Tipping The PIZZA GUY?

[rtek72]

Should you?
DO you?
Just wanting hear what yall think...

[DrLove'sKuDang]

Should you?
DO you?
Just wanting hear what yall think...

i do, but as far as job that work on tips, they deserve it the least, imo. they get paid to drive around, so im tipping him for walking it to my door and not dropping it... not very tip worthy if you ask me.


ive never had a job that i had to work for tips, so i dont personally know what its like. my thought on tips has usually been, why should i tip this person for doing their job well??? theyre supposed to, its their job. but i do understand that most, if not all, jobs that you are able to earn tips at pay a lower wage because of that fact.

[JoshM]

My fiance's brother is a pizza deliverer, and I know they get payed well for what they do.

He works at Pizza Hut and get $4/hour and $1 from Pizza Hut per delivery.
They average 5-10 delivery/hour... so that's $9-$14 per hour. And that's on a SLOW day. Some nights he's delivering 15-20+ pizzas per hour. IMO, that's damn good pay for delivering pizza.


But, I still tip around $2.

[RagingAsian]

I have worked for tips.

But I will tell you, I'll tip the guy or girl at least 10 bucks. Cause I'll tell you why.

if they get the pizza to your front door and its still hot and not all warm and they can find your house and everything else in a timely manner, thats good service and I tip very well.

I know how it feels to do a superb job and not get tipped. I try not to be an asshole.

But there is a H22 powered CD5 coupe that is a pizza deilvery. I have only had her once, but she couldnt find my house. So I still tipped her cause she was doing the job to save up for a turbo.

[rtek72]

i work for papa johns near detroit, get paid $5 an hour plus the $1 per delivery

but when you consider the amount of gas and the wear and tear on your car that average of $9-14 disappears real fast

and the amount of deliveries depends on the area

i wish i was getting 20 deliveries a night

i was when i lived down south

but the management suck at this store and the store has a bad rep on deliveries

me and one other driver are the only ones that do things right

the others fudge it up week after week

[rtek72]

pizza drivers are like waiters and waitresses, we work at a lower wage and the tips compensate for the rest

dont get me wrong there are times i make out good
but way too many times i dont
and with the economy tanked up this way kinda stuck for now

jus had a bad day today....
only 4 deliveries from 11am to 5pm and just change for tips
but did find out from one of the customers why some dont tip
and i was thinking this was a possibility
the delivery charge...
most average $2.75 or more
alot of people think the driver gets that...

[visualpoet]

I used to deliver in an MGB. The pay sounds good, but when you're rolling a hundred miles or more per night, the money's not that good.

I had the only delivery on an Easter Sunday, and the guy not only didn't tip me, he made me walk back to the car for a penny. When I left, I smoked the tires on his freshly paved parking lot and watched his window fan suck it all into his apartment. It made up for no tip to me.

[RagingAsian]

Yeah I know and we thought the same thing.

But when we have our shindigs, we just tip the guy or girl a twenty as long as they get the pizza to the apt before the drunk enraged people start whining and shit. plus its not my money.

[rtek72]

aw man i feel ya
peeled out and revd making so much noise
been there

yea and i spend loads on gas
anywhere from $60 to $90 a week

[deevergote]

I delievered pizza for Dominos and a local place when I was 19-21. I was a waiter from 21-27. I worked for tips most of my life.

Always, ALWAYS take care of the people that handle your food.

When I order pizza, I know that my house is about 1.5 miles from the Dominos that I frequently order from... and one left turn. That's it. I'll tip $4. $5 if the weather is bad.
Granted, a $5 tip is considered a GOOD tip. When I delivered, $2-$3 was considered good. A known $5 tip put you ahead of everyone else, regardless of who ordered first. $1 was better than nothing. Nothing, and I knew to expect nothing... meant that if I had other deliveries before yours, they were made first. The guy making the pizza also knew that you didn't tip well (the guy at the local place I worked at knew EVERYONE... and what they tipped... he'd tell me which to go to based on that)
A friend of mine at Dominos had a vat of 'special' sauce... that he... um... planted his seed in. Guess who got pizzas made with that? (granted, that guy is 100% insane, and that is NOT common practice...)

Give your pizza guy $2 at least... unless there's a clear reason that he's the one responsible for your late delivery, cheese sliding off the pizza, etc... like if he's sitting outside your house for 5 minutes chatting on the phone with his girlfriend, as your pizza gets cold in the passenger seat.

Waiters and waitresses should get 15%-20% of the check, unless they did something seriously wrong (like flirted with the bartender for 20 minutes in view while you sat there with an empty drink...)

If you can't tip, go somewhere where they don't rely on it... McDonalds doesn't allow tipping.

[deevergote]

I had a delivery one time to the local hospital... for an AIDS support group meeting. A bunch of people with AIDS.

The guy in my shop neglected to tell me that the dying people ordered sodas as well... so I had to make 2 trips, one to bring the soda. It was like 6 pizzas and 5 bottles of soda. And they gave me NOTHING. I was SO close to saying "wow, you can't bother tipping me, even when it wasn't my fault, and I burned my gas to make 2 trips? I'm GLAD you cheap ass motherfuckers are gonna be dead soon!"

[rtek72]

lmao of dang... special sauce...lol
but i feel your pain man

[HondaGuy1212]

Yeah, always tip the waiters and waitresses.

I'm a valet at a pizza restaraunt. The tips there are awesome. You'll have people that will leave you a $5 on the way in and a $10 on the way out. Some guys leave you a $20 if you just park the car up on the top drive (it's a parking spot we leave empty for those people with that request).

However, you will have those occasional cheapskates who will weasel their way out of giving you a tip which is sad, because a majority of them are driving high-end luxury cars. How is a $2 tip for the guy busting his a$$ running in the cold weather to retrieve your car going to hurt you?

The biggest tip I have received is a $30 tip from a guy who was completely trashed. He had to have a DD take him home. lol. Fun stuff.

[rtek72]

man the worst at not tipping or tipping very little are the ones with the money, huge houses, lots of cars
its the middle class and lower class that appreaciate the most

[RagingAsian]

Thats why whenever I go to any food place I am always nice no matter the circumstances.

Anyways, I am glad I dont have my pizza deilvered that often. I just go and get it myself.