DoorDash customer reveals delivery driver messaged him ‘nice house’ over $5 tip

A DoorDash customer has questioned whether or not tipping has gone “too far” after he was criticised by his delivery driver for a 30 per cent tip.

Dr Ethan Melillo, a pharmacist who goes by @millennialrx on TikTok, shared his current expertise in a video uploaded to the platform final week. Within the clip, Dr Melillo revealed that he acquired a response from his DoorDash driver saying “good home” after he’d given them a “beneficiant tip”.

“Has this ever occurred to you with DoorDash? Once you give somebody a beneficiant tip they usually say ‘good home, thanks for the $5 for a 20-minute journey,’” the TikToker requested, whereas exhibiting a screenshot of the message he’d acquired from his delivery driver.

Within the video, Dr Melillo then added that, for reference, he lives in Rhode Island, the place a “10 to twenty minute journey is quite common” as a result of the state “most likely has the slowest pace limits within the nation”.

The TikToker then confirmed viewers what he’d ordered, with Dr Melillo revealing that he’d ordered a falafel meal over rice with a facet of additional sauce and a Snapple lemon iced tea.

In accordance with the receipt shared by the TikToker, the full price of the meal ended up being $15.64, and that he’d then added a $5 tip.

“The overall price of my meal got here to $15 so I believed a 30 per cent tip was fairly beneficiant, and I’m often the kind of person who suggestions after I even decide up meals,” Dr Melillo mentioned, earlier than including: “So let me know, how a lot ought to I be tipping on a DoorDash order?”

Within the caption of the video, which has since been seen greater than 100,000 occasions, the TikToker wrote: “@DoorDash tipping going too far?”

The video has sparked a debate within the feedback, with many assuring the TikToker that his tip was greater than beneficiant, and that the driver can see the tip quantity earlier than they comply with settle for the order.

“I work for DoorDash and that’s very beneficiant,” one individual commented, whereas one other mentioned: “Your tip was advantageous!”

“That message he despatched you after a 30 per cent tip is loopy,” another person wrote.

Within the feedback, Dr Melillo additionally revealed that he tries to “give extra” since he has expertise working within the meals business. “Having labored within the meals business earlier than getting into the pharmacy world I understand how laborious others work so I attempt to give extra since I’ve been there,” he wrote.

Nevertheless, others prompt that the TikToker’s tip was not sufficient as a result of it could not have been primarily based on the space that the driver needed to drive to ship the meals.

In accordance with a number of viewers, “it’s extra concerning the distance than the full of your meals” with regards to leaving an sufficient tip.

“I all the time do $1 a mile with $5 being the bottom. They use their fuel, their mileage and have a better insurance coverage fee since they do delivery,” one individual commented.

One other mentioned: “I often advocate tipping two occasions the quantity of miles to the restaurant. 5 miles = $10 tip.”

“$1 per mile is essentially the most honest. You’re not tipping on the meals, you’re paying for delivery if that makes any sense,” another person wrote, whereas one other revealed that they “by no means tip lower than $10”.

The controversy about tipping comes after a DoorDash driver was allegedly fired for cursing at a customer who tipped $5 on a $20 order. Earlier this month, TikTok person Lacey Purciful uploaded a video from a doorbell digital camera exhibiting a delivery driver handing her a pizza field earlier than telling her: “I simply wish to say it’s a pleasant home for a $5 tip.”

After the TikToker informed the driver: “You’re welcome,” he responded: “F*** you.” Within the feedback underneath the video, Purciful revealed that she had been involved with DoorDash concerning the incident, and that the driver had been fired.

On the time, a consultant for DoorDash informed Insider: “Respectfully asking for a tip is suitable however abusing or harassing somebody isn’t acceptable.”

The Unbiased has contacted Dr Melillo and DoorDash for remark.