What’s an acceptable tip for a driver who delivers a $20 pizza?

A TikTok video purporting to show a DoorDash delivery driver in Texas swearing at a customer over the $5 tip she gave him has gone viral, sparking fresh online debate over tipping culture in the U.S.

“I just want to say it’s a nice house for a $5 tip,” the driver can be heard saying as he walks away from a home in the door camera video posted to TikTok earlier this week by a user under the name Lacey Purciful.

“You’re welcome!” the resident says, appearing surprised by the remark. “F*** you,” the driver responds before walking away.

A spokesperson for DoorDash said a delivery driver had been removed from their platform in connection with the incident.

  • leaskovski@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I never understood why the driver should get a tip? Do you top your mail man everytime he turns up with your post?

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      1 year ago

      They often have to pay for the gas. But then again, if they didn’t get tips, and they wouldn’t get enough money from the job, then they wouldn’t take it in the first place. Which means then the companies would have to actually pay enough money, meaning the drivers wouldn’t actually need tips. Tipping just needs to go. It’s a stupid fucking system to rob the customer of more money than necessary and breeds those confusing social standards that cause nothing but conflict.