Tipping Pizza Delivery Drivers...

[ZeroTolerance94]

How much money should an individual tip a pizza delivery driver...?

And to any possible pizza delivery drivers on this forum; how much money do you consider a decent tip on a delivery? What amount is considered heavily lackluster?

I just ordered a pizza and wondered what the general consensus is on it.

 

[Riverrunsred]

$3-5 for a bill of under $20.

 

[kevdes93]

I delivered pizza for a year, wasnt that bad. Most tips averaged from 3-5 bucks

 

[MoshJosh]

I usually do 15-20% unless it's really cheap then I'll throw 3-5 as above^^^

 

[MFB]

My order is always around $14 to $18 at most and I throw in $3 for a tip. Either way its 15-20%.

 

[vilk]

Same as above, but other factors to consider:

Your distance from the place
Current weather
Delivery charge (yes, I know people don't always get them--depends on the place. But it often figures into how much of that 20$ bill is left over.)


You better believe I'll do you better than $3 if you're driving in the rain from across town. But if I'm just ordering a small pizza from down the street on a sunny afternoon because I'm sick in bed or something then try not to shit your panties if I only tip you a few bucks.

 

[Curt]

unless I am ordering more than one pizza, I usually just tip them $5.

 

[troyguitar]

zero

I pick it up because I'm way too ....ing cheap to spend that much extra money on a damn pizza.

$5 extra is enough to buy another whole pizza, hot n' ready style.

 

[troyguitar]

Put another way:

If you order a guitar from Guitar Center, how much do you tip the UPS driver?

 

[asher]

Put another way:

If you order a guitar from Guitar Center, how much do you tip the UPS driver?

UPS doesn't assume tipping in the wages they pay their drivers.

 

[troyguitar]

UPS doesn't assume tipping in the wages they pay their drivers.

Who cares?

I'm not the one delivering the pizza, I'm the one eating it.

Delivering a pizza is doing a job as expected. Tips are rewards for going beyond expectations.

 

[piggins411]

*Awaits Reservoir Dogs-esque conversation*

 

[Joose]

Minimum 25%; more if lots of change. I'm a car guy, and I know the beating the drivers' cars take; one serious problem and their whole month's worth of tips is spent.

 

[The Griffinator]

Minimum 25%; more if lots of change. I'm a car guy, and I know the beating the drivers' cars take; one serious problem and their whole month's worth of tips is spent.

This. Doesn't matter if ordering in or eating out, I tip a minimum of 25%. I don't have a problem shelling out an extra 2$-4$ so my waitress/pizza guy/poor college student can afford a coffee in the morning.

 

[Hollowway]

Put another way:

If you order a guitar from Guitar Center, how much do you tip the UPS driver?

Nothing. Because he delivered it to the wrong address! Ba dum TISH!

 

[troyguitar]

Nothing. Because he delivered it to the wrong address! Ba dum TISH!

 

[Joose]

This. Doesn't matter if ordering in or eating out, I tip a minimum of 25%. I don't have a problem shelling out an extra 2$-4$ so my waitress/pizza guy/poor college student can afford a coffee in the morning.

Exactly. If I can afford to be going or ordering out, I can afford to tip well. These people get paid less than minimum wage because of tips.

When I was waiting for this good employer to finally hire me, I spent a month delivering for Jimmy John's (for those from The Car Thread, yes in the Daytona haha). It was awful. There I was getting paid less than minimum wage, gunning the car everywhere because JJ's has a time limit and if you exceed it, you get a strike; and often times people would tip a dollar or less because "it's just a sandwich"... yes, a sandwich you didn't make or want to come get yourself.

If delivery drivers, like waiters/waitresses got paid more hourly, a lack of tipping might be admissable; but they don't, so it's not. Back in my teenage years, if I didn't have enough to give a good tip, I ordered carryout.

 

[3074326]

Who cares?

I'm not the one delivering the pizza, I'm the one eating it.

Delivering a pizza is doing a job as expected. Tips are rewards for going beyond expectations.

What kind of expectations do you have for pizza delivery, exactly?

I tip because the drivers are in charge of my food. I don't like making people angry in general, specifically the ones in charge of my food. I tip 20% and round up if the number isn't even. If they didn't rely on tips, things might be different. But I'm not an asshole, so I tip them because it's how they make a living. I'm paying to be lazy and I'm totally fine with that.

 

[piggins411]

I miss ZEBOV...

 

[FILTHnFEAR]

Who cares?

I'm not the one delivering the pizza, I'm the one eating it.

Delivering a pizza is doing a job as expected. Tips are rewards for going beyond expectations.

Never mind what you'd normally do. Throw in a buck, you cheap bastard!