Poll of the Day > I ordered pizza. How much should I tip the driver?

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If the delivery driver isn't getting compensated properly for his serves, then raise his wage. If you have to raise the prices of your food to do so, then so fucking be it.
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FroMan posted...

If the delivery driver isn't getting compensated properly for his serves, then raise his wage. If you have to raise the prices of your food to do so, then so fucking be it.

So. . .what I just posted
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I wish I could start a business where I didn't have to pay my employees, and they wont even mad at me for not paying them a livable wage, they'll be angry at my customers instead. That sounds like a sweet deal for me.
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As an ex delivery driver, it depends on the amount of stuff and distance. If you order 6 2 liters and a large pizza, give the guy an extra buck, especially if you live up stairs. I would be very content if every person gave two bucks. Even a dollar if the person looked like they could not afford to tip would go a long way.
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FroMan posted...

I wish I could start a business where I didn't have to pay my employees, and they wont even mad at me for not paying them a livable wage, they'll be angry at my customers instead. That sounds like a sweet deal for me.

Based on your limited knowledge and volatile nature, I don't think I'd trust you to run a hot dog stand
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If nothing else, can we all agree that tipping based on a percentage of the order is a nonsense way to go about it? Why should the driver get tipped more just because I ordered a large pizza with everything on it, instead of a medium 1 topping? Either way that driver is doing the same amount of work. Even if I order 3 or 4 pizzas, they aren't made of lead, having to carry a few more at a time shouldn't entitle you to 3-4 times the tip.
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FroMan posted...

If nothing else, can we all agree that tipping based on a percentage of the order is a nonsense way to go about it? Why should the driver get tipped more just because I ordered a large pizza with everything on it, instead of a medium 1 topping? Either way that driver is doing the same amount of work. Even if I order 3 or 4 pizzas, they aren't made of lead, having to carry a few more at a time shouldn't entitle you to 3-4 times the tip.

I would agree. I saw a lot of people trying to do fancy math and percentages all the time as a driver, really, depending on distance 2-3 bucks is amazing, any more than that and it was a preferred customer.
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Well I tipped the guy $6 cause he was kinda short and I bet short people have a challenging life

He showed up like two minutes after I made this topic
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I usually tip $2 as a baseline and adjust based on how quick the service was. My usual pizza order is only like $13 though.
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FroMan posted...

streamofthesky posted...

Seriously though. Why do some people think it's a good idea to piss off the employees who handle your food?

Because I shouldn't have to bribe the driver to do his damn job correctly.

streamofthesky posted...

I don't like tipping for pizza...so I pick it up myself. You want to be lazy, pay for it.

You do pay for it. I've never ordered a pizza for deliver that didn't tack on a delivery fee. Why the hell am I paying extra for delivery if that fee isn't going to the delivery driver?

The delivery fee usually does not go directly to the delivery guy. He might get as little as 5% of that fee to help pay for his vehicle's fuel and maintenance. The fee covers the rising cost of ingredients, hourly wages for employees other than the drivers, the store's automobile insurance for non-owned vehicles and all other business expenses. It shouldn't be considered a payment to the delivery guy for their service. Ask the delivery guy if he gets any of the fee.
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Nothing!

I love the American culture of tipping almost everyone for anything :D

I tip my barber, cos he's self employed and he's done my hair 25 years and that's it. Everyone else is picking up a minimum wage.

In England we get charged for delivery (typically £1.50 per order) to me, that's the tip and it's mandatory. Balls to giving them even more.
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Most food delivery workers, like bartenders and servers, don't make minimum wage in the US. It's expected they'll make tips to make up for it. It's possible for them to make a lot more that way, with cash tips usually being untaxed as well.
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"In the United States, the federal minimum wage for waiters and other tipped employees is $2.13. "

Social security taxes takes out 6.2% and Medicare tax is about 1.45% This is excluding Federal and/or state taxes(not all states have the state tax)
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Five buckaroos I vote for the standard fifteen percent.
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shin_mcgoo posted...

FroMan posted...

streamofthesky posted...

Seriously though. Why do some people think it's a good idea to piss off the employees who handle your food?

Because I shouldn't have to bribe the driver to do his damn job correctly.

streamofthesky posted...

I don't like tipping for pizza...so I pick it up myself. You want to be lazy, pay for it.

You do pay for it. I've never ordered a pizza for deliver that didn't tack on a delivery fee. Why the hell am I paying extra for delivery if that fee isn't going to the delivery driver?

The delivery fee usually does not go directly to the delivery guy. He might get as little as 5% of that fee to help pay for his vehicle's fuel and maintenance. The fee covers the rising cost of ingredients, hourly wages for employees other than the drivers, the store's automobile insurance for non-owned vehicles and all other business expenses. It shouldn't be considered a payment to the delivery guy for their service. Ask the delivery guy if he gets any of the fee.

I know the delivery fee doesn't go to the driver, but you didn't explain what it is there for. Why would a pizza cost more to make if you are delivering it than if it is take out? Its the same ingredients. Its the same hourly employees making it. The only reasonable explanation is that it would cost more because you have to pay a guy to drive it out to your house, but apparently that's not what its for since they expect you to make up that difference on your own when once he gets to your house.
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fuck american tip culture
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BillySastard posted...

Nothing, that's his fucking job.

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Junpeiclover posted...

$3 or $5

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One of the best "caught on videos" is the pizza guy cutting off a fleeing suspect so a cop could get him. The pizza guy then speeds away.
Commentator " gotta make that delivery on time!"
Me "that dude is so stoned"

Tip your pizza road warrior well people.
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$1 for each pizza is the standard I know. I think that's a pretty good rule of thumb.
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Doctor Foxx posted...

About three fifty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xCAs08QPNw
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I tend to go with $3-$4.
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$10 and a Tonidos from the freezer
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i triple quad dog super dare you to eat a hardboiled egg on a pizza
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Cool people eat scrambled eggs on their pizza
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Mead posted...

Cool people eat scrambled eggs on their pizza

You won't post a video of you eating a slice with it.

Though real talk it probably isn't as bad as hard boiled egg.

I don't have any eggs and I don't know how to put a video on YouTube

Maybe one day
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Hey @helIy you should try all the different types of eggs on pizza. I'm especially interested in fried egg on pizza.

At my high-school they served a breakfast pizza that had country gravy instead of tomato sauce, and the toppings where scrambled eggs and sausage. Any one else ever had that?
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@SkynyrdRocker posted...

Hey @helIy you should try all the different types of eggs on pizza. I'm especially interested in fried egg on pizza.

only if you're buyin

i like eggs significantly less after that. i mean, i already didn't really like them, but geez.
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FroMan posted...

At my high-school they served a breakfast pizza that had country gravy instead of tomato sauce, and the toppings where scrambled eggs and sausage. Any one else ever had that?

I have, not at school tho.
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helIy posted...

@SkynyrdRocker posted...

Hey @helIy you should try all the different types of eggs on pizza. I'm especially interested in fried egg on pizza.

only if you're buyin

i like eggs significantly less after that. i mean, i already didn't really like them, but geez.

Not now. Maybe later. Maybe it would suck less if you got complementary toppings like..........ummmm......

it's not the toppings, I barely even tasted the toppings last time

but I imagine sausage would compliment

on a square pizza, too because it doesn't really work on a slice
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HellHole_ posted...

it's not the toppings, I barely even tasted the toppings last time

but I imagine sausage would compliment

on a square pizza, too because it doesn't really work on a slice

That's a joke, right? How would the shape of a pizza affect its flavor?
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...it helps the shit stay on it because it's a bigger surface area
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if you don't tip the pizza delivery guy you better start ordering from somewhere else. they will remember and they won't care if your pizza isn't delivered fast. some will probably even do something to it.
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

if you don't tip the pizza delivery guy you better start ordering from somewhere else. they will remember and they won't care if your pizza isn't delivered fast. some will probably even do something to it.

I've never tipped for pizza, and it always arrives in the typical 30-40 minutes. If they are doing to something to contaminate it, it isn't working, because it always still tastes delicious.
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

if you don't tip the pizza delivery guy you better start ordering from somewhere else. they will remember and they won't care if your pizza isn't delivered fast. some will probably even do something to it.

Depending on the store and driver. The inside people did not care if the driver's get tipped or not, the driver may end up taking the delivery last if they are on a multiple run or just not take care of it like they normally would, but I highly doubt many people would risk jail for fucking with someone's food.
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Deuce600 posted...

Krazy_Kirby posted...

if you don't tip the pizza delivery guy you better start ordering from somewhere else. they will remember and they won't care if your pizza isn't delivered fast. some will probably even do something to it.

Depending on the store and driver. The inside people did not care if the driver's get tipped or not, the driver may end up taking the delivery last if they are on a multiple run or just not take care of it like they normally would, but I highly doubt many people would risk jail for fucking with someone's food.

I've worked in the fast food industry for almost a decade now, and that is basically the general attitude. No matter how often movies and tv shows portray the idea of spitting in a customers food as a punchline, in the real life it is no laughing matter. To say that behavior is not tolerated is an understatement. The places I've worked would write you up for just joking about spitting in a customers food. They make it very clear that not only is it instant grounds for termination, but they can and will report you to the police so charges can be brought against you.

While this zero tolerance attitude obviously won't deter every single person from committing the act, you can generally rest assured that no matter how much you piss off the person preparing your food, they more than likely wouldn't dare spit it.
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slacker03150 posted...

You don't tip the driver in america, you just clap for a job well done.

i always just give them a dollar lol
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Mead posted...

FroMan posted...

Because I shouldn't have to bribe the driver to do his damn job correctly.

Expect your delivery fees to go up dramatically then

Unless you think drivers are gonna work for $3 an hour and no tips

Federal law makes it so if wage+tip=/=minimum wage, the employer has to make up the difference, not the tipper, tips were developed during the depression so that employers could pass on the bill to pay their employees to the customer, and it just stuck.

Doctor Foxx posted...

About three fifty

this answer is presuming your pizza has been delivered by a loch ness monster.

FroMan posted...

Krazy_Kirby posted...

if you don't tip the pizza delivery guy you better start ordering from somewhere else. they will remember and they won't care if your pizza isn't delivered fast. some will probably even do something to it.

I've never tipped for pizza, and it always arrives in the typical 30-40 minutes. If they are doing to something to contaminate it, it isn't working, because it always still tastes delicious.

You're pretty terrible for not tipping, but I will say that whenever I see an order for someone I know doesn't tip, I take their order last. It's especially fun when they ask for cheese and peppers and tell them I don't have any on me when I always do.

Or if I get the pleasure of taking their order, I tell them our delivery time is something absurd like 2 hours and I make sure they don't get any good deals if they still want delivery.

They wanna waste my time by not tipping, I'm gonna waste theirs.
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MasterSword546 posted...

FroMan posted...

Krazy_Kirby posted...

if you don't tip the pizza delivery guy you better start ordering from somewhere else. they will remember and they won't care if your pizza isn't delivered fast. some will probably even do something to it.

I've never tipped for pizza, and it always arrives in the typical 30-40 minutes. If they are doing to something to contaminate it, it isn't working, because it always still tastes delicious.

You're pretty terrible for not tipping, but I will say that whenever I see an order for someone I know doesn't tip, I take their order last. It's especially fun when they ask for cheese and peppers and tell them I don't have any on me when I always do.

Or if I get the pleasure of taking their order, I tell them our delivery time is something absurd like 2 hours and I make sure they don't get any good deals if they still want delivery.

They wanna waste my time by not tipping, I'm gonna waste theirs.

Your company is wasting your time by not paying you properly. Deliver privately if you want the customer to pay you.
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It's got be at least 5 bucks. And don't think they don't know you if you tip badly. Support your local pizza guy. It's no more dangerous than driving a cab in some area.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

MasterSword546 posted...

FroMan posted...

Krazy_Kirby posted...

if you don't tip the pizza delivery guy you better start ordering from somewhere else. they will remember and they won't care if your pizza isn't delivered fast. some will probably even do something to it.

I've never tipped for pizza, and it always arrives in the typical 30-40 minutes. If they are doing to something to contaminate it, it isn't working, because it always still tastes delicious.

You're pretty terrible for not tipping, but I will say that whenever I see an order for someone I know doesn't tip, I take their order last. It's especially fun when they ask for cheese and peppers and tell them I don't have any on me when I always do.

Or if I get the pleasure of taking their order, I tell them our delivery time is something absurd like 2 hours and I make sure they don't get any good deals if they still want delivery.

They wanna waste my time by not tipping, I'm gonna waste theirs.

Your company is wasting your time by not paying you properly. Deliver privately if you want the customer to pay you.

Exactly, tell your company to charge properly and pay your god damn wage.
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FalinmerTheil posted...

Mead posted...

FroMan posted...

Because I shouldn't have to bribe the driver to do his damn job correctly.

Expect your delivery fees to go up dramatically then

Unless you think drivers are gonna work for $3 an hour and no tips

Federal law makes it so if wage+tip=/=minimum wage, the employer has to make up the difference, not the tipper, tips were developed during the depression so that employers could pass on the bill to pay their employees to the customer, and it just stuck.

Ok? Do you not understand though that if suddenly restaurant owners have to increase all of their labor costs that food prices will go up dramatically? Restaurants have a difficult enough time turning a profit as it is.
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Mead posted...

Ok? Do you not understand though that if suddenly restaurant owners have to increase all of their labor costs that food prices will go up dramatically? Restaurants have a difficult enough time turning a profit as it is.

So? If they can't operate while offering a fair wage, they don't deserve to operate at all. Remember, other countries with a definite minimum wage have takeout too.
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