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GSeybold
24 Dec 2008, 19:11
How much do you tip the pizza delivery person?
I just relized that I've been a cheap SOB with my pizza delivery guy all these years. I have always been giving him 3-4 bucks. Then today I relized that why shouldn't he be getting the usually 20%, the same as our waiters? So I made a new rule as of today, 20% for my pizza delivery too. This poor guy, he was so shocked and grateful for a crappy 10 bucks. I felt so bad.
P.S. If later I complain about having a belly ache, just tell me to blow off as I just ate half of a chicken BBQ pizza and washed it down with a 1/2 liter of Dr. Pepper. :o Not like me, the pizza part and I''m feeling it. :o
So how much do you tip the pizza delivery guy or gal?
Usually $5 (USD) if I need to add to the bill or more if the change needed is around that much (eg: if the bill is $23 I'll give him $30 and to keep the change).
The job of a waiter/waitress is a bit more involved then a typical delivery so their tip should be higher accordingly.
GSeybold
24 Dec 2008, 19:26
Yeah but it's such a sucky job-and the gas must be a killer. Around my neck of the woods, they are not re-reimbursed for expenses (gas). I'm a softy I guess. I don't know. This guy obvious doesn't have a pot to piss in, bad teeth, and here he is delivering, about twice a week, to my house, a place of obvious gluttony. :( Makes me feel unusually uncomfortable.
Yeah but it's such a sucky job-and the gas must be a killer. Around my neck of the woods, they are not re-reimbursed for expenses (gas). I'm a softy I guess. I don't know. This guy obvious doesn't have a pot to piss in, bad teeth, and here he is delivering, about twice a week, to my house, a place of obvious gluttony. :( Makes me feel unusually uncomfortable.Maybe you're feeling uncomfortable with him making deliveries for the wrong reasons? If it was a clean-cut (aka: well groomed) driver with perfect pearly whites making deliveries in a 2008 Mustang would you still feel uncomfortable about how much the tip was?
Brandon Sheley
24 Dec 2008, 19:54
I almost always tip around 20%, unless it's bad service
Dont like pizza.
AFAIK, tipping the delivery person is not normal in the uk.
GSeybold
24 Dec 2008, 19:58
Hi KW
I don't know but that's a fair question. I'll have to think about that. To be honest, today I felt sort of disgusted with myself. Here I am, sitting at home, a zillion presents under the tree, driving a nice car, living in a decent house and here this guy probably doesn't even have enough money to one present and delivering pizza in his middle age. Just sort of threw me back a few, made me realize how good I have it and how cheap I've been with this person.
deezelpope
24 Dec 2008, 21:03
I discovered one very important factor...the higher the tip, the faster the delivery. And oh yes, they DO remember who the good tippers are, and who's cheap. How much we tip depends on how much our total is...we usually do like KW802, and round up to keep the amount even...sometimes they get a nice tip, sometimes it's just average, but they never get a bad one or none...we're not cheap. :D
Like deezelpope. You never want to be cheap! They are bringing you food...you don't want to piss them off haha
PremierFootball
24 Dec 2008, 21:53
I never leave a tip. At the end of the day it's their job. :o
I'm sure they appreciate that since most of them work for tips...
deezelpope
24 Dec 2008, 22:08
Definitely not something I'd be proud to admit. For shame.:down: And I'll bet it takes twice as long for PF to get his food.:rolleyes:
PremierFootball
24 Dec 2008, 22:17
Definitely not something I'd be proud to admit. For shame.:down: And I'll bet it takes twice as long for PF to get his food.:rolleyes:
In England I don't think anyone gives a tip, well I don't and my friends don't.
I don't give tip's because half the time some food is missing or they added the wrong thing.
Wayne Luke
24 Dec 2008, 22:39
How much do you tip the pizza delivery person?
I just relized that I've been a cheap SOB with my pizza delivery guy all these years. I have always been giving him 3-4 bucks. Then today I relized that why shouldn't he be getting the usually 20%, the same as our waiters? So I made a new rule as of today, 20% for my pizza delivery too. This poor guy, he was so shocked and grateful for a crappy 10 bucks. I felt so bad.
P.S. If later I complain about having a belly ache, just tell me to blow off as I just ate half of a chicken BBQ pizza and washed it down with a 1/2 liter of Dr. Pepper. :o Not like me, the pizza part and I''m feeling it. :o
So how much do you tip the pizza delivery guy or gal?
$5-$10 depending on the size of the order. I don't tip 20% because a pizza delivery person doesn't do the job that a waiter does. They don't get my drinks, make sure my drinks are properly filled, bring my food to me on plates or most of the work.
I usually just pick it up since its only 5 doors down from my house.
But on those lazy days when they have to walk it over, I usually toss them 5 bucks for it.
I never leave a tip. At the end of the day it's their job. :oAt least in the US most food service employees (waiters/waitresses/delivery guys/etc.) get paid either close to minimum wage or, in some cases, below, with tips making up the bulk of their income. If you are in a restaurant with seated service and your server does a good job, then the decent thing to do is to give them a tip. When it comes to delivery service, as Deezlepope mentions, it pays off to be kind to the delivery guy/gal by giving them a decent tip; it does make a difference.
... however, I do object to fast food places & other counter service establishments putting a cup by the register with "Tips" handwritten on it. Often the owner/manager does not even know that their employees are doing it.
deezelpope
25 Dec 2008, 09:00
At least in the US most food service employees (waiters/waitresses/delivery guys/etc.) get paid either close to minimum wage or, in some cases, below, with tips making up the bulk of their income. If you are in a restaurant with seated service and your server does a good job, then the decent thing to do is to give them a tip. When it comes to delivery service, as Deezlepope mentions, it pays off to be kind to the delivery guy/gal by giving them a decent tip; it does make a difference.
... however, I do object to fast food places & other counter service establishments putting a cup by the register with "Tips" handwritten on it. Often the owner/manager does not even know that their employees are doing it.
You're absolutely right, Kevin. Most food service jobs don't pay very well hourly, and tips are a large part of your wages...some waitstaff make only $2 or so, hourly. You depend on them as part of your income, so when a customer doesn't tip, or stiffs you, it's very disappointing, especially if you provided exemplary service.
Again, I agree! That's just tacky!!:down:
At least $5 although he usually gets more because I just tell him to keep the change. I also tip them in beer from time to time. The lucky ones that deliver during a party have been known to not leave until the next morning. ;)
Wayne Luke
25 Dec 2008, 15:09
... however, I do object to fast food places & other counter service establishments putting a cup by the register with "Tips" handwritten on it. Often the owner/manager does not even know that their employees are doing it.
The only tip jar that I put money into is at the coffee shop just down the road from me. I go in there often enough that the employees know me and they do a much better job than what you would find in any Starbucks. Great little family owned place.
I guess I'm weird but I can't remember the last time we got food delivered. :erm:
Zachariah
25 Dec 2008, 18:25
I cook, no need to order in, so Zerro.
GSeybold
25 Dec 2008, 19:32
a coder and a cook? A man after my own heart:D
can you canoe too?
PremierFootball
25 Dec 2008, 19:50
At least in the US most food service employees (waiters/waitresses/delivery guys/etc.) get paid either close to minimum wage or, in some cases, below, with tips making up the bulk of their income. If you are in a restaurant with seated service and your server does a good job, then the decent thing to do is to give them a tip. When it comes to delivery service, as Deezlepope mentions, it pays off to be kind to the delivery guy/gal by giving them a decent tip; it does make a difference.
... however, I do object to fast food places & other counter service establishments putting a cup by the register with "Tips" handwritten on it. Often the owner/manager does not even know that their employees are doing it.
I don't think that way, at the end of the day the waitress applied for that job. Who's fault is it if he / she is on minimum wadge?
I don't think that way, at the end of the day the waitress applied for that job. Who's fault is it if he / she is on minimum wadge?
Nice Guy Eddie: C'mon, throw in a buck!
Mr. Pink: Uh-uh, I don't tip.
Nice Guy Eddie: You don't tip?
Mr. Pink: Nah, I don't believe in it.
Nice Guy Eddie: You don't believe in tipping?
Mr. Blue: You know what these chicks make? They make shit.
Mr. Pink: Don't give me that. She don't make enough money then she can quit.
Nice Guy Eddie: I don't even know a ++++ing Jew who'd have the balls to say that. Let me get this straight: you don't ever tip?
Mr. Pink: I don't tip because society says I have to. All right, if someone deserves a tip, if they really put forth an effort, I'll give them something a little something extra. But this tipping automatically, it's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned, they're just doing their job.
Mr. Blue: Hey, our girl was nice.
Mr. Pink: She was okay. She wasn't anything special.
Mr. Blue: What's special? Take you in the back and suck your ++++?
Nice Guy Eddie: I'd go over twelve percent for that.
...Later on...
Mr. Pink: I'm very sorry the government taxes their tips, that's ++++ed up. That ain't my fault. It would seem to me that waitresses are one of the many groups the government ++++s in the ass on a regular basis. Look, if you ask me to sign something that says the government shouldn't do that, I'll sign it, put it to a vote, I'll vote for it, but what I won't do is play ball. And as for this non-college bullshit I got two words for that: learn to ++++in' type, 'cause if you're expecting me to help out with the rent you're in for a big ++++in' surprise.
I love that movie. ;)
I don't think that way, at the end of the day the waitress applied for that job. Who's fault is it if he / she is on minimum wadge?You're missing the point; often they are working for less than minimum wage, one of the few industries in the US that allow that, because proper etiquette in the US is to tip food servers. So it is nobodies "fault" that they are working the job as much as you have elected to go against the norm.
It says a lot more about you than them. For your sake, I hope that there is not a particular restaurant, with table service, that you use often. Some of those stories are based on truth...
For your sake, I hope that there is not a particular restaurant, with table service, that you use often. Some of those stories are based on truth...
Very true. There are two types of people in this world that you never want to get angry; Women and people that handle your food. Combine the two and you're just asking for trouble. ;)
I learned from my dad growing up that you always tip well unless the service was horrible. I've only seen the old man not leave his usual $3 - $5 tip one time in my life. Usually he gets great service though. It seems like no matter where we go he knows most of the waitresses working in the place...he even buys Christmas gifts for a lot of them. >.> His girlfriend of many years has never been too happy about that. :D
steven s
04 Jan 2009, 01:55
Usually depends on the weather and if it's a holiday.
I'll tip more in bad weather or a holiday when mostly everyone else is off.
Guess I'm $5.00 on a nice day which is usually around 20%.
Shelley_c
04 Jan 2009, 03:33
My husband will tip around 30% or to the nearest ball part figure. He'll order a buy one get one free at a cost of 11.99 and give the pizza delivery guy 15 sometimes 20. I never eat takeaway food, so I have never tipped.
Speaking as someone who used to deliver pizzas...
I don't tip 20% but usually either round up or throw in a few extra singles if it's something like $19 or $29, etc.
I always made min. wage plus tips. Sometimes I'd do better than the waitresses making $2-3 per hour plus tips and sometimes they'd do better than me. I never got reimbursed for gas although this was back in the cheap gas times of the late 90s.
And yes, I did know exactly which houses tipped better than others. Some I could tell you their exact order without looking at the ticket. One house would always pay with either a $100 bill or all in coin. It was way out in the boonies and the tips were either non-existant or sucked. If you forgot to bring change for a $100, you had to drive all the way back out with their change.
If it was a slow night and I knew that the house wouldn't tip, I took my time. If I knew they tipped well, I took short cuts or ignored speed limits. (I always took note of where/when I saw the town cops) If it was a busy night and I knew the house wouldn't tip, they either got delivered last or I got to them quick just so I could make up the lost money getting back for another delivery which would likely tip better.
Riceman
05 Jan 2009, 00:26
Over here in Australia (in my experience) tipping is virtually non-existent. Hospitality related workers get paid their wage and sometimes there may be a small tip, but that is generally unusual. Of course, no-one gets paid $2-$3 an hour, the minimum wage is more like $8 or $9, with most restaurants paying their waiters/waitresses $12-$20 an hour. I must say though, I think the idea of reducing the standard wage and having tips as a normal practice would be good, mainly to increase the performance of workers. Australian workers (in hospitality) are typically lazy and I presume service standards are a fraction of the quality that would be present in the US.
I never get food delivered at all, but I used to work in a pizza store.
PS. The pay is obviously in AUD, so conversion is probably necessary to make a proper comparison.
columbusgeek
08 Jan 2009, 02:26
My dad used to deliver pizzas as a part time job to escape my mother. He said 2 bucks was the average and he as fine with it if I recall.
I tip around 2-3 bucks myself on a 30 dollar order. My food always comes fast and hasn't been wrong yet.
Of course I live in Central Ohio, not NYC or anyplace with a higher cost of living.
we always go pick ours up - we ring them up then they say what time it be ready for.
Cant be bothered with Delivery guys at the door expecting a tip just cause they doing their jobs.KK we all know part of their wage is the tips they get,because they get such a low wage,well heres a tip :
Get a better paid job u loser :)
Caddyman
08 Jan 2009, 18:38
2-3 dollars is what we tip, people in the seedier parts of DE rob pizza guys....a lot, many restaurant refuse to deliver to a few parts around my way.
one of my forum members has been robbed twice (http://www.talkdelaware.com/f23/zippy-where-were-you-last-monday-9511.html) in a few month and just quit delivering pizzas.
GSeybold
08 Jan 2009, 18:56
Hi Lasto,
In my case, the gentleman that delivers to my home frequently is developmentally disabled so I doubt he would be able to do or have available to him, a large variety of jobs. Additionally, most delivery people in my area are high school or college kids just trying to make a little extra money for college or car payment-just a stepping stone in their lives-like most of us have at one time or another. I highly doubt this is a long term career goal for most. LOL
we always go pick ours up - we ring them up then they say what time it be ready for.
Cant be bothered with Delivery guys at the door expecting a tip just cause they doing their jobs.KK we all know part of their wage is the tips they get,because they get such a low wage,well heres a tip :
Get a better paid job u loser :)
$2/per pizza.
Do they even deserve tip?
Get a better paid job u loser
Cheaparse loser.
$2/per pizza.
Do they even deserve tip?
When I was delivering, I never got reimbursed for gas, so it's nice to pay for that at least. And if you tipped, you got your food faster. Delivery people remember the good houses... and the bad.
Cromulent
11 Jan 2009, 21:32
Nothing.
Tipping seems much more prevalent in the US compared with the UK.
Gio~Logist
11 Jan 2009, 22:21
I need to stop tipping...
deezelpope
12 Jan 2009, 00:36
And if you tipped, you got your food faster. Delivery people remember the good houses... and the bad.
That is so very true!:up: The quoted, estimated delivery time is 30-45 minutes...we always get ours delivered in 20-30...they know (and remember) we tip well.;)
If the delivery person is professional and polite, I'll tip 15% rounded to the nearest dollar. If pizza dude parks his four door rice burner on my front lawn and stinks of bud...no tip for him!;)
Dont like pizza.
AFAIK, tipping the delivery person is not normal in the uk.
Yeah....but if it was, £2 ;)
Wayne Luke
12 Jan 2009, 13:53
That is so very true!:up: The quoted, estimated delivery time is 30-45 minutes...we always get ours delivered in 20-30...they know (and remember) we tip well.;)
We usually get ours in 15 minutes. Now having worked in a Pizza Place in my teen's I know it takes 7-8 minutes for a Pizza to cook. So we quite literally get it out of the oven.
Normally we have Carlos deliver our pizza. He has delivered it every time in the 19 months we have been living here except once. One time a girl delivered the pizza. It took 20 minutes. First words out of her mouth were "I am sorry its late but Carlos is sick today." She got a good tip as well.
Princeton
12 Jan 2009, 15:37
tipping = great service
I just love it when they know your order before you order.
I agree with others...
when tipped, they deliver faster, they "communicate" with you, and best of all - they check and recheck your order before delivery.
FYI: Tipping a delivery person is usually 5%-10% of receipt.
dad2paisley
26 Feb 2009, 22:23
Depending on the order. But if it's just for me, around $2.
kurtbarker
26 Feb 2009, 22:41
I am a Delivery Driver in NSW, and I am very suprised to see some people tipping 20% and $7/$8 if that's what the change is. Where I work we get $4 per delivery, and the customer is charged $8. I always justify not getting tips because they probably see the $8 extra on the bill as the payment for the driver, but we are always greatful to even get $2 from the customer, let alone $5. If we can make $15 in tips a night, we're doing really well.
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That is so very true!:up: The quoted, estimated delivery time is 30-45 minutes...we always get ours delivered in 20-30...they know (and remember) we tip well.;)
I have to Disagree with this. Where I work, the manager dispatches the orders in order, so it doesn't matter whether you have a $20 tip, or no tip, your order doesn't leave the store any sooner. The only difference it's makes is where we take more than 1 order at once, and choose who we go to first. Deliveries in our area are usually 15-20 minutes regardless of previous tipping.
Currency is in AUD
I am a Delivery Driver in NSW, and I am very suprised to see some people tipping 20% and $7/$8 if that's what the change is. Where I work we get $4 per delivery, and the customer is charged $8. I always justify not getting tips because they probably see the $8 extra on the bill as the payment for the driver, but we are always greatful to even get $2 from the customer, let alone $5. If we can make $15 in tips a night, we're doing really well.It depends upon your locale, of course. In this area (NE USA, 'farm country' north of Philadephia, PA) the local places generally do not charge a fee for delivery (very rare that a place will and even then it's only a $1 or so) so there is no expectation as to what a driver will get. If I was charged an extra $8 just for delivery, then, yes, my tip would take that into account.
I have to Disagree with this. Where I work, the manager dispatches the orders in order, so it doesn't matter whether you have a $20 tip, or no tip, your order doesn't leave the store any sooner. The only difference it's makes is where we take more than 1 order at once, and choose who we go to first. Deliveries in our area are usually 15-20 minutes regardless of previous tippingAgain, depends upon locale and likely the type of establishment (a corporate chain or a local Mom & Pop shop). With our regular shops, the 'regulars' definitely get preferred service and it is the drivers who determine the order in which deliveries are made.
Winterworks
26 Feb 2009, 23:56
Around here, it's common to give 15% of the price as a tip. For restaurants, taxis, delivery people, anyone.
I once had a waiter running outside and screaming at me over the 5 cents I left him for his rude service.
You give me good service, I'll be generous. Lousy service you get what you deserve. Unfortunately in the US most people take tipping for granted as if it is due to them and omit the service.
ibar726
27 Feb 2009, 14:54
who?
basil2070
28 Feb 2009, 02:52
How much do you tip the pizza delivery person?
I just relized that I've been a cheap SOB with my pizza delivery guy all these years. I have always been giving him 3-4 bucks. Then today I relized that why shouldn't he be getting the usually 20%, the same as our waiters? So I made a new rule as of today, 20% for my pizza delivery too. This poor guy, he was so shocked and grateful for a crappy 10 bucks. I felt so bad.
P.S. If later I complain about having a belly ache, just tell me to blow off as I just ate half of a chicken BBQ pizza and washed it down with a 1/2 liter of Dr. Pepper. :o Not like me, the pizza part and I''m feeling it. :o
So how much do you tip the pizza delivery guy or gal?
Um... I usually don't. I know.. I know.. I really should tip him something, but for some reason whenever I order pizza, I ALWAYS forget to tip the guy. Next time I'll try to remember :P
as7apcool
28 Feb 2009, 03:03
3 $ only
Winterfell
28 Feb 2009, 05:13
I generally tip the pizza delivery guys and gals a flat $5, though I bumped that up to $8 for a time when gas got really high.
Xphusion
28 Feb 2009, 06:11
i tip 5-10 bux but if its a nice hot little chickadee....well i wont get in to the rest...... gotta love being 24 and single!!!
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