Tip Your Delivery Man in Cash
When ordering food online, it’s all too easy to just add a couple of dollars as a tip – after all, it’s better than messing around in your wallet looking for extra dollars.
But while effective, paying by credit card isn’t always the best way to tip the delivery person.
Cash faster
When you leave a tip with a credit card, the carrier does not receive it immediately. Some platforms, like Postmates, pay their delivery staff weekly, and the tip may come in a few days. And while a small delay may seem like a minor, they often rely on tips (and work long hours in bad weather to earn them).
Money is guaranteed to get to the right person
Worse, you can’t always guarantee that the supplier will actually receive all of your tip.
Yes, delivery sites like Seamless, GrubHub, and DoorDash promise 100% of the tip goes to restaurants, but that’s not reliable. In 2016, a number of delivery professionals claimed that UberEats deliberately withheld their tip by charging a $ 3.99 “delivery fee” that UberEats pocketed.
In the past, some restaurant owners have even taken some of their delivery clerks’ tips through online payments such as Seamless and Grubhub.
Cash without commission
And of course there is a credit card processing fee. If a restaurant charges a commission on every credit card transaction, tip is also affected. In a number of states, including New York, Utah, Vermont, and Minnesota, restaurants are expressly allowed to deduct credit card processing fees from their employees’ tips (provided that their hourly wages do not fall below the minimum wage), which means they delivery. people could earn less if you tip by credit card.
Extra tips during bad weather or long commutes (some drivers may not be eligible for gas refunds). And of course, if you don’t have cash, a credit card is still a good way to tip. It’s better than nothing, and every dollar counts.
But does adding a zero tip on online delivery make you look bad? It might. If you want to make sure your carrier doesn’t push your order to the bottom of their list, please write in the special requests section that you will tip in cash (trust me, they will appreciate it).