customers_suck: What do you usually tip pizza drivers?I

aint_no_nothin (

aint_no_nothin) wrote in

customers_suck,
@ 2005-10-27 03:53:00

What do you usually tip pizza drivers?

I love it when I drive an order and they call in oh, I don't know $35.14 of food and when I get to the door $35.14 EXACTLY is waiting for me. Their excuse: "Oh we're poor right now, sorry bout that"

DON'T ORDER FOOD WHEN YOU'RE POOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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conorchu
2005-10-27 09:08 am UTC (link)

:/ I'll remember not to order food anymore. I order out very rarely because yes I don't have alot of money so my tip will be whatever I have left in my wallet. Most of the time it's less than 5 dollars which seems to be the bar minumum.

Not tipping when you live in a HOUSE, in a nice neighborhood is really shady.

(Note: I live in an apartment across the street from a field of cows)

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	wbatpoaginar 2005-10-27 11:44 pm UTC (link)
	Hell, for the most part as a delivery driver so long as it was 2 bucks or more, I didn't consider the person cheap. If you can't tip at least 2 bucks, forget it, but otherwise don't worry. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	uniformvixen 2005-10-27 09:16 am UTC (link)
	Oh. I'm sorry, I only have - just as it happens - the exact amount the total is for. I feel bad for being cheap, but not bad enough to do more than make up a terrible excuse. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	robot_sarah 2005-10-27 09:17 am UTC (link)
	I've wandered around the house scraping together change and just getting the exact amount. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	robot_sarah 2005-10-27 09:18 am UTC (link)
	When I have a lot of money, it's usually $5 or so. (Reply to this)

	nucleotide_boy 2005-10-27 09:28 am UTC (link)
	Poor people need to treat themselves too... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ex_shattered767 2005-10-27 09:35 am UTC (link)
	Don't get me started on people using food stamps to buy lobster. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	lintilla 2005-10-27 09:30 am UTC (link)
	I live down the street from the pizza place, so I'm much more likely to call my order in and then walk over and pick it up. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bpcslave 2005-10-27 09:32 am UTC (link)
	Usually for delivered food I either add a couple of pounds and round to the nearest pound (or 50p, if I have a coin to hand) - or I round to the nearest £5. Obviously if something's £19.80 I'll use the first method, but if it's £17-something I'll be ok with handing over a twenty and telling them to keep the change. (Reply to this)

	ex_shattered767 2005-10-27 09:36 am UTC (link)
	They're not poor. They're cheap liars. (Reply to this)

	nucleotide_boy 2005-10-27 09:45 am UTC (link)
	I should add that I reckon the people you describe probably are just being cheap! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aint_no_nothin 2005-10-27 03:43 pm UTC (link)
	hate them cheapies! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fayth 2005-10-27 09:47 am UTC (link)
	I always round up to the nearest $5, unless it's really close (like $23 or $24, in which case I'll give an extra $5). I know pizza deliverers around here get paid jack shit, so I make sure to give them a good tip even though the pizza place I order from isn't even a mile away. X3 (Reply to this)

	noelleleithe 2005-10-27 10:57 am UTC (link)
	My orders are usually only about $12-15. I tip $2-3 normally. In other words, about the same percentage I would in a full-service restaurant. More if the weather's bad (although I rarely order then, since I know they'll be slammed). The same rule always applies: if you can't afford a tip, you can't afford to eat out (or order in). (Reply to this) (Thread)

	hpapillon 2005-10-27 01:16 pm UTC (link)
	There are cases where someone is stranded and unable to get food themselves, though. Take pity on the occasional colllege student trapped in a dorm room on a campus that's shut down for holiday, with no car, no refrigerator, and nothing to eat. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	capheine 2005-10-27 11:28 am UTC (link)
	1. At least 10% 2. At least $2 Period. End of fucking story. There is no excuse for tipping less than this. I used to be a pizza guy. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aint_no_nothin 2005-10-27 03:44 pm UTC (link)
	Hell yeah man, appreciate it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aite_eternelle 2005-10-27 03:34 pm UTC (link)
	That's because we delivery drivers remember who tips well and who doesn't. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	sooper 2005-10-27 12:02 pm UTC (link)
	I have some friends who insist that you don't have to tip pizza guys. I have no idea where they got this idea, but nothing I say will convince them otherwise. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mavenofmusic 2005-10-27 03:06 pm UTC (link)
	When there's a delivery charge, you don't need to tip the drivers. In my area they get that money anyway, we only give them more if service is exceptional. My aunt was a pizza driver and told me this. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	kerberos 2005-10-27 12:27 pm UTC (link)
	Ah so poor people aren't allowed to eat? How about get a job that don't really on tips instead? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	androgybunny 2005-10-27 12:47 pm UTC (link)
	Pizza is clearly the only option for poor people. Delivery pizza. Expensive amounts of delivery pizza. If no one has the kindness to deliver to them without expecting a tip, they're totally implicit in poor people's starvation. Yeah. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	hpapillon 2005-10-27 01:18 pm UTC (link)
	Well, yeah, if you're being charged a delivery fee it's different. Most US pizza places that I recall do NOT charge extra for delivery, or charge only a dollar. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dbaxdevilsfan 2005-10-27 01:30 pm UTC (link)
	When I lived in AZ, we'd get the 3 medium 3 topping deal, and have it delivered. It would come to $18 and change. I'd give the driver $25 and tell them to keep the change. I was tipping because we were just lazy (Papa Johns was literally across the street from our development) (Reply to this)

	aero82 2005-10-27 02:20 pm UTC (link)
	I usually order $16.99 worth and after tax, it's $18 something. so I tip $2 or $3 dollars because my Papa John's is only 5 blocks away. I just don't feel like driving. :) (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	druid_va 2005-10-27 02:42 pm UTC (link)
	Ohhh, Papa John's, the best pizza. I have one two blocks up, way to close for either my wallet or waist line but oh well. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	katdork 2005-10-27 02:23 pm UTC (link)
	I usually tip the pizza guy between $2-3. All of my family have been either waitresses or waiters, so I was always taught if you can't afford a tip, then you shouldn't eat out. (Reply to this)

	slayer_buffy66 2005-10-27 02:27 pm UTC (link)
	Meh. Like they couldn't have come up with ONE more dollar or two. I would have been happy to have the tip in like quarters or something. But damn. I alwaas tip at LEAST 5. (Reply to this)

	rich_monsoon 2005-10-27 02:27 pm UTC (link)
	Ok. I am kinda poor. I usually end up getting the medium pizzas that are 5 bucks (if you buy at least 3). I usually end up having to feed around 7 people (sometimes more). I live in a somewhat bad neighborhood. Only a couple restaraunts deliver to my neighborhood. The rest wont. We always make sure we have enough to tip the delivery person at least 5 bucks. (Reply to this)

	kwanboa 2005-10-27 02:45 pm UTC (link)
	If it was $35.14...here at school, in Canada, where tipping the pizza guy isn't required, you'd get $37, which is the easiest nearest whole amount ($36 is just nasty.) Back home in America, I'd give you $40. (Reply to this)

	offensive 2005-10-27 02:46 pm UTC (link)
	I always pay with a debit card, since I rarely HAVE cash on me, so when I call it in, I always ask if I can add a tip for the driver of usually 3-5 dollars on top of my bill, so I don't have to worry about digging through my room for spare change. (Reply to this)

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