Do you tip a pizza delivery man when..
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no cozz they always take forever lol
I wonder why it takes forever.0 -
Mr. Pink:
I don't tip becausesociety says I have to. If they really put forth the effort,I'll give 'em somethin' extra. But this tipping automatically,it's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned,they're just doin' their job. These ladies aren't starvin' to death .They make minimum wage. I used to work minimum wage,and when I did... I wasn't lucky enough to have a job that society deemed tip-worthy.
Waitresses get paid about $2.00 an hour and many times has to split their tips with some of the help. Educate yourself.
If the amount they earn / claim is below minimum wage then they are bumped up by the restaurant.......If they earn 2 + 2 in tips.....they are given more to bring them up to minimum wage......educate yourself.
Um ... what restaurant does that? Never one I or anyone I know ever worked in.
Every restaurant does that (in the US)....It's the law...keep in mind this is over the course of the pay period......so if they make more than minimum one night and less another the average has to be minimum wage. Most servers will never see this because in general we tip high enough in the US to keep them above that line.....
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If a server DOES claim properly, and is below the minimum wage lines, they get screamed at and typically fired for some unknown or made-up reason, as companies do not like paying the minimum wage thing to servers. In addition, companies get serious audits if they have to pay out a certain amount too frequently.0 -
umm, how is it a minimum wage if there is an option not to pay it? surely it should be legally enforced?
here, federal minimum wage applies to all jobs except waitressing and such, where tips are supposed to make up the difference. Federal Waitress Wage is one-half the standard minimum wage. Tips are supposed to be tallied and reported so taxes can be taken out. If the tips do not bring the worker up to at least federal minimum wage, the employer must make up the difference.
Of course, just because these are the LAWS, does not meant most places follow them. 9 out of ten times the employer won't tally the tips for taxes or make up the difference if it were to fall short. That being said, my friend makes over $20 an hour waitressing, so...whatever!0 -
No, they don't do it. Trust me, they don't.Mr. Pink:
I don't tip becausesociety says I have to. If they really put forth the effort,I'll give 'em somethin' extra. But this tipping automatically,it's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned,they're just doin' their job. These ladies aren't starvin' to death .They make minimum wage. I used to work minimum wage,and when I did... I wasn't lucky enough to have a job that society deemed tip-worthy.
Waitresses get paid about $2.00 an hour and many times has to split their tips with some of the help. Educate yourself.
If the amount they earn / claim is below minimum wage then they are bumped up by the restaurant.......If they earn 2 + 2 in tips.....they are given more to bring them up to minimum wage......educate yourself.
Um ... what restaurant does that? Never one I or anyone I know ever worked in.
Every restaurant does that (in the US)....It's the law...keep in mind this is over the course of the pay period......so if they make more than minimum one night and less another the average has to be minimum wage. Most servers will never see this because in general we tip high enough in the US to keep them above that line.....0 -
having worked in service industry - beyond a shadow of a doubt, but if I specify debit/ credit and they fail to bring the machine then they will get a much smaller tip.
Machine? What machine? Every place I've ever ordered from processes them electronically. You referring to one of those card imprint thingies I havent' seen used since the '90s?
Also, yes. I do tip delivery drivers because the delivery fee does not go to them. It is not a replacement for the tip.0 -
I think it would make to do so.
I rarely get pizza delivered. In fact, I can't remember a time when I had a pizza delivered. I do carryout more often so as to not pay delivery charges or tips. From my point of view, I'm already paying enough for the pizza.
I once went to an out of town conference and didn't rent a car as my hotel was within walking distance of the convention center where I would spend most of my time. I ordered Chinese food to my hotel room during the stay and I tipped the delivery person. The restaurant did not charge me for delivery.0 -
Restaurants do make up for a server if they don't make min. wage WEEKLY! It's not a daily thing. Over the course of a pay period, a server SHOULD average out to min. wage. They don't look at your daily tips. I use to sit with managers while they did their end of day procedures and deposits and that's how it was explained to me. If I made $25 all week and then made a killing on the weekends, they take your average weekly tips and spread them out over the course of a pay period to show that yes, you were making min. wage for the pay period. Now if you only claim $10 in tips per day in your pay period then yes, by the laws of the Dept. of Labor, they have to pay you the difference but they usually catch if you are under reporting all the time. Some places won't let you clock out properly if you don't at least claim 10% of your sales. (I worked for 2 Darden companies Red Lobster and Olive Garden and at the time you couldn't clock out if you weren't claiming at least 10% of your sales) So they have procedures in place to prevent this but if it does happen they do pay you out the difference. Again, it has to be over the course of a pay period and not daily.0
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Yes, but as a former food service worker I don't believe they should be tipped. They get minimum wage or more for a really simple job. It isn't like waiting tables where you do hard work and are paid below minimum wage.
I guess you havnt done delivery. I have and it can be hard and scary and dangerous.
I delivered for a national chain for a while a few years ago at less than minimum wage and provided my own car, gas, and insurance. We had a $1 delivery charge - I got half of it and the store kept half. I guess the less-than-minimum wage plus the 50 cents per delivery *may* have covered my overhead - I know I did that job for the tips, not for the hourly wage. My personal evaluation of tippers was that $2 on a normal size order (1 - 3 items) within a reasonable driving distance of the store was acceptable. Our area was fairly suburban, so "reasonable driving distance" for me was within 3-4 miles. Any further than that or a large order should get a larger tip. I sure remember the guy who gave me a $14 tip on a $26 order who was less than a mile from the store. He got the BEST service. The guy who repeatedley tipped the change up to the next dollar (e.g. 10 cents on a $15.90 charge) was a jerk and got adequate service from me and worse from others.
Although the job was "simple" that does not mean it was easy. Spend some time driving through unfamiliar streets after dark in a thunder storm in a hurry when your delivery destination doesn't have house numbers and hasn't bothered to turn the porch lights on. Fold hundreds of pizza boxes between orders - cardboard cuts are nearly as bad as paper cuts. Prep, cut, and box orders so you can get them out the door more quickly. Unload stacks of boxed ingredients from the semi that delivers in the middle of dinner rush. Take orders over the phone. Get blamed when the person who actually took the order screwed it up. Be spoken to like you are a complete and utter idiot simply because you choose to deliver pizza for a second job. Get robbed. Get propositioned (not as fun as you think). Use your personal phone to call the person who doesn't answer the door despite your having rung the doorbell and knocked repeatedly. Get knocked down or bitten by their "friendly" dog. Fall on your @ss on the icy sidewalk or steps. Get paid in quarters by the 12 year old who doesn't tip you. Get stiffed by teenagers whose parents left them enough money for the order before they left for their evening out. See people answer the door in very little clothing - also not as fun as you think in most cases...
I was grateful for the job and it was fun at times - many people were very friendly, gracious, and generous. Ironically, it seemed that people in blue collar neighborhoods tipped better than the folks in $400,000 houses.
I tip waitstaff and delivery drivers well - and very well for good service. I do not begrudge waitstaff their tips and think they work their tails off, so don't take this as a criticism of them... People that would never tip less than $10 on a $50 restaurant check think nothing of giving the driver $1.50 on an equivalent delivery order. I certainly would not have expected $10 on that order, but ~10% always seemed reasonable to me on a larger than normal order, with a $2 minimum, even on a small order.
Check out http://tipthepizzaguy.com/ for some great information.0 -
Restaurants do make up for a server if they don't make min. wage WEEKLY! It's not a daily thing. Over the course of a pay period, a server SHOULD average out to min. wage.
There is a difference between what they are supposed to do and what they do. They DO NOT make up for it in most cases.0 -
Yes I do. I figure they work hard and hustle to get orders to me on time so they deserve it.0
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We rarely ever eat pizza anymore but, when we do, we always pick it up because delivery takes way too long and I don't like eating lukewarm pizza. On the rare occasion that we have Chinese delivered, we always tip a minimum of $5.00.0
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Did NO-ONE get that Reservoir Dogs reference? Seems everyone took it seriously.
Hmm. I am in the UK so would tip £1 or something if he turned up on time.
I am quite offended at the 'all foreigners are lousy tippers thing'. I holiday int he US alot and we always tip 20%+++, HOWEVER, I have recieved bad service before from wait staff but I see the same one giving American customers excellent service on the next table. I am pretty sure it's because they *think* I am going to be lousy tipper because I'm British. Once the service was so bad I only tipped 10% but that was because the waiter dissappeared for ages and came back stinking of cigarette smoke and ignored us for 20 minutes after we asked for refills while standing around chatting to his friends who were eating at another table.0 -
you're a *kitten* if you don't0
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Yes, but as a former food service worker I don't believe they should be tipped. They get minimum wage or more for a really simple job. It isn't like waiting tables where you do hard work and are paid below minimum wage.
Uh yeah.... Is that right? Do you know how much money a month it cost to maintain a vehicle?? Especially when you put 2000 miles a month on your car? In the 3 years that I delivered I've gone through about 5 vehicles. So .... bottom line is this. If you don't want to tip.... Get your lazy *kitten* in your own car, and pick up your own food. You tip people to do a job that you are perfectly capable of doing yourself. THE END.0 -
Most places will state online that the delivery charge is for gas.
Tips are for the driver.
So yes, you need to tip on top of that.0 -
Of course. Duh.0
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depending on the company they're working for (they = the driver) they supply the vehicle, they supply the maintenance on that vehicle, they put the gas into it, minimum wage doesn't go far towards getting that pizza to your door. Rare company that supplies the vehicle and fuel, around here at least.
I don't tip for the pick-ups, that's cost of business, they have the money in for the meal to pay overhead.
it's on the receipt that they pick up when they pick up the order
DEBIT / CREDIT required, not my fault they didn't "look" at the order, shall I tip them or shall i send them on their way because I don't deal in cash?
I'm really not understanding you here. They bring a credit card reader to your door? I've never heard of that. Why wouldn't you just give them your information over the phone?0 -
yes, but since i am poor, not as much. Pizza places know they are going to deliver, so they should just accept it as a cost of doing business. (build it into the cost of the pizza)
With all due respect, if you can afford a pizza, you can afford a decent tip.
And if you can't afford the tip, go pick it up yourself. Those drivers are working hard!
We give extra tip if it's raining or anything like that... my mom did this type of work when I was in school, and I know it's hard.0 -
My brother drove for a sandwich shop and he didn't get an hourly wage either. His car, his gas, his insurance, he lived off those tips. Needless to say he doesn't work there anymore.0
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I just have my lady answer the door naked. I figure that is tip enough!! :laugh:0
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i always tip well no matter what0
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Yes, but as a former food service worker I don't believe they should be tipped. They get minimum wage or more for a really simple job. It isn't like waiting tables where you do hard work and are paid below minimum wage.
I guess you havnt done delivery. I have and it can be hard and scary and dangerous.
Amen, in my state we get paid the same as waiters, not minimum wage. I think it's disgusting not to tip.0 -
Yup. Even if the company charges a fee, it doesn't likely go to the driver. I know most companies around here pay their drivers minimum wage, but they go through a lot of gas. And, the winters around here can be brutal, their job has to suck during a blizzard.0
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Also... I DO get paid BELOW minimum wage. Gas is about 4 dollars a gallon, and NO we do not get the delivery fee that they charge people. Which is bull****. P.S 2 dollars is not a good tip.. That's the kind of tip that makes your food go to the bottom of the list when I have 5 deliveries in my car. Look at that driver just gave you a tip. TIp well if you like your food hot.0
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Mr. Pink:
I don't tip becausesociety says I have to. If they really put forth the effort,I'll give 'em somethin' extra. But this tipping automatically,it's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned,they're just doin' their job. These ladies aren't starvin' to death .They make minimum wage. I used to work minimum wage,and when I did... I wasn't lucky enough to have a job that society deemed tip-worthy.
Waitresses get paid about $2.00 an hour and many times has to split their tips with some of the help. Educate yourself.
If the amount they earn / claim is below minimum wage then they are bumped up by the restaurant.......If they earn 2 + 2 in tips.....they are given more to bring them up to minimum wage......educate yourself.
Um ... what restaurant does that? Never one I or anyone I know ever worked in.
In the state I live in, it's required. You have to report your tips, and if they don't bump you up to at least minimum wage, they have to supplement your pay. However, too many times having to get this extra pay, and you are let go for not "performing". they figure if you aren't getting tips it must be your fault. But they can't legally work here and bring home less than minimum wage.0 -
$5 minimum tip at our house
Same here. Could be more depending on quanity/variety of food ordered.
We tend to order from pizza places, but not get pizza. We get the pasta dishes and/or sandwiches :0)
Also have a chicken place that has great fried chicken and fabulous cod dinners (I get the cod while hubby and roommate eat chicken).
We order enough they remember us. They know we tip well.0 -
Yes. The delivery fee goes to the company, not the actual person delivering the pizza.
Yep. The delivery charge is not the same as a tip. I tip anyone whose employer expects them to be tipped and pays them accordingly. In some states employers can pay less than minimum wage because they reasonably expect the employee to get tips.0 -
Many pizza places will state directly that the delivery charge does not go to the driver.
I will usually go get my own pizza so I don't have to wait, but if I do order delivery the tip is 20% minimum. More if it's pouring rain or if it was snowing heavily when I lived up north. They are saving me from having to go out in that crap.
I heard from a friend who started working at a local Pizza Hut that the drivers used to fight for the deliveries going to my parent's house. My folks were quite generous.0
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