Am I cheap?

[Thegonagle]

I know a little bit about the business, at least locally.

'Round here, ALL pizza places kick $.75 to $2.00 per delivery to the driver for wear and tear and gas. Many of those places don't have a delivery charge (local joints in competition with each other), but a lot of them do (mostly the Domino's, Papa John's, and Pizza Huts). The important thing is that they all pay some small amount per delivery for "mileage."

Corporate-owned Domino's stores in the area the worst. They charge every delivery customer $2 or so, and pay a different amount per delivery based on how many orders the driver takes out the door per trip. For example: $1.25 for the first order, $.85 for the second, $.60 for the third, $0.00 for any additional orders. But they still keep the $2. On every order. So, suppose the driver has 4 orders to deliver, Domino's is collecting $8, but paying out $2.70. Ouch! AFAIK, Domino's is the only one in town that does that tiered thing, but Papa John's and Pizza Hut certainly collect more in delivery charges than they pay out in "mileage."

Other places with a delivery charge probably collect $1-2 from the customer, and pay 100% of it back to the driver in "mileage."

And places without a delivery charge usually pay around $1 per delivery in "mileage."

Conclusion: The restaurants that collect a delivery charge are simply shifting what is traditionally the restaurant's expense over to the customer. (And some are making an additional profit from it. Either way, the delivery charges flow to the restaurant's bottom line, not the driver's.)

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: dNor

And has nothing to do what I just said. WOOSH! I'd say get over yourself and pick up a book.

Of course, SirStev0 could easily be one of the threatening pizza store kids who lives by "give me two dollars or get ball sweat!" Considering this is ATOT, that's probably the case.

Are you the one ordering the pizza or is it mom and dad?

You don't need to convince us 'nothing' is happening to your food when your aren't tipping...whatever gets you through thinking a pube is just some gristle.

 

[SampSon]

I will never feel sorry for pissant delivery drivers.

 

[Farang]

How far did he drive? $2 is a standard tip that 90% of people give.

<--former Driver

 

[alkemyst]

I got paid $3/hr under the table during my chinese food days. The pizza guys were getting about $6/hr taxed. They were driving more and making less over all. I'd work a 3-4 hour shift and maybe have $50-60 on an average night. Pulling a Friday or Saturday, I'd do more like 4-6 depending on the traffic, but walking out with $100+ wasn't rare. I'd go home shower and head out to a club almost every night...with my paychecks + delivery money came in I was covering my insurance and gas, I knew I could blow every cent I had made each night...on top of this job I worked other jobs after school. I would get a quarter to fifty cents per order, every order. We'd queue up the orders between myself, my brother, my best friend to maximize our runs. The 1-2 other dudes usually took the scraps but seemed to want to do less. We'd walk out with almost 4 to 1 deliveries compared to them.

The best perk of this job was we could have 'co-pilots' (our girlfriends) with us and if one of us stopped for a bit, we knew our buddies had us covered.

 

[Vehemence]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: dNor

And has nothing to do what I just said. WOOSH! I'd say get over yourself and pick up a book.

Of course, SirStev0 could easily be one of the threatening pizza store kids who lives by "give me two dollars or get ball sweat!" Considering this is ATOT, that's probably the case.

Are you the one ordering the pizza or is it mom and dad?

You don't need to convince us 'nothing' is happening to your food when your aren't tipping...whatever gets you through thinking a pube is just some gristle.

Err, me. Does your mommy order yours for you or something? You don't need to convince me, or more importantly yourself, that you know how my food is or isn't.

 

[Kelemvor]

I never have stuff delivered if there's a fee for it. But if something come sup that I have to, I consider the fee part of the tip. They can go get a different job if they don't like it.

I'd rather drive 10 minutes each way to get it because it's cheaper that way even with gas.

 

[ICRS]

Originally posted by: Whisper

Originally posted by: ICRS

Originally posted by: TruePaige
Does anyone tip at starbucks?

Yes I always if they have a tip jar or line for tip on the CC receipt.

If you don't then you are being cheap.

I'd have to disagree. While I do occasionally tip, as far as I know, Starbucks employees are actually paid fairly well for the work. Thus, I don't necessarily always feel the need to tip them.

Same goes for Subway employees and their restaurants where a "tip cup" has been put up.

Edit: As for the OP, a $2 tip on a $10 pizza is plenty. I generally give the same amount (~20% of my order), although I include the delivery charge when calculating said 20%. It usually works out to about ~$4 or 4.50 on a $20-ish order.

Where I live waitstaff generally is paid MORE before tip than starbucks people.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
sounds okay to me

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: Kelemvor
I never have stuff delivered if there's a fee for it. But if something come sup that I have to, I consider the fee part of the tip. They can go get a different job if they don't like it.

I'd rather drive 10 minutes each way to get it because it's cheaper that way even with gas.

Chinese food places with free delivery FTW!

 

[OCNewbie]

Sounds fine to me too, and I work in the service industry where tipping is a staple of my income.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Kelemvor
I never have stuff delivered if there's a fee for it. But if something come sup that I have to, I consider the fee part of the tip. They can go get a different job if they don't like it.

I'd rather drive 10 minutes each way to get it because it's cheaper that way even with gas.

Is this your Second Life character talking?

 

[GiggleGirl]

i think thats reasonable. thats pretty much 4 dollars depending on how much of the delivery charge they get. dont worry about it

 

[weirdichi]

Once again, ANYTHING on here can be a basis for name-calling. Thanks for entertaining me for 5 minutes. From what I read, there are at least two different arguments in this thread. Bwahahaha!

As for the OP, I'd probably order from a different place next time or go pick it up yourself if the guy looked upset over your generous tip.