<p>This is a connected but different issue.
Say I was a delivery driver, it is conceivable, that some nights I don’t get any tips/few deliveries- yet I am showing up for work every evening.</p>
<p>When I as a customer tip a delivery person- it is not only for the actual service involved as I am about one mile from the restaurant and they aren’t taking my order/getting me glasses of water etc.
However, I am ( IMO) I am paying for the convenience of having this service even available in the first place. If the money earned isn’t worth the drivers time, then eventually, the service will no longer be offered.</p>
<p>Similar reason to why I frequent shops in my neighborhood, even though they may be a tad more expensive than going to a big box store. I like giving them my business, because it makes it nicer for me- and that is worth paying for.</p>