gets to keep whatever change is leftover.

If the weather is ****** and I order delivery because I'm lazy, I usually will give the delivery guy (bless his weatherbeaten soul) a fiver.

Originally Posted by Dedalus

I worked in a Chinese restaurant once with FOBs. The waiters would be pissed when they get stiffed on tips. They expect the tips as much as white people. Jesus, how is this even a question?

Originally Posted by Sazerac

I always tip as I would in a restaurant, 20%. I mean, hell, the guy schlepped it from the kitchen to my house.

There is much truth here.

Originally Posted by acidboy

when you 'merkuns are in hong kong or china, do you tip when you eat out?

I never tip in a restaurant no how. I mean, I could cook that **** and walk it out.

Douglas · Jan 21, 2011

To answer Kyle's question, I always tip according to the local customs of the place I am in. In HK, that means I generally do not tip.

whiteslashasian · Jan 21, 2011

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Yes.

Driving to your suburban locations in a car is a bit different from walking or cycling in the freezing cold, rain, sleet, hail, snow, blistering heat etc on the heavily trafficked streets of NYC...

That is assuming of course that you delivered back home

kwilkinson · Jan 21, 2011

Originally Posted by whiteslashasian

Driving to your suburban locations in a car is a bit different from walking or cycling in the freezing cold, rain, sleet, hail, snow, blistering heat etc on the heavily trafficked streets of NYC...

That is assuming of course that you delivered back home

I've delivered in a car and on a bike. Neither are as hard as being a server.

whiteslashasian · Jan 21, 2011

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

I've delivered in a car and on a bike. Neither are as hard as being a server.

I agree that being a server is likely more difficult than even delivering in NYC, but on the other hand, the delivery guys don't get tipped as well nor have the earning potential a server does (at most establishments).

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