New York City is food-delivery central. Within the City that never sleeps, there are countless chefs, cooks, and food handlers that really don't sleep, except for all day on a Wednesday-- maybe. There aren't even enough culinary workers to fill the need.
The point is, New Yorkers use Seamless and GrubHub apps constantly for easy food delivery. By and large, everyone's happy with it. But new data regarding food delivery tips begs some questions.
Seamless and StreetEasy teamed up to find out which neighborhoods tip their delivery person the least, and the results are-- surprising.
Their cooperative efforts have shown that the higher the rent is in a given neighborhood, the less those residents tend to tip. People who live in neighborhoods with lower rent also tend to tip more.
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It seems upside down. Shouldn't the people with more income be more prone to tipping more, as they presumably have the money to spend?
The research shows that residents of the Upper Carnegie Hill area between 86th Street and 96th Street tip on average 3% lower than residents of Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Whereas the UES residents average 12.3% tips, the North Brooklynites give 15.3%.
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As for the rest of NYC, the top five tipping neighborhoods are as follows:
1. Greenpoint, Brooklyn
2. Sunset Park, Brooklyn
3. Woodside, Queens
4. Bushwick, Brooklyn
5. Gowanus, Brooklyn
So Brooklynites' median average tipping is the highest in the city. Could it be that lower income individuals have more love for the delivery person? Could it be that people paying more rent are generally stingier in other areas, like tipping?
The study doesn't speculate on such questions, but it does make you think: Are you tipping your delivery person enough?
Check out this video showing a day in the life of a bike delivery person, and then decide if 12-15% is enough.
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[via Village Voice] [Feature Image Courtesy Thrillist]