brennan
Argumentative Brit
Yeah, but he demonstrates that it does happen. After about 50 people tried to slam me for suggesting it.
And who says I judge paedophiles anyway?
And who says I judge paedophiles anyway?
Tip the pizza delivery driver!
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LucyDuke
staring at the clock
I believe the slam was for suggesting it's common. Whatever, though, no biggie either way.
Just an example.
Bamspeedy
CheeseBob
But it wasn't (only) because they were a non-tipper (still unacceptable, though and he should be fired). He'd have that attitude if the job consisted of tips or not. I delivered pizzas for 7 years and 3 years before that I was working at a gas station/restuarant and never heard of anyone spitting in food.
Working in the service industry, I really despised the anal customers, too. Yes, the sign says 3AM, but that doesn't mean you should wait until 2:59. Do people wait until the very last minute to go to the bank or the grocery store? Most places I worked at if you called one minute before close, we just wouldn't answer the phone. I think they would prefer no pizza to spit pizza from Wyrmshadow.
We had one guy we delivered to that had a house on a bluff that had a single lane gravel road going up the hillside to his house. Great tipper, but NO we won't deliver to you when we are having a blizzard that is dumping 2 feet of snow or during an ice storm!! The tip isn't worth getting stuck up there or sliding off the road, down the hillside!
I had someone that lived 10 miles outside the city wanting food delivered.
Me: "Sorry Sir, we don't deliver out that far".
Him: "But in the phone book it says you deliver to all of La Crosse".
Me: "Within the city limits, yes we do."
Him: "But I am in La Crosse, that is what my postal adress says". (he had a Rural route address, and besides, the postal addresses doesn't determine city limits, but sometimes it was frustrating trying to explain that to a customer).
warpus said:
Well, most people would call once if it was about 15 minutes late, just to make sure it is on the way and there wasn't a problem (and may take some off of the tip), and then if they have to call a second time (half hour late) that is when they won't tip anything at all. I had to call one time and it turned out they didn't have my apartment number (I can't remember if I had told them that or not), and they forgot to ask for my phone number, so they couldn't call me back. So someone noticed there was no apartment #, so didn't make the pizza since they wouldn't be able to deliver it since they couldn't call me. They just had to wait for me to call back, and although it was obviously late, the pizza was fresh.
I guess I forgot to include that in my tipping system. If the service was sub-par, so that I only gave the driver $1, is when I'll make some sort of comment to the driver or whoever answers the phone. If the service was so terrible (makes me want to gag) that I don't tip the driver anything (and likely order elsewhere next time) is when I will call the place and file the complaint with the manager.
Well, I just had that image when you talked about a two-minute window. If you rounded off to the nearest five minutes, I wouldn't have had that image.
In any case, I think I'd rather have you as a customer than the drunks who claimed they ordered an hour and a half ago, but when I look at the ticket, they called only 35 minutes ago.
LucyDuke
staring at the clock
How is delivering pizza not a "real job"? What's a "real job"?
I prefer my gratuity-based job to my salary-based job. I'm guaranteed the base amount of money with the salary, but I have a chance to earn much more money than is reasonable through gratuities. But really, how is it not a "real job"?
And we wonder why delivery drivers, waiters, and others become jaded....
I have no idea.
SS-18 ICBM
Oscillator
I know. When you decide whether to tip a pizza guy or not, you aren't thinking about the free market, social welfare, and straw man arguments.
I do believe they deserve a decent tip for adequate service.
What I mean is, yeah it's a job, but why complain over $5 and peoples "good will" (aka gratuity) - not to mention ware/tear on your car, when you could be making the pizzas, jockeying a register, or doing numerous other jobs that pay twice as much, for half the work.
I agree, people screw others in the form of tips, but quit complaining about a choice you can "unmake". get a job that suits you, even at an entry level means.
I agree, people screw others in the form of tips, but quit complaining about a choice you can "unmake". get a job that suits you, even at an entry level means.
If they do the work, they should get the full 15% in my eyes. I would lower it a bit for poor service (5%) but no more unless it was so awful/offending to negate any tip. It's odd, but it makes sense sort of.
My FAVORITE part of my job is telling customers that live way the hell far away that we can't deliver to them. It makes my week. I wish I could do that to more people. We deliver so far and for pennies.
Murky
Deity
No offense dude, but you should try to get a better job than that.
Dude, that's it... let's all just tip the pizza guy (assuming you actually want to go through all this, and order a pizza to be delivered). It's just not worth it... since a lot of these people have nothing to lose, and there's no telling what kind of sick, vindictive reprisals might come your way if you 'cross' one of them. I mean, they make horror movies about this kind of stuff.
Some guy with a cute squirrel avatar - seems harmless... hey man, you never know.
Some guy with a cute squirrel avatar - seems harmless... hey man, you never know.
A pizza delivery guy conspiracy backed by the Illuminati?
Makes absolute sense.
I need a place to post this picture I took on my trip. This is the big door that seals in the missile launch crew for the Minuteman II missile complex I visited (decommissioned, btw, it's a park tour now.) Someone who will remain anonymous, in case the mods don't appreciate the choice, suggested this thread.
Just think of this next time you are too lazy/cheap to tip the pizza guy/gal.
Just think of this next time you are too lazy/cheap to tip the pizza guy/gal.
Ziggy Stardust
Absolutely Sane
Even for a nuke, the golden rule aplies: If it hasn't got any extra cheese, it doesn't have any extra cheese!
Indeed, and if you put anchovies on it, I'm sending it right back at ya!
LucyDuke
staring at the clock
Indeed, and if you put anchovies on it, I'm sending it right back at ya!
Ya know, it never really occurred to me that something could be more unpleasant than a nuke. But a nuke with anchovies sounds worse than a plain one.
