Do you tip a pizza delivery man when..
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Yeah. The drivers get screwed, definitely tip them.0
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Pizza delivery drivers get paid about $4 an hour plus tips. Hardly minimum wage. It's also hardly a "simple job."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 spent several months doing this about 20 years ago (eeks, 25 years ago? ... anywho...), and something you need to consider is that this job absolutely WRECKS your car. This is about the hardest driving you can do, outside an Rally race. All stopping and starting the car, engine turning on and engine turning off about 20 times an hour. And most of these guys don't have awesome cars to start with. They need every dime.0 -
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.
A really simple job??? When you have to fight through traffic to get the pizza to the customer in the required minimum time frame... When you have to walk from the car to the customer's door in the pouring rain or freezing temperatures.....When you have to worry about wether or not a careless customer will have thier Pit Bull or other vicious animal on a leash.....When you have to walk up three flights of stairs with six pizzas and two 2-liter colas..... Delivery drivers do more than deliver your hot dinner to your door so you don't have to get up from your couch to feed your family......they deliver a SERVICE! They put wear and tear on their vehicle and risk accidents every time they go on a delivery. People who do not tip delivery drivers should be ashamed of themselves!
Can you tell I deliver pizzas????
Exactly right.
I sense a bit if elitism in some here that don't tip. it's a menial job and the people working it are not worth the extra few bucks for a tip obviously.
2 years ago before I landed the job I have now, I had to deliver pizza to make ends meet . I had a family to support. To those that don't tip because they are cheap skates, remember some drivers/waitresses are trying to make enough to pay bills and put food on the table the next time you decide if you're going to stiff them or not.0 -
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They actually get a larger tip from me if I pay with a card, as the service fee that the company is charged for that transaction comes out of their tips! I'm a good tipper, though - I've never given less than $7 to a pizza guy.having worked in service industry - beyond a shadow of a doubt, but if I specify debit/ credit and they fail to bring the machine then they will get a much smaller tip.0 -
Of course I do. Delivery charge or not.0
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Yes, always. I can't imagine not tipping the delivery person.
Cut back somewhere else.0 -
Yup! My husband did it on and off both part time and full time (and thank you JESUS that season has ended!) and more often than not, these guys would get "stiffed" They get a part of the delivery charge, but it doesn't amount to much when they use their personal car and they pay for the maintenance and gas on the car.0
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I'm sorry, but if you can't tip a guy/girl like 5 bucks, you probably shouldn't be ordering a pizza. Make it at home or something. And I'm sorry but if it cost 20$ for a pizza I wouldn't buy it because I would still feel obligated to tip thus costing me 25 or more, so raising the price wouldn't be cool. Most of them are teenagers, and they need money to gas their cars and fix it, that's wear and tare on their car to deliver your pizza, be respectful as if you were in a restaurant.0
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Always. Minimum wage doesn't go far especially when your job requires you to use your own car, your own phone and your own gas.0
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I TIP.
However, devil's advocate - Why is it the customer's responsibility to make up for the lack of salary that the driver/waiter gets?0 -
I worked at 2 pizza places before.
Reminder: A driver never forgets the good tippers, and especially the bad ones.
If I get two orders at once, and the cheapo is much closer to get to. I will rush to the good tipper first, then take my sweet *kitten* time to the bad tipper.
So much this, as former pizza delivery person.
Which is also why i tip delivery drivers well when i do order out. been there, done that.0 -
Yes! Usually 4-5 bucks for a $25-30 delivery. Yes, it's that expensive in Chicago and no, I don't order Domino's.
I used to deliver pizza in my early 20s and you didn't make squat except tips. I got something like $1.25 for each delivery and I had to use my own car, gas, insurance, etc. So I lived off those tips. I also got 1/2 priced food when I was on the clock which helped cut down on my grocery bill.
Of course I had a smokin' hot 20 year old body at the time, so I'd show up with an $11-$13 pizza on football Sunday and take their twenty and sweetly ask if they needed change, expecting that they'd cave, and often they did.
I could clear $75-$100 bucks a night and that was great money back then.0 -
On another note, does this thread remind anyone else of that scene from Resevoir Dogs?
gotta love Mr. Pink :laugh:0 -
Yes, I know the delivery charge is just that. I figure I'm helping the driver out.0
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No! I'm the only person?
In the UK the driver is employed by the company and is a normal member of staff. Its not sub-contracted or anything...0 -
I TIP.
However, devil's advocate - Why is it the customer's responsibility to make up for the lack of salary that the driver/waiter gets?
Because you have the option of going to pick it up. They are providing a service for us to sit back and have food brought to us.
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I TIP.
However, devil's advocate - Why is it the customer's responsibility to make up for the lack of salary that the driver/waiter gets?
Because you have the option of going to pick it up. They are providing a service for us to sit back and have food brought to us.
Dentists, Doctors, Fast Food employees, Mail-men/woman, UPS/Fed-ex, Paper boys/girls. Just a few examples of people who also "provide a service for us" but we don't tip them. Like Resevoir Dogs says, who gets to decide why we tip one group and not another.
Again, I TIP, just playing the game of curiosity here...0 -
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.
Yep, been chased by dogs, threatened by drunks, and been robbed...I was doing it for extra Christmas money and I will NEVER do it again...lol...It is pretty awesome when someone comments on something they know nothing about.0 -
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.
I got the reference, but I was having too much fun reading the responses to say anything...lol...great movie!0 -
haven't had pizza delivered in quite some time , but yeah0
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Always tip the delivery person.0
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No delivery here in the boonies, pizza is not part of my diet anyway :sad:0
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Since 2 posters questioned the "machine"... how do they process your card electronically if they don't bring the hand-held / electronic device to your door to process the card?
I do it at my door as my card and PIN is in my control, rather than giving a credit-card number to underpaid employees over the phone 0 -
Now I want pizza...0
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Anyone ever have a smokin hot pizza delivery girl...like in "those" movies?0
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I miss pizza :brokenheart:0
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I TIP.
However, devil's advocate - Why is it the customer's responsibility to make up for the lack of salary that the driver/waiter gets?
Because you have the option of going to pick it up. They are providing a service for us to sit back and have food brought to us.
Dentists, Doctors, Fast Food employees, Mail-men/woman, UPS/Fed-ex, Paper boys/girls. Just a few examples of people who also "provide a service for us" but we don't tip them. Like Resevoir Dogs says, who gets to decide why we tip one group and not another.
Again, I TIP, just playing the game of curiosity here...
Paper boys/girls/men deliver before the Roosters are even awake so how would you tip them? UPS/FED EX and Postal workers not only get compensated extremely well but also do not deliver in thier personal vehicals. The last time I checked Dentists, Doctors, and Fast Food employees do not deliver thier services to you and afford you the luxury of stayng home, not wasting your gas and putting wear and tear on your vehicle.0 -
Anyone who doesn't make the majority of their money through wages is the people you should tip.
Maybe that will clear it up a bit....0 -
I TIP.
However, devil's advocate - Why is it the customer's responsibility to make up for the lack of salary that the driver/waiter gets?
Because you have the option of going to pick it up. They are providing a service for us to sit back and have food brought to us.
Dentists, Doctors, Fast Food employees, Mail-men/woman, UPS/Fed-ex, Paper boys/girls. Just a few examples of people who also "provide a service for us" but we don't tip them. Like Resevoir Dogs says, who gets to decide why we tip one group and not another.
Again, I TIP, just playing the game of curiosity here...
Paper boys/girls/men deliver before the Roosters are even awake so how would you tip them? UPS/FED EX and Postal workers not only get compensated extremely well but also do not deliver in thier personal vehicals. The last time I checked Dentists, Doctors, and Fast Food employees do not deliver thier services to you and afford you the luxury of stayng home, not wasting your gas and putting wear and tear on your vehicle.
Paperboys go to collect for their money in the afternoon/night. I was a paperboy for a couple years. We had to get the weekly due for our customers. It was so horrible doing this, because people would not answer their door and not pay up! We would have to keep coming to their houses each day.0
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