I bet you the 388 sushi came in the same size box as 50 sushi. Not sure why you should tip 80 vs 10 because of dollar amount. It’s the same effort. Whereas at a more expensive restaurant, you may get better services and you may stay longer, so higher tip maybe warranted.
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Yesterday I picked up my own food via Uber eat. I didn’t tip and the restaurant waiter did not expect it.
If you’re going to pick up, it’s cheaper to call and place your order over the phone. If you order via Uber Eats, Grubhub, etc. the items are priced higher.
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The restaurant didn’t have their own online service. I do not like to order anything over the phone without any audit trail. This restaurant’s pricing is the same no matter how you place your order.
I don’t mind tipping for good service and when I tip, it tends to be on the generous side.
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How much to tip for food delivery like postmates and uber eats has been on my mind for a while. Honestly tipping as a percentage of what you order feels ridiculous. Whether I order $100 or $40 of food it all fits in the same size bag, but I should tip $15 on one order and $6 on the other?
Another factor that annoys me is that both uber eats and postmates calculate their tip based on the after-tax total, which to me is not right either. So I tip lower as percentage because I don’t tip on tax.
I’d rather see a flat charge for delivery, like $10. Or charge per mile from the restaurant - that’s how we tip uber drivers for a ride after all. Or even charge per bag. If you order a pizza you tip a few bucks and you don’t calculate whether or you got one plain cheese pizza for $15 or went wild with toppings and got one pizza for $30, but you tip more if you ordered multiple pizzas.
IMHO if drivers want to be tipped as a percentage of the bill they should become waiters.
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I once read one of those articles about tipping, and they recommended tipping the hotel housekeeping 20% of the room charge. I almost choked.
That is beyond ridiculous.
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Let’s not talk about very expensive hotels, let’s assume a room is 300/night, that would be 60/room/night. Let’s assume the person cleans 8 rooms per day, that would be 480 or 500 per day, 2500 per week, 125000 per year with 2 weeks vacation. If their employer pays them 10/hr then it would be another 20,000/year.
Do people at the front desk, porters, cleaners for the public areas, dishwashers…get paid that much?
It is beyond ridiculous.
This article, way down toward the bottom, suggests $5 for housekeeping, which is my standard.What travelers need to know about tipping hotel staff - The Points Guy More if making a mess.
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Interesting - I wonder if the hotel type matters. My company reimburses $2 a night if you claim it. I just assumed that’s appropriate.
You don’t interact with house keeping anymore. Even on a two night visit they don’t do a service. But I know these folks work hard and are likely not paid a huge wage.
Many, if not most, hotels (under $300/night), especially in major cities, don’t provide daily housekeeping anymore. Some of them may provide only “lite” daily service (e.g. change of towels). If you want full daily service, you have to let hotels know (and often pay for it).
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I’ve been asking for NO cleaning in the hotels we’ve stayed at over the past 2 weeks. I have no heard of tipping 20% of room rate and would never do more than a few to $5/night.
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I just went to get my nails done; last month when I did them, I did not have any cash for a tip (cannot add it to credit card at this salon) and I told the receptionist I would add it to my next service… Anyway, just as I was settling in today, the person who does my nails asked why I did not leave her a tip last month. I told her the reason why I didn’t and assured her I’d be adding it to today’s tip, for which she was very appreciative, but I was very annoyed she even asked!
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I would never leave anything close to 20% of the room rate - in fact, I don’t leave anything!
Maybe she was curious what she did wrong?
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Did you ever read those articles about what doesn’t get cleaned in hotel rooms? If there isn’t daily housekeeping nowadays (they don’t come in unless requested during a stay), that should affect the amount of the tip.
No I haven’t, but reading the comments here, hasn’t changed my mind. For years, even before Covid, I carried disinfecting wipes and have always wiped down the remotes, light switches and bathrooms. Years ago, I saw an episode of 60 minutes where the reporter took a blue light into a hotel room; it was a horror show! I know the bedding (pillows, comforters and blankets are not (often) changed between guests, and I never walk barefoot in hotel rooms, yet I have never tipped hotel housekeeping, and I am not about to start.
I have just returned from Japan; where tipping is considered a personal insult. How nice it was to get into a taxi and receive stellar service and not be expected to tip, or go into a restaurant and know that the price on the menu is what you will pay at the end.
Tipping really is out of control in this country!
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Not likely. I have been going to her for ten years and have never had a complaint, or criticism.
It was a genuine ‘where’s my tip’ enquiry 
Actually, I think I half expected it, because I was not caught off-guard, my response was immediate!
Personally, that wouldn’t have annoyed me.