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Hwo much do you tip the pizza delivery person?
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. |
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.
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I almost always tip around 20%, unless it's bad service
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Dont like pizza.
AFAIK, tipping the delivery person is not normal in the uk. |
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. |
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
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Like deezelpope. You never want to be cheap! They are bringing you food...you don't want to piss them off haha
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I never leave a tip. At the end of the day it's their job. :o
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I'm sure they appreciate that since most of them work for tips...
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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:
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I don't give tip's because half the time some food is missing or they added the wrong thing. |
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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. |
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... 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. |
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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. ;)
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I guess I'm weird but I can't remember the last time we got food delivered. :erm:
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I cook, no need to order in, so Zerro.
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a coder and a cook? A man after my own heart:D
can you canoe too? |
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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... |
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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 |
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%. |
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.
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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. |
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. |
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 :) |
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 in a few month and just quit delivering pizzas. |
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 Quote:
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$2/per pizza.
Do they even deserve tip? |
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Nothing.
Tipping seems much more prevalent in the US compared with the UK. |
I need to stop tipping...
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