A man has been left gobsmacked after his delivery driver complained about him leaving a disappointing tip. He explained how he ordered a meal from a high-end restaurant to be delivered to his house via DoorDash - and selected the option to tip on delivery.
Taking to Reddit, he said: "The restaurant is about 1.5 miles from my house, which is about a 10-minute drive if you hit all the reds. The order was for me and my wife, and it consisted of two entrees and an appetizer. When it was all said and done, the entire meal, including taxes and fees, was $115 (about £90).
"I chose the option for a handoff, left no tip, opting instead to write in the note section, 'Cash tip upon handoff.' Though I don't use DoorDash often at all, I figured it'd be a good way to assure that the meal was delivered straight to me, being that it was from a higher-end restaurant."
When the driver arrived, he accepted the bag of food before handing over a $10 ( about £7) tip - but he didn't expect the driver to be "so rude" when accepting it. "He looked at the $10 bill and scoffed. I asked if there was a problem," the man added. "He said something to the effect of, '$10 on a $100 order? That's f***ed.'
"I'll admit I got defensive. I said something to the effect of, 'With all due respect, you delivered this one bag from a restaurant that's a 10-minute drive from here. You didn't wait on me. If I had ordered from McDonalds, the drive would have been much longer because it's further away from here and you still would have only picked up the one bag'.
"He ended up walking away saying some other things and I closed the door and tried to move on with our evening." Wondering whether he was being mean with his tip, the man took to Reddit to ask users for their thoughts.
He said: "I don't think that I was off in my tipping. If we had gone to the restaurant, I would have tipped our server at least 20 per cent. But this dasher just picked up the order and delivered it to our place. I don't think that the job is the same, therefore, the tipping percentage isn't the same. It's put me off from using DoorDash again. I think from now on, I'll be making the drive myself to pick up orders."
Commenting on his post, one user said: "$10 for 1.5 miles is a decent tip for a DoorDash driver. I'd take that run all day everyday. Your driver was rude." Another user added: "$10 is absolutely good. A regular, decent dasher will try to do $1-$2 per mile/trip length. So $1 for a minute of driving to you (50 cents for minute there and back) is very generous. Dasher was a jerk."
A third user said: "I'd take $10 1.5 mile trips all day and be completely happy. He should have thanked you profusely." One more user added: "That was a good tip. Keep on that, we normal Dashers thank you."
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