Often I would include a tip of 5% to the order total to help out the drivers in the age of rising cost of living, however, when I see on the Uber Eats app that my house is the next stop, but the driver goes away from the house to somewhere else first (indicating multi apping), I would withdraw the tip.
Am I justified in doing this?
I gather it varies
Not by much, it's generally give or take a bit, unless you're one of the massive players in the food space.
but whatever figure each food business has negotiated it's more than their actual margin
and that is why the prices are jacked up on the platform compared to walking in.
For me, at the local place its $10 for a burger walk in, compared to $14 on ubereats….. plus delivery and service fees.
Oddly enough, $14 after Ubers 30% cut is $9.80. Basically the walk in price. So the store keeps their margin as such.
Pretty sad that middleman Uber makes just as much off the burger as the store that provides the product is.
This is why I'm so anti tipping on ubereats, Uber is raking in the money for being a middle man, all while paying peanuts to drivers, then laying on the guilt that we should tip them as they are paid poorly. Ummm yes, paid poorly by you!! You should fix that, not me.
Can I get a tip for this comment? Ozbargain ain't paying me enough to make ends meet.
Can I get a tip for this comment?
Well if self service machines in the USA can ask for a 'tip', then sure, why not!
https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/182csd2/i_go…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pizdw5wwKkM
Honestly this is why tipping is crazy stupid, pay people correctly in the first place.
I got a tip for a useful comment on Reddit over a decade ago.
1 Bitcoin. Worth about $5 at the time. Pity I can't find the wallet details.
wow, sounds like you got tipped around 2012. very early days.
We tried to tip our Uber eats driver with cash money and he gave it back. I wish he’d taken it because he, certainly, earned it.
Yes
Step 1 - Don't use uber eats
Step 2 - Don't tip for people completing basic services in the way they agreed to complete them.
i have never tipped on uber eats
I only tip after receiving the food on time and everything is in the order and they come up to my apartment door.
I Never support these people from third world in any way.
In fact I can cook a pasta meal with garlic toast before the restaurant processes an order.
No wonder people can’t buy a house.
I hate hearing people say they tip, why start that crap here! Wanna tip, go live in the USA and tip almost everybody you come in contact with throughout your day.
Tipping is on you. In Australia we pretty much only tip for exceptional service. Up to you how you dish out your tips, it’s a nice extra that you choose to give out.
Tipping ….. F that. It's up to uber to pay thier contractors properly.
This isnt USA stop making tipping a thing here… Heck that option shouldnt even be available, it is up to these large greedy corps to pay a living wage not the customer. Also the driver doesnt even care most the times they run several apps, ill see them pick up my order then head the opposite direction for like 15 mins…. These apps even charge a fee now for 'priority/express' delivery, you gotta pay a fee now so your food doesnt get cold from the multiple orders they do… Nah they can shove it.
This is the worst website forum to ask about tipping culture. This is a community of saving money and getting bang for your buck.
If you ask OzOverPay you might get a different response.
Tipping is just funding uber so they can continue to underpay.
The only time I tipped was when the guy's (week old) car got hit by another car pulling out on him and still delivered my food with his car on the back of a tow truck! Damn I felt bad for him.
No tipping when they are only doing their job.
For companies like Uber, these partner restaurants have to raise the price in their app to cover the Uber tax, and Uber takes up the margin and then underpays those drivers.
No tipping so that drivers will go to the platform with higher pay in turn providing better service.
DO NOT TIP!
This is Australia. Do not allow American culture to permeate its way here.
Tip only after the food is delivered.
Tip only if you rate the service better than expected.
when did tipping become a thing in australia? very weird. i'd pay a priority fee sometimes if theres big discounts on uber one to get my order first instead of tip.
0% all day everyday
Don’t bring in the US tipping culture here. This ultimately will hurt the gig workers. It is Uber’s job to adequately compensate the drivers not customers.
Uber eats will bundle your order with another order to pay delivery slaves less. A stacked (2 or more orders) pays less than single orders. Eg a single order might pay a slave $5 but a stacked double order might pay $8.50 to deliver two oders, so less than $5 per order to the slave. If you aren't paying priority fees then your order might be delivered after another one.
Now, some/a lot slaves will multi app and accept multiple orders on different platforms. Pickup your UE order, accept one on DD, and heck one on ML as well. Deliver the DD and ML then deliver yours. As already mentioned, the reason they do this is pay is complete shit. It doesnt pay to be an honest slave.
Reform is badly needed because if you try to do the right thing you earn (profanity) all and the platforms can easily punish you despite doing nothing wrong.
I only tip if it's a public holiday or if it's really bad weather outside, and it's only a minimal tip, like a spare change round-up kinda vibe.
I have tipped a few times on Uber Eats, in fact tipped around 9%-10% of the actual cost I paid for food yesterday too as it was a great deal esp combined with free Uber One from MasterCard.
Some of the times, the experience has been great- got delicious food delivered in 25-30 min, hot and fresh, just by tipping $5, and by not tipping, the food has taken way longer, and not hot.
I know it should not make a difference, but it does, esp. if you order Indian bread (Naan) that gets soft and soggy and chewy.
Are you saying that drivers can see before they've completed the delivery that there's a tip? I didnt think that was the case.
I dont understand why driver tips are calculated based as a percentage of the order total from the restaurant. I mean, if the driver is delivering you 1 pizza or 10, its still the same time/distance/petrol/vehicle-wear.
OP why you spoiling the market.
Do not tip simple. I'm was a driver and I felt bad for customers everytime I got a tip. You guys overpay for food and drivers are overpaid
Why do we even allow this crap to clutter this site
You would be an idiot to tip any food delivery service
Does the priority delivery fee go straight to the driver or Uber? If the driver gets some of it you might as well do that as a win-win. This way they don't stop along the way, you get your food quicker, they get some more cash.
I have only used it a handful of times for places I know are usually hopeless with delivering. I think about 80% of the time it is faster.
i dont tip, i live in australia and im an OzB member. my tippage fee goes into my OzB bargain buys.
Don't be a shmuck. Were not America, never tip!
You're making things worse for everyone. You're setting the expectation that customers are responsible for pay rises and in a lot of these automated tip things they pocket a portion of the tip.
I wouldnt tip, esp via Uber if you wanted to tip hand the bloke a fiver when he drops of your goods
But regardless i got no interest in tipping in Australia - stuff here is too expensive as it is dont have money to throw away
I don't tip, I just give the driver a perfect rating instead (if offered, depending on the app).
Yeah nah. Not tipping for someone doing what they’re hired to do.
Why would you tip in the first place?
They're doing the job they signed up for, getting paid what they should be.
I tip $0-$5. I see it as a token of appreciation that I don't have to give nor are they entitled to receive. But I know it would make my night if I received it so I like making them feel appreciated.
However, I have a policy of never tipping via the app. I also refuse to dine, let alone tip, at any restaurant or takeaway that expects tips by default.
I only tip when I add extra instructions but leaving at the door is a bit too easy
I always tip tip the food delivery driver the same amount as I tip the letter and parcel delivery drivers
Note: if I go to a restaurant and get very good service I will ask if the staff member if they get to keep tips and give a tip if they do but I won't tip if it doesn't go to them, bad or indifferent service don't get tips I also don't tip on a card as I feel there is no guarantee it will go to the person I want to tip
I gather it varies, but whatever figure each food business has negotiated it's more than their actual margin