As we already know, tipping is a huge thing when it comes to the hospitality industry in the United States.
And, if you're ever in any doubt over just how important it is, all you need to do is look at delivery driver TikTok.
One DoorDash driver recently took to the app to say to customers that tipping is essential if you want to receive your order quickly - or at all.
The content creator, who goes by the handle @dashdropfood, shared a video of himself finding a $92 order from Panera, which had been sitting there for three hours when he arrived to pick up a totally different order.
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In the clip, he says: "When you tip your driver, you get your food delivered quicker. Tip your driver."
However, many TikTok users were quick to point out that traditionally, the tip would be given after delivery, so that the amount tipped can be based on the service received.
One person wrote: "Not tipping before order is delivered. The food service is delivery, you deliver then get tipped."
Another agreed: "Tip is for the service. How you gonna' tip if you haven’t received the service yet? Do you tip your waitress before she waits on you?"
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"I understand what you’re saying," a third added. "I’ve been a server all my [life]. But I still tip when I get my food. I tip very well to get to it me fast."
Not everyone agreed on the matter, however, with another user insisting they always tip when ordering, and they've had 'no issues.'
"I always tip in the app and I tip at least 30 percent," they wrote. "I've had no issues."
Another added: "People don’t understand that Door Dash is basically a courier. It’s a third-party service! Tip your driver PERIOD!"
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These kinds of debates regularly pop up on TikTok, and one woman recently went viral after sharing text messages from her DoorDash driver who refused to deliver her McDonald's order.
In the slew of abusive messages, the driver said there is a Facebook group where delivery drivers share the addresses of 'non-tippers' so they know whose orders not to accept.
You can see both points of view, but in reality, all of these problems would be solved if drivers were just given a fair wage for their service in the first place.
Topics: Food and Drink, Viral, TikTok