Pizza Delivery....such mysteries...

[chin311]

Alright, so last night, was my first night "driving" for Domino's Pizza around Central FL. I just do it on the side, like Monday/Wednesday nights.

Anyway, it gets interesting because last night it was sprinkling/raining hard in some of the area, so you figure people would be a little more generous..

So I go from house to house and over the night, I can go to a pretty big house in a wealthy neighborhood and get maybe $1 and change, some 2-3 bucks.

Last one of the night (it was pretty crappy) and im going to this house down a little gravel road with some doublewides, give the guy his pizza and salad, total is like $11.75, he gives me a twenty, i go to get the change (like he's gonna give me 8.25$ for a tip!) and he says "keep it, be careful man", im like 'uhh uhh, thanks have a good nite'.

shocking what you get where you dont expect it. ah well, thought i'd share.

anyway, its a good side job, i usually average about 10$ an hour in tips + hourly + .50 per delivery. Car is a corolla, so not much in gas

 

[ndee]

the rich didn't get rich cuz they spend all their money

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: ndee
the rich didn't get rich cuz they spend all their money

Exactly, the rich are rich usually b/c they are tight a$$es with their money and are not very giving to others.....I'm generalizing of course but ndee has the idea.

 

[EvilYoda]

huh, sounds like an interesting job...I wonder how much the delivery people make around here, with the area being fairly affluent...wonder if everyone's a tightass like you say

 

[chin311]

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
huh, sounds like an interesting job...I wonder how much the delivery people make around here, with the area being fairly affluent...wonder if everyone's a tightass like you say

its not bad overall, when you get screwed it normally gets made up for later...

some people can be arses, like give you $22 and the bill is $21.93 and say "keep the change"!

i wanna say "STFU!!!" but i can't, so i just move on and hope it gets made up for...

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: ndee
the rich didn't get rich cuz they spend all their money

That's an interesting perspective.... true in probably too many cases.

It does mean, though, that you can't judge a book by it's cover, even in a trailer park

 

[AvesPKS]

Originally posted by: chin311

Originally posted by: EvilYoda
huh, sounds like an interesting job...I wonder how much the delivery people make around here, with the area being fairly affluent...wonder if everyone's a tightass like you say

its not bad overall, when you get screwed it normally gets made up for later...

some people can be arses, like give you $22 and the bill is $21.93 and say "keep the change"!

i wanna say "STFU!!!" but i can't, so i just move on and hope it gets made up for...

That's when you take that 7 cents and throw it back on their lawn..."No, you keep that."

 

[isekii]

people that really tip well are the people that are already in the service industry.

some rich people are generous and some are just stingy bastages

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: isekii
people that really tip well are the people that are already in the service industry.

some rich people are generous and some are just stingy bastages

exactly.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Staley8

Originally posted by: ndee
the rich didn't get rich cuz they spend all their money

Exactly, the rich are rich usually b/c they are tight a$$es with their money and are not very giving to others.....I'm generalizing of course but ndee has the idea.

You're not going to get rich by jipping the delivery guy of money.

I would say a better correlation to being rich is education level.

 

[AstIsis]

Originally posted by: isekii
people that really tip well are the people that are already in the service industry.

some rich people are generous and some are just stingy bastages

Some of us worked our way up the corporate ladder and remember what it was like to have a service job.

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: ndee
the rich didn't get rich cuz they spend all their money

Not necessarily.

 

[TallBill]

That's when you take that 7 cents and throw it back on their lawn..."No, you keep that."

Thats when you get fired


Just curious chin311, if the total is like 13.50 and i give ya a 15.. thats perfectly acceptable right? sometimes i tip in the 2-3 range, but sometimes rounding is easier.

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: Staley8

Originally posted by: ndee
the rich didn't get rich cuz they spend all their money

Exactly, the rich are rich usually b/c they are tight a$$es with their money and are not very giving to others.....I'm generalizing of course but ndee has the idea.

You're not going to get rich by jipping the delivery guy of money.

I would say a better correlation to being rich is education level.

I disagree. How many wealthy teachers and professors do you know?
Exactly, there aren't any.
Sure there are professionals, et., that do well, but even the lifetime income of a professional athlete pales in comparison to that of a professional actor, for instance.

 

[chin311]

Originally posted by: TallBill

That's when you take that 7 cents and throw it back on their lawn..."No, you keep that."

Thats when you get fired


Just curious chin311, if the total is like 13.50 and i give ya a 15.. thats perfectly acceptable right? sometimes i tip in the 2-3 range, but sometimes rounding is easier.

Yeah, i could live w/ that. I think 2$ is more towards the norm... anything over a $1 is liveable, tho not preferred.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: godmare

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: Staley8

Originally posted by: ndee
the rich didn't get rich cuz they spend all their money

Exactly, the rich are rich usually b/c they are tight a$$es with their money and are not very giving to others.....I'm generalizing of course but ndee has the idea.

You're not going to get rich by jipping the delivery guy of money.

I would say a better correlation to being rich is education level.

I disagree. How many wealthy teachers and professors do you know?
Exactly, there aren't any.
Sure there are professionals, et., that do well, but even the lifetime income of a professional athlete pales in comparison to that of a professional actor, for instance.

I said a BETTER correlation would be education level... i didn't say education determined wealth.

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: amnesiac

Originally posted by: ndee
the rich didn't get rich cuz they spend all their money

Not necessarily.

Just an example: I know a couple, they would rather wear a sweatshirt in the winter in they're house then turning up the heat....

Of course it's a generalization but I know from experience.

 

[TallBill]

I think everyone is blowing a small phrase out of proportion.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: amnesiac

Originally posted by: ndee
the rich didn't get rich cuz they spend all their money

Not necessarily.

Just an example: I know a couple, they would rather wear a sweatshirt in the winter in they're house then turning up the heat....

Of course it's a generalization but I know from experience.

How do you know they don't enjoy the cold? I know in the evening just before bed, i like my house being cold... nothing like snuggling up in bed and falling asleep in the cold. Waking up i like things to be hot though.

Generalizations are the intellect of the lazy.

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: Staley8

Originally posted by: ndee
the rich didn't get rich cuz they spend all their money

Exactly, the rich are rich usually b/c they are tight a$$es with their money and are not very giving to others.....I'm generalizing of course but ndee has the idea.

You're not going to get rich by jipping the delivery guy of money.

It's about the principle.

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: amnesiac

Originally posted by: ndee
the rich didn't get rich cuz they spend all their money

Not necessarily.

Just an example: I know a couple, they would rather wear a sweatshirt in the winter in they're house then turning up the heat....

Of course it's a generalization but I know from experience.

How do you know they don't enjoy the cold? I know in the evening just before bed, i like my house being cold... nothing like snuggling up in bed and falling asleep in the cold. Waking up i like things to be hot though.

Um, because they SAY they rather wear a sweatshirt then turning up the heat? If they would enjoy the cold, they wouldn't wear a sweater....

 

[Pepsi90919]

yes there are some assholes out there.

bad weather does not guarantee good tips. in fact, warmer weather prompts bigger ones.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: amnesiac

Originally posted by: ndee
the rich didn't get rich cuz they spend all their money

Not necessarily.

Just an example: I know a couple, they would rather wear a sweatshirt in the winter in they're house then turning up the heat....

Of course it's a generalization but I know from experience.

How do you know they don't enjoy the cold? I know in the evening just before bed, i like my house being cold... nothing like snuggling up in bed and falling asleep in the cold. Waking up i like things to be hot though.

Um, because they SAY they rather wear a sweatshirt then turning up the heat? If they would enjoy the cold, they wouldn't wear a sweater....

I enjoy the cold yet i still wear a sweater. It's the cold in the right places. It's why a hot tub is much more enjoyable in the cold than it is in the summer. You seem to think generalization is a gift or something... if you know anything about critical thinking, hasty generalizations is a fallacy.

 

[TallBill]

I know in the evening just before bed, i like my house being cold... nothing like snuggling up in bed and falling asleep in the cold.

Anyone else just get a bad mental image of him "snuggling"?

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: amnesiac

Originally posted by: ndee
the rich didn't get rich cuz they spend all their money

Not necessarily.

Just an example: I know a couple, they would rather wear a sweatshirt in the winter in they're house then turning up the heat....

Of course it's a generalization but I know from experience.

How do you know they don't enjoy the cold? I know in the evening just before bed, i like my house being cold... nothing like snuggling up in bed and falling asleep in the cold. Waking up i like things to be hot though.

Um, because they SAY they rather wear a sweatshirt then turning up the heat? If they would enjoy the cold, they wouldn't wear a sweater....

I enjoy the cold yet i still wear a sweater. It's the cold in the right places. It's why a hot tub is much more enjoyable in the cold than it is in the summer. You seem to think generalization is a gift or something... if you know anything about critical thinking, hasty generalizations is a fallacy.

yeah, I know nothing about critical thinking blabla, you really wanna get under my skin tonight, don't you?