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.

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?

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.

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.

Like deezelpope. You never want to be cheap! They are bringing you food...you don't want to piss them off haha

I never leave a tip. At the end of the day it's their job. :o