How much would you tip the pizza delivery guy?

[Sid59]

2 bucks all the time.

 

[ElFenix]

i haven't had a pizza delivered in a long time and i think i'm not going to start now.

 

[MarklarMarklar]

I usually tip $4-5. Most delivery guys say"wow, thanks" plus this insures no foreign objects on next pizza.

 

[kermalou]

in college, we didn't have any more money for the tip, so we ended up smoking the guy out.

 

[Turkey22]

Everywhere I order from is very close to where I live, less than a couple minutes drive time, so I give the change back. Not more than a dollar. If it was something strange and I lived out of the way or something I would tip, but for the 5 total minutes of work they do to grab the pizza and bring it to my front door 25-75 cents is plenty.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
Nothing. They get paid to give me my pizza. I also throw the money out the door (a bunch of singles) and make them run and get it before it blows away in the wind while I laugh.

remind me not to eat pizza over at your house. Hmmm, whats that gooey stuff under the pepperoni.

 

[AvesPKS]

Originally posted by: Thegonagle

Originally posted by: conjur
<$10 = $1
<$15 = $2
<$25 = $3

Never tip less than two bucks, even on an $8 pie. To the guy you?re tipping, an $8 order is about the same amount of work as a more average sized $20 order, so less than a $2 tip, just because you didn?t order much, doesn?t feel particularly ?fair? for the work, the gasoline, and the car itself.

Exactly. Whether you ordered a medium plain, which is like 8 bucks, or 4 larges, some soda, and breadsticks, around 35-40, I still have to do basically the same amount of work. It's not like in a sit-down place where if I only order coffee and dessert, you only have to come up to me two or three times, vs. a whole meal with five people, which is more work.

My worst experience was with a regular customer who was a notoriously bad tipper. He usually tipped less than a dollar, as I drove up to his >$300,000 house, with nice cars sitting in the garage. This one particular time, the total was something like $14.25; he hands me a 20, and says to keep the change. I say thank you, and turn around to walk away. He then motions with his hand like he's clinking coins together in his fist, and says, "I meant the change..." I say, oh, sorry, and give him his change back.

 

[Ornery]

My wife only wants to tip a couple bucks on our $12.00 orders. I ask her why she's willing to tip a waitress so much when she has less work to do than a guy using his own car to drive all the way to our house? I say three dollars minimum.

 

[AvesPKS]

Originally posted by: kermalou
in college, we didn't have any more money for the tip, so we ended up smoking the guy out.

Hehe...I got offered a beer before...by a cop, no less..."Hmm...underage, and driving you say? And I'm a cop...hmmm...here, have a beer!"

 

[chin311]

Originally posted by: kermalou
in college, we didn't have any more money for the tip, so we ended up smoking the guy out.

i wanna deliver your pizza . anyway, yeah, theres always the people that you deliver to and you can smell or tell they are toasted, they usually tip better, cuz 1) they are hungry mofos 2) they really dunno wtf is going on, usually like 4$ outta them. I see at least 2 h0tt wearing little chicks every nite, and they usually tip teh best

 

[Chaotic42]

Depends on how nice he is. If he a complete jerk, then nothing. If he's cool (they usually are), $2-4 depending on how many pizzas I get.

 

[NewForumMember]

- An expensive base price that somehow doesn't pay their employees enough!

- It's terribly bad for you.

I made a compromise and order pizza a few times per decade.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Cyberian
Minimum $1, probably $2, $3 for fast service.

Yeah.

 

[AvesPKS]

Originally posted by: chin311

Originally posted by: kermalou
in college, we didn't have any more money for the tip, so we ended up smoking the guy out.

i wanna deliver your pizza . anyway, yeah, theres always the people that you deliver to and you can smell or tell they are toasted, they usually tip better, cuz 1) they are hungry mofos 2) they really dunno wtf is going on, usually like 4$ outta them. I see at least 2 h0tt wearing little chicks every nite, and they usually tip teh best

Drunk guys are the best...one of my best tips, I got from a drunk guy on Christmas Eve. The order was for, like, 25 bucks, and he hands me a fifty. I start getting change out, and he half-mumbles, "It's Christmas, keep the change."

 

[eakers]

id just give him 15

 

[Akira13]

I tip at least $2, but usually it's like $3-4 because I just round to the nearest bill denomination.

 

[DT4K]

At most places where drivers have to use their own cars, the drivers get extra pay either based on mileage, or per deliver to compensate them for using their own vehicles.

I delivered pizzas for 2 years. About half the people didn't tip at all. For the other half, it usually averaged 2-3 dollars for an average delivery. I did get a 20 dollar tip on christmas eve once.

I tip based on how the service was. If it takes forever, or the guy is rude, I won't tip anything. If it's on time and the guy seems polite and friendly, I tip 2 or 3 dollars.

 

[Kemosabe1447]

2-3 Dollars

 

[Ylen13]

$1-2

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Millennium
3-5 bucks

 

[Aceshigh]

There was one little punk who really pissed me off, I ordered a pizza and it got there really late. The pizza was pretty cold when I got it, and the guy's attitude pretty much sucked too. Anyways, it came out to like $13.00 bucks. I gave the guy a $20 and he said "Did you want any change?".

Yeah, like I was gonna give him a $7.00 tip.

 

[crabbyman]

This reminds me of when I delivered to a drunk guy once.... I gave him the pizza..he set it down on his table..he started to hand me the money. The order was like $12.XX and he gave me a $10...then he gave me a $1...and then another $1...and about 9 more before he closed the door on my face. I laughed at it and took my $8-9 tip and jumped in my car!

 

[66FMC]

When I was a lot younger I paid a pizza delivery guy with a bag of pennies. Is was probably around $16. You should have seen his face.

Looking back, I can't believe he took it. So cruel

 

[Thegonagle]

Originally posted by: Shanti
At most places where drivers have to use their own cars, the drivers get extra pay either based on mileage, or per deliver to compensate them for using their own vehicles.

I delivered pizzas for 2 years. About half the people didn't tip at all. For the other half, it usually averaged 2-3 dollars for an average delivery. I did get a 20 dollar tip on christmas eve once.

Half that people didn't tip at all???

Where did you work? Where I work, maybe 1 out of 20-25 people don't tip. If half the people didn't tip, I would have quit within a month or two. Tips + mileage, which in my case, is paid to me in cash nightly (18 cents per mile, avg. 75-100 miles per night), is approximately 2/3 of my income from that job.

 

I tip in 3 easy payments of 29.95.