OT: What do you usually tip the pizza guy?
So I haven't been on the board much lately, and figured this would be an interesting question for the MGoMasses on a Friday night. I just ordered a pizza for delivery(first time in probably 9 months), and ended up tipping the guy $1.75. He gave me a look like, "Geeze buddy, thanks for being such a cheap bastard."
I figure, $1.75 seems like an adequate amount for a pizza driver, especially when everyone is already charging $2.50-$3 for delivery nowadays.
Am I being a cheap bastard by tipping $1.75? What is your standard tip for delivery? What is your standard tip at a restaurant?
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:17 PM ^
Im a delivery driver at Pizza Hut until i leave for Michigan in a couple of weeks. It is a great summer job because of tips. What I can tell you is this: Pizza Hut charges $2 per delivery. Drivers get $1.50 out of that per delivery, and if you take 3 deliveries at once because they're near each other, you make $4.50 and so on. On top of that, we get paid minum wage, so no its not a tip job per se. However, with the cost of gas these days, and when you factor in the vehical maintenance, you really come out close to even with that. The average tip I get, or what I would call a fair tip, is about $3. anything less is considered stingy. Its a hard job to get because the pay with tips can average out to over $14 an hour, $20/ hour on busy days. So maybe you dont need to tip that much, but I sure apreciate it. And so do delivery drivers everywhere.
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:24 PM ^
For papajohns and we get $4 an hour for driving and $7:40 for instore working .We get $1.35 for each delivery. In Dec. I had a drunk driver run into me and had a slight concussion and had to go to the Dr ... PJ's paid so that is where the delivery charge probably pays for the workers comp . A friend looked online somwhere and it said that 10% is minimum for delivery drivers so we always appreciate anything more generous then that . Busy nights and
generous people I have made over $20 an hour. But a slow night and a couple no tips and its doesn't even pay for gas and repairs and ins .
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:26 PM ^
I can't believe this thread has three pages of responses. I'm impressed. I usually tip $2 - $3. 20% seems high. Compared to a waiter, a pizza delivery guy is doing one task, once. A waiter or waitress is tending to your table for an hour or more. Plus, they split their tips with the bussers. But I do get the paying for their own gas thing.
Here's a related question: when you go to a place like Homemade Pizza where you get a raw pizza to bake at home, and you're picking it up yourself, how much do you tip? It's awkward if you pay with a credit card and leave the tip line blank, but if you're picking it up and baking it yourself, do you need to leave a tip?
If I go pick it up myself, get out of my car and go into the store to get it? Zero tip. I mean, that would be basically the same as tipping the cashier at the grocery store.
The only time I've ever tipped at the counter was at a place that accepted cash-only at the counter and only accepted cards if it was a call-in order.....and I ordered and then forgot I had no cash so the guy let me pay with the card rather than walk a few blocks to the closest ATM. Course he probably just didn't want to risk I'd just leave and leave them with a wasted order, but still.
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:28 PM ^
If you're in school money is tight, I would just give a buck! Most of us should give about 15 percent tip. Most of the delivery driver wages are based off tips...and most pizza companies do not pay for gas. If you're loaded why not slip a $20!
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:30 PM ^
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:36 PM ^
...all I'll say is that we remember who the bigger tippers are and who the cheapskates are.
August 4th, 2012 at 12:00 AM ^
depending on how far away I live from the place. I think 5 is standard....6 or 7 bucks if I live pretty far from the pizza place, or if it's raining/snowing.
To the OP, aaamichfan, tipping the guy $1.75?...you might as well just have kicked him in the balls and banged his girlfriend right in front of him....or right in front of him and on top of the pizza he just delivered to you.
August 4th, 2012 at 12:12 AM ^
I think $1.75 on top of a $3 delivery fee is pretty good for a guy who gets to smoke weed and listen to music all night....
August 4th, 2012 at 12:04 AM ^
I would have gone with a $16, or $17 even. Not sure why, but I typically tip ~20% in house, and for some reason lean towards a bit more for front door service. I guess it's the thought that someone has to drive, get in/out of a car, and bring the food to my door. When you combine that with the reality that a large percentage of delivery orders will most likely bring minimal tips (I guess that's my belief), I feel that's sufficient.
August 4th, 2012 at 12:40 AM ^
August 4th, 2012 at 12:16 AM ^
Just the tip.
August 4th, 2012 at 12:19 AM ^
Please let football season start already!
August 4th, 2012 at 12:20 AM ^
Never below $3 and sometimes $5.
I figure you build up some equity with decent tips to dilverey guys. After all, they know where you live.
August 4th, 2012 at 12:30 AM ^
4-5 is a good min range. If you plan to order pizza from the place on a regular basis, you need to give a decent tip, otherwise next time you'll be getting the pepperoni and pube pizza. /s
August 4th, 2012 at 12:50 AM ^
You can bring a huge amount of joy into someone's life by giving them $5 instead of $3 on a $20 order. That said, a $1.50 tip is significantly better than zero if you live on a budget.
August 4th, 2012 at 12:55 AM ^
I usually just give him 5 bucks. More if I had a huge order.
lol. suckers. $1.75 would be a very generous tip in Europe.
August 4th, 2012 at 10:55 AM ^
That's because they already make you pay gratuity as part of the bill.
I can't believe there's been 150 comments and not one reference to the Trident Layers commercials, while about 1/3 of them are attempting to make fun of other schools' alumni.
There are lots of variables that factor into this, such as: Size of order, location/distance, quality of service/food..many things. But if you're just ordering a pizza and some sticks, 1.75 should be sufficent if the place is only a mile away. On a Friday, that kid should be makin 60+ bucks a night in tips alone.
Second, take into account how mich gas prices are right now, and if your house was 5-10 miles away from the pizza place, were goin to assume that this delivery guy has a shitty car with shitty fuel efficiency. So with that being said, there is a good chance this guy paid nearly $4 or more to delivee you this pizza, and with getting a $1.75 tip and probably $1.50 or so from his employer per delivery (pretty standard), there is a good chance that this guy LOST money delivering you this pizza.
If you're going to get a pizza delivered you have to plan to spend AT LEAST $3 in tip depending on the distance of your house no matter your size order or quality of food (what does that have to do with the driver). Stop being a cheap-skate
Either way, i'm not saying delivering pizzas is a money losing venture, you can make great money as a delivery guy IF people tip decent. It's when you have those days that NOBODYYY is tipping well if at all, those are the days where you just want to quit.
August 4th, 2012 at 10:30 AM ^
consider dropping your ego for starters, this is a discussion board, not an "act snobby and like you are better than everyone else" board.
And most pizza delivery guys are young people that are just trying to make money while getting through school, not fucking 30 year old fathers with families who plan on doing it their whole life. Get the dick out of your ass and quit being so judgemental.
That is incredibly sexist
August 4th, 2012 at 11:18 AM ^
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August 4th, 2012 at 12:32 PM ^
I understand where you're coming from, but hypothetically the waiter could be relying on your 15% tip to support his entire family (including his wife)
A lot of posts are mentioning "free delivery". When I lived in MoJo in the '70s there was a Dominoes across the athletic fields. They advertised "free deliver" and $1 off for pick up.
I thought that was somewhat clever marketing. Deceptive but clever.
I just have my girlfriend flash the delivery guy instead of giving a tip.
- Alex
August 4th, 2012 at 11:36 AM ^
It's, "I just MAKE my girlfriend flash the delivery guy."
Lets all go to Vegas together!
August 4th, 2012 at 10:58 AM ^
The generally accepted tip for a pizza guy is a minimum of $3, more if you have a bigger order. I know it sucks that the pizza place charges for delivery, but the driver get's none of that. This is the info most pizza drivers have told me in the past. Now granted if you're a struggling college student than maybe $2 is ok, but less than that is pretty cheap.
August 4th, 2012 at 11:20 AM ^
August 4th, 2012 at 12:21 PM ^
You were being cheap. I delivered pizza's for a summer in colllege, back in the late 90's early 2000's. My average tip was about $3 and keep in mind that was nearly 10 years ago. Yes pizza places charge a delivery fee, but the driver keeps $.50-.$75 of that money tops and like it was mentioned earlier, that barely covers gas, that money basically goes to the store/franchise. I would have given you the same look, had you given me that tip. I usually tip $5 to the pizza guy and 20%-25% when I go out to eat. In my opinion no one has to go out to eat, it is a luxury, if you can afford that luxury you can afford to tip well.