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Tip Stiffers
With gas and food prices on the rise a new trend has been
increasing amongst those who order out to eat, tip stiffing. These
people who leave the driver with no tip don't realize that they
rarely get any of the "delivery charge" assigned by the company.
Delivery Drivers get paid minimum wage and sometimes lower wage as
they are given tips to supplement their income. With tip stiffing
occurring drivers have less money coming home each day. Between
checks they depend on tips to fill their tanks to do their job.
Still with all of this in mind some people feel like they do not
need to tip the driver.
A new website has been created that will hopefully change views on tipping. TipStiffers.com is a completely user generated website that allows delivery drivers to mark houses that don't tip on a map. Similar to the rottenneighbor.com concept the website is completely made up of user map content with slight moderation done by the webmaster.
The website does not give out any information about where the driver works or their name. The same goes for the customer as the only information displayed is the address and comments that are not allowed to include the customer's name or information.
Webmaster Courtney Innes knows that there are people out there that just "forget" to tip. Still she argues that forgetting is such a burden right now to these drivers that it is unacceptable. There is light though on the website for those stiffers. If the same driver returns and gets a tip next time there is a redeem option that will delete the marker with a code word that the driver set up originally on the site. So hope is on the horizon for those who change their minds about tipping.
What about waitresses and vallet guys? There is a section on the site for them too. No map just a "Dear John" format letter that they can rant out about their non tipping party that they served for all night. No names disclosed here either but the name of the place is ok.
For service there needs to be compensation and for diservice to the driver there is now consequence.
A new website has been created that will hopefully change views on tipping. TipStiffers.com is a completely user generated website that allows delivery drivers to mark houses that don't tip on a map. Similar to the rottenneighbor.com concept the website is completely made up of user map content with slight moderation done by the webmaster.
The website does not give out any information about where the driver works or their name. The same goes for the customer as the only information displayed is the address and comments that are not allowed to include the customer's name or information.
Webmaster Courtney Innes knows that there are people out there that just "forget" to tip. Still she argues that forgetting is such a burden right now to these drivers that it is unacceptable. There is light though on the website for those stiffers. If the same driver returns and gets a tip next time there is a redeem option that will delete the marker with a code word that the driver set up originally on the site. So hope is on the horizon for those who change their minds about tipping.
What about waitresses and vallet guys? There is a section on the site for them too. No map just a "Dear John" format letter that they can rant out about their non tipping party that they served for all night. No names disclosed here either but the name of the place is ok.
For service there needs to be compensation and for diservice to the driver there is now consequence.
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