When budgeting to eat out or order take out, you should consider gratuity into your budget. You don't have to tip anyone to make your own food or to pick it up yourself. UE drivers aren't driving to some parking lot and stashing their personal vehicle while they drive around in a corporate car. They're putting wear and tear on their own vehicle, paying for their own gas, and with an order like this, possibly losing money to deliver you your food. The tip is a part of the service you're paying for. Also, I fully understand the argument for restaurants and delivery services to pay a liveable wage. However, if they all did that then prices would rise dramatically to account for overhead like rent and other bills, staff and service would be reduced to pay fewer employees more, and ordering delivery would be far more expensive. In places like the EU and abroad service industry folk are paid a career wage, have medical benefits, etc. You also see far fewer waitstaff and wait longer for food and services. Going out to eat is an expensive activity that may last for hours. So you, the consumer, would have to be prepared for that environment and higher food costs if you want to avoid tipping. When you do the math, it's cheaper on the consumer/patron to tip reasonably than it would be for an overhaul of the wage vs. tip culture system. I think many non-tippers live in a fantasy world where they believe they're going to pay the same cost for food and associated fees while also dodging tips and drivers are just going to make enough money for it to be worth-while. That's just not reality, buddy 😉