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Domino’s launches "You Tip, We Tip" promotion, rewarding customers who tip their delivery drivers
- Thread starter RBH
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I'm outside of Domino's delivery area, so I drive there and pick up. I routinely tipped whenever I'd do that, but weirdly, Domino's removed the ability to add a tip when picking up.
Shifting the responsibility instead of paying your workers a decent wage, again.
If anything, I would much rather that the $3 tip be matched by them. So that the person who was tipped, gets $6. But just imagine all the hurdles the company will jump through to get their cut of that extra $3. Actually, scrap that. It's laughable to think the extra $3 would even reach the recipient.
If anything, I would much rather that the $3 tip be matched by them. So that the person who was tipped, gets $6. But just imagine all the hurdles the company will jump through to get their cut of that extra $3. Actually, scrap that. It's laughable to think the extra $3 would even reach the recipient.
I think the idea is that some people would tip anyways so it's just a bonus for them.
Though the coupon is only good for the next week? That's pretty shitty. I maybe eat takeout 2-3 times a month and vary it up. Eating takeout pizza twice within a week or so is a bit much.
They give out coupons all the time. These are just branded to be tip-related. They expire in a week and wouldn't cover the cost of an order so they're doing the calculus that this will net them more orders and hopefully improve their brand awareness and image. It's purely for the benefit of the suits and branding it as pro-worker when it's a cynical whitewashing of their exploitative wages is fucked up.
Yes, it's bring your own car. Best you can do is claim depreciation and maintenance fees on your taxes but most people won't because the standard deduction is so high these days.
Or,
and hear me out on this,
they could pay delivery drivers a fair wage and then drivers wouldn't need tips
and hear me out on this,
they could pay delivery drivers a fair wage and then drivers wouldn't need tips
I made the mistake of going to a restaurant yesterday with the girlfriend to celebrate her birthday and there was a service charge of 18%. Then on the bottom of the receipt they detailed what a 22%, 25%, 30% TIP would add. Like I'm not paying a service charge and tipping, trying to gouge me out of almost $30 extra.
Just pay your people and leave me out of it.
Just pay your people and leave me out of it.
I never understood. Why is there a delivery fee if Dominos doesn't do anything specifically around delivery? Like... it's not like they're the one's providing a car? So why is there a charge for delivery if none of the money is going to the driver?
My mom once tipped a Pizza Hut driver $1 and this was after I had been a driver for a while and she had previously been a waitress for a long time. I was like "WTH $1?" And she said the delivery charge was like $3. I quickly ran out before he left, tipped him properly and let him know my mom thought the delivery charge went to him. And then yes, I educated her on delivery charges.
I always feel bad because when I was 13 years old I ordered pizza for the first time by myself and only tipped the pizza guy like $1.50. Basically gave him a 20 and told him to keep the change. My brain just didn't compute the scale of money or the proper tip amount. I realized after sitting for a bit and thinking about the interaction I messed up, and felt really guilty. Haven't stiffed a driver like that again since.
Anyways, I hate this promo, and I'd be way more inclined to order Dominoes if they'd do a 100% matching on tips directly to drivers rather than a coupon that's just there to try to trick you into ordering their crappy pizza twice.
Because people will pay it. The money doesn't even go to the franchise or location you order from, it's all royalties that go straight to corporate.
Also, dominos will have better coupons for carry out as well, so they are in some ways double charging you for delivery.
Why not just give the 3 bucks to the drivers yourself domino's? Not trying to get into a tipping argument here this just seems like way too many steps to doing the same thing. Even though the amount of redeemed coupons will cost them probably way less than just a wage increase, it's gotta be somewhat close right? This way just comes with a weird marketing push, and I guess is less permanent.
True. It isn't actually close, I'm working out my own thoughts in a post. Still left with the same feeling seeing this marketing push.
god, I got so excited seeing the title of this thread and thinking they would "match" a portion of your tip to give to the driver as well 💔
How about just give the delivery charge that your manager's keep for themselves (and very rudely brag about) to the drivers absolutely wouldn't mind that.
I only ever took advantage of the carryout special because hey $3 is $3 but being on the other end of deliveries it's absolutely annoying. Little Caesars race to the bottom and only paying a $1.75 base pay for a doordash and other drivers is absolutely criminal
I only ever took advantage of the carryout special because hey $3 is $3 but being on the other end of deliveries it's absolutely annoying. Little Caesars race to the bottom and only paying a $1.75 base pay for a doordash and other drivers is absolutely criminal
If Domino's was concerned about the amount of money their delivery drivers are making they could pay them more.
Instead, this is a coupon whitewashed as being something labour-friendly. It incentivizes customers to buy a pizza during the period and tip (a thing most people already do) and then either guarantees another sale the next week (where there would probably not have been a purchase, but hey, they have a coupon) or the coupon goes unused and costs them nothing.
They've done the math and think it'll result in more pizza sales than it costs. It's just a regular-ass coupon with a set duration and then the drivers will be back where they started.
This happens so much it's unreal, I do DoorDash and I have people tipping a dollar to bring them food 30 miles away… the only thing I can think of is it's older people that just don't understand.
Careful, I got accused of classism the last time I joked about Domino's sucking.
I mean tbf Dominos IS pretty cheap and good pizza is getting way too expensive. A large pie with one topping is up to like $25 these days at the local places meanwhile a quick google search shows Dominos offering a large pizza with TWO toppings for under $7. So I can see why someone going through a hard time could take the joke the wrong way. But I'm from New Jersey so despite being lower class than most people on this forum myself, it's part of how I was raised to be a snob about pizza.