Tip the pizza delivery driver!

Perfection said:
How do you figures out where you're goin'?
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My pizza place had a little computer that could generate a map if I didn't know the street (I knew the town pretty well). The real hard part is when people don't have their mailboxes (or houses) clearly marked with their address number. I might know their street, but be driving at 20MPH with my hazards on trying to find the damn house.
Godwynn said:
I have a question.

Is the amount of time required to deliver the pizza mainly fall on the shoulders of the cook, or the driver?
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Its a little of everything. Again, we had a little computer that estimated a time for us. It took around 13 min from to actually make and bake the pizza. If I had no other jobs, I could get somebody their pizza in around 20 min. If the oven if full of other pizzas (cook's problem), if I have a ton of other orders to do (my problem), or if there is traffic (nobody's problem), then it might take longer.

To be totally honest, I was late because of something that I screwed up maybe only 6 times in 4 months. I
 
I'm sympathetic and all, but AFAIK, Tiping is voluntary, isn't it?

If you are counting on the good will of people to get money, I suggest you read Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations.

Think of the other side; If a person call a deliver service, and the deliver service plainly states that the price of the service is, say, $ 28,00, why is it expected that you pay $ 30,00?

Regards :).
 
Tips pretty much dont exist here. You should be damn happy you even have a job. Tips, pfft!
 
Jesus, I must be the best tipper ever. I always do 15% or more. Once, when I ordered a pizza 15 minutes before close, I tipped over 100% (food was 12~ and I paid 25)

edit: and the local chain here adds a $1.85 charge for delivery. Sometimes I factor that into the tip; often I include that amount in the 15%
 
I figure a pizza delivery person is in an entry level job and needs to learn to not expect handouts in life . . . just kidding.

My base tip is usually $2-$3 and it goes up depending on such things as the size of the order, the weather, and how fast the pizza arrives.
 
Yes you dont have to Tip, therefor you should never expect tip, that way you get happy when you do get tip.
And about the gas problem, take it up with your manager and if that dont work find a pizza delivery that pay the gas!
 
I've never ordered a pizza to be delivered at home. Maybe I should then...

But we don't have (afaik) the tipping on the drivers - I suppose the tip is already included in the price, just like in all regular restaurants over here.
 
I've always been a good tipper, and working in the service industry only made me more adamant about it. If I'm already spending $10-20 on pizza, an extra $2-3 is going to mean a lot more to pizza guy than it does to me. I don't think I could look pizza guy in the eye if I were going to tip him <$1, unless pizza was inexcusably late. I've worked for tips. I'm not going to be that jackass.

People who've never worked the industry might forget that that guy's house pay is calculated as though he'll be tipped reasonably. It's not "something extra", it's his wages for the night. That's the case in the US, at least.
 
Perfection said:
Legally, yes. Socially, no.
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Fair enough! But it depends on society, really.

Anyway, whether people tip or not, if the regular pay the job gives does not cover the costs, there is something wrong here, and that is a subject of attention more relevant than tip amounts.

Regards :).
 
Always tip the delivery person! I know that I will, whenever I order pizza myself that is. On another note, it'd be much easier financially to get another job.
 
LucyDuke said:
People who've never worked the industry might forget that that guy's house pay is calculated as though he'll be tipped reasonably. It's not "something extra", it's his wages for the night. That's the case in the US, at least.
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Indeed. In Ohio, jobs that are tipped are paid half min. wage (3.43 / hour); if the tips don't make up the difference then you get min wage.
 
I always try to tip generously, but i always end up thinking of those down the line that don't. Working as dishwasher for a while (too long!) it really started to get to me that the waiting staff usually took home nearly twice as much as I did during a shift, even though they worked for 4 hours and I usually ended up staying 7. I guess I didn't have to smile while I worked or put up with angry customers when they came, but then again they didn't have to go home with cuts every night smelling like old fries and chalet sauce....

...so I quit and found a better job! :)
 
Bugfatty300 said:
It is truly amazing how many cheap there are where I live. They order a $18 or $17 worth of food, give me a 20 and they expect every penny of change back. Then there are the people who give the exact amount. You just know they were never intending to give a tip in the first place.

Some points and grievances:

For those who do not tip:
-Pizza Hut does not pay for the gas which I use to bring your pizza to your sorry ass. I do. It is not worth my time and effort for me to drive to your house and give you pizza and get nothing in return.

-Pizza Hut does not include tips in the bill. Its up to YOU to cover it.

-Pizza delivery (sales drivers) is considered the 5th most dangerous job in America. Not just danger from robbers and murderers but also from car accidents since we are on the roads and highways pretty much all day.

-The "Tip" section on your visa slip is just that: A tip for me. None of it goes to Pizza Hut. Its all mine.

For others:
-When you give the pizza driver the money, make sure you indicate that they can keep the change or tell them how much change you want back. I'm not allowed to ask how much you want back. And If you don't tell me to give change back then I assume the change is my tip then I say "thank you and have a nice day" and I walk away. Don't chase after me cussing me because you didn't get your 3 bucks back.

-Please do not pay half the charge in quarters. So far I have been nice and accepted it but its getting to be a pain to count them all on your doorstep and cause me to loose time.

-Please do not prank people by calling in fake pizza orders. The only person you are hurting is the drivers who you don't even know. When we take a pizza to someone who didn't order it, it is a huge waste of time and money for the driver.

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Sorry for the rant but its been a crappy 2 weeks for me. I'm working overtime at Pizza Hut and am not even able to pay my bills because of people cheaping out on tips on most of my deliveries. I hope this is just a bad spell or else I have to look for another job.

So please remember. When you order a pizza, please tip the driver.
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Get a job at Domino's. They pay more than a dollar per run that you take.

Other than that, I'd say, as a former delivery driver, that if you habitually neglect to tip your driver or tip poorly, then I guarantee that you've eaten tainted food more than once and it is only a matter of time before it is something that is going to make you sick, whether that is the intent or not. I've worked at three different delivery stores and I would estimate that at least half of the drivers are unscrupulous enough to do things like this.
 
mrt144 said:
Lucky? :lol: :lol: :lol: thats more like a punishment
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Psh! It tastes delicious. This thread made me go out and pick up a Large Cheese and Crazy Bread!
 
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