How much do you tip for pizza delivery?

[Helix]

3 for 12; probably five for 20. also,

 

[Superfly]

So thats what my problem was... the doctor!

Of course! Whatever would you do without me?

Probably live a (not so) long (unhealthy) life with pizza!

 

[Superfly]

Help me out here. I really want to understand how this tip thing works. Here are a list of service industry employees. Which ones would expect to be tipped for their work?

• Cellphone (mobile) shop assistant
• Cinema usher
• Dental hygienist
• Bank teller
• Croupier
• Real estate salesperson
• Car salesperson
• School lunch server
• Gas (petrol) pump
• Courier service delivery person

Only the croupier, I'd say.

 

[Andalublue]

Only the croupier, I'd say.

Why? Of that list, the croupier's probably one of the best paid, wouldn't you say?

 

[Superfly]

Why? Of that list, the croupier's probably one of the best paid, wouldn't you say?

Could not even begin to tell you. I just know that as an American, who has always lived with the culture of tipping, that certain people get tipped and others don't. Croupiers do, bellhops do, concierges do, waiters do - but the rest on your list, I'd say no.

I don't have a problem tipping if the service is good. If the service is really good, I usually leave 20% or more. But if the service is bad, I won't tip at all.

Oh, another one I forgot - salons. I tipped my pedicure guy this morning because he does such a great job and takes his time to make sure it's right.

 

[Gaius46]

Usually $5 unless it's an unusually large order that requires the delivery guy to do more work hauling stuff. If I'm paying by credit card it goes on the card, if I'm paying cash it's cash. The local places usually ask us to sign the credit card slip when the order arrives so I can change the tip if needed but we use the same 2 pizza places whenever we order pizza and know what we're getting.

 

[Andalublue]

Could not even begin to tell you. I just know that as an American, who has always lived with the culture of tipping, that certain people get tipped and others don't. Croupiers do, bellhops do, concierges do, waiters do - but the rest on your list, I'd say no.

I don't have a problem tipping if the service is good. If the service is really good, I usually leave 20% or more. But if the service is bad, I won't tip at all.

Oh, another one I forgot - salons. I tipped my pedicure guy this morning because he does such a great job and takes his time to make sure it's right.

Hmmmnnnnn....still utterly baffled. I thought it must be about people who offer you a direct personal service, but that doesn't seem to be it. If your pedicurist gets tipped, why not your hygienist? If your waiter, why not your school-meal server (you might be a teacher btw). If your valet parker, why not your gas pump attendant?

 

[Superfly]

Hmmmnnnnn....still utterly baffled. I thought it must be about people who offer you a direct personal service, but that doesn't seem to be it. If your pedicurist gets tipped, why not your hygienist? If your waiter, why not your school-meal server (you might be a teacher btw). If your valet parker, why not your gas pump attendant?

:lol: Couldn't tell you. I know that waiters are not paid minimum wage, and their wages are made up from tips. The others, I have no idea. It's just the way it's always been here.

 

[leoborn]

:lol: Couldn't tell you. I know that waiters are not paid minimum wage, and their wages are made up from tips. The others, I have no idea. It's just the way it's always been here.

Around here, we pay a couple of bucks to help pay for the gas for their car, and that goes for any delivery that we order. They sure do appreciate it, too, which makes me think many people don't tip.

 

[Andalublue]

:lol: Couldn't tell you. I know that waiters are not paid minimum wage, and their wages are made up from tips.

Is that legal? Here there are no exceptions to minimum wage legislation, not that there aren't plenty of people employed off the books. Tipping here is purely optional, and in no way taken for granted by people in service sector jobs. TBH it's only really waiters and junior hotel staff that would get tipped. I was chatting with a croupier at a Costa del Sol casino recently and she told me that they aren't permitted to accept tips - gives the impression that they might not be impartial.

Pizza delivery certainly wouldn't expect tipping, although I probably would let them keep the change, if there was any. That's how it works in restaurants too. Bill comes to €56, I'd tip €4. Bill comes to €114, I'd tip €6...unless the service had been outstanding, which is rare. I work in a restaurant and all tips are pooled and shared out between kitchen and floor staff. I believe that doesn't happen in the US. Am I right?

 

[Andalublue]

Around here, we pay a couple of bucks to help pay for the gas for their car, and that goes for any delivery that we order. They sure do appreciate it, too, which makes me think many people don't tip.

I offered someone a tip at an autovía (freeway/motorway) service station in northern Spain operated by a major fuel company, and he said they weren't allowed to accept tips. Weird, eh?

 

[Lutherf]

smh @ not tipping on takeout

Generally speaking, no.

If I order carry out from a full service restaurant they usually have a hostess or manager put everything together. If I notice that a server is doing the work then I do tip them.

If I order from a counter service place then I assume that nobody is getting paid a server rate so I don't tip. I will throw something into the "tip jar" if they are personable.

 

[Cephus]

depending where you live........... are you unaware of grubhub?

No Grubhub around me, it might be useful, it's just not available.

 

[Superfly]

Is that legal? Here there are no exceptions to minimum wage legislation, not that there aren't plenty of people employed off the books. Tipping here is purely optional, and in no way taken for granted by people in service sector jobs. TBH it's only really waiters and junior hotel staff that would get tipped. I was chatting with a croupier at a Costa del Sol casino recently and she told me that they aren't permitted to accept tips - gives the impression that they might not be impartial.

Pizza delivery certainly wouldn't expect tipping, although I probably would let them keep the change, if there was any. That's how it works in restaurants too. Bill comes to €56, I'd tip €4. Bill comes to €114, I'd tip €6...unless the service had been outstanding, which is rare. I work in a restaurant and all tips are pooled and shared out between kitchen and floor staff. I believe that doesn't happen in the US. Am I right?

Depends on where you go. I don't like pooled tips, because the harder you work, and the friendlier you are, the bigger your tip should be. I don't want to have outstanding service, and then my server have to share her tip with the bulldog across the way that scowls everytime somebody needs a drink refilled.

And it's entirely legal here for waiters to be paid less. I think most get around $2 an hour, and the rest has to be made up in tips. It sucks, and it's such a low pay that you'd almost think I was lying. Wish I wasn't. The people who are waiting our tables (college kids, single moms) are the ones who need the money the most, and they get paid the least. :shrug: I can understand why your croupier would not be allowed to accept tips, though. Makes perfect sense.

 

[Andalublue]

Depends on where you go. I don't like pooled tips, because the harder you work, and the friendlier you are, the bigger your tip should be. I don't want to have outstanding service, and then my server have to share her tip with the bulldog across the way that scowls everytime somebody needs a drink refilled.

That's a concern, but where I work, if I'm working the floor, it's just me. If I'm cooking, it's just me and an assistant. There's no bulldog chewing thistles around our place.

I disagree 100% with that minimum wage exemption. That seems like a subsidy to restaurant owners paid for by the customer and placing the staff at the mercy of forces not entirely within their control. If the cook's bad, who's going to tip? If someone doesn't tip, who suffers? Not the restaurant. I can't see why restaurant waiting work isn't treated like any other semi-skilled occupation.

 

[radcen]

Most states allow tipped employees to be paid less than minimum wage. Only something like 5 or 7 states, give or take, require that tipped employees still be paid minimum wage. I have lived in each type of state, and I can say that tips are not affected by what the server is paid. Both still get roughly the same in tips.

Technically, employers are supposed to make up the difference if a worker does not meet minimum wage during a wage period, but I have never heard of any actually doing so.

I disagree with this practice of paying tipped workers less, but they didn't ask me.

 

[tech30528]

There is no pizza delivery where I live. Seriously. And me moved here from Chicago suburbs.

 

[Your Star]

4-5 bucks.

 

[ReverendHellh0und]

Our pizza delivery is spotty at best, and awful the rest of the time. I tip based on just how late they are. Seeing as how I am .9 miles from the pizza place, it should take them 5 minutes to get here. I've had my pizza get here an hour and a half late. Every time I would call, they'd be like, "It's in the car. It's on the way."

If it's that long and piping hot, then I have no problem, must have been backed up, whatever.


If it's that long and it's cold, I don't accept it.

 

[ReverendHellh0und]

There is no pizza delivery where I live. Seriously. And me moved here from Chicago suburbs.

Well to be fair, there really is no "pizza" in chicago, so not that big a loss.

 

[Lutherf]

That's a concern, but where I work, if I'm working the floor, it's just me. If I'm cooking, it's just me and an assistant. There's no bulldog chewing thistles around our place.

I disagree 100% with that minimum wage exemption. That seems like a subsidy to restaurant owners paid for by the customer and placing the staff at the mercy of forces not entirely within their control. If the cook's bad, who's going to tip? If someone doesn't tip, who suffers? Not the restaurant. I can't see why restaurant waiting work isn't treated like any other semi-skilled occupation.

I can assure you that most tipped servers could care less what their hourly wage is and certainly don't consider the lower rate to be a problem. The fact is that most tipped servers will actually make 50% or more above what they actually claim as income. Back in college I'd make $150-200/night waiting tables and claim, maybe, $500 at the end of the week. My actual paycheck was generally nothing as it all went to pay taxes. Furthermore, if my hourly rate didn't cover my taxes my employer had to make up the difference, not me.

 

[radcen]

I can assure you that most tipped servers could care less what their hourly wage is and certainly don't consider the lower rate to be a problem. The fact is that most tipped servers will actually make 50% or more above what they actually claim as income. Back in college I'd make $150-200/night waiting tables and claim, maybe, $500 at the end of the week. My actual paycheck was generally nothing as it all went to pay taxes. Furthermore, if my hourly rate didn't cover my taxes my employer had to make up the difference, not me.

Most servers I have ever known do complain about the low wage, but when asked if they'd trade their tips for a higher wage emphatically say, "NO!".

They know better.

 

[tech30528]

Well to be fair, there really is no "pizza" in chicago, so not that big a loss.

Blasphemy! LOL

I contend that the reasons New Yorkers are such assholes is that they have never had a good slice of pizza or a good hotdog.

 

[Superfly]

That's a concern, but where I work, if I'm working the floor, it's just me. If I'm cooking, it's just me and an assistant. There's no bulldog chewing thistles around our place.

I disagree 100% with that minimum wage exemption. That seems like a subsidy to restaurant owners paid for by the customer and placing the staff at the mercy of forces not entirely within their control. If the cook's bad, who's going to tip? If someone doesn't tip, who suffers? Not the restaurant. I can't see why restaurant waiting work isn't treated like any other semi-skilled occupation.

I feel for servers, because I understand that they get the short end of the stick, no matter what. If the food is slow, the server is affected. If the food stinks, the server is affected. Most diners can't truly distinguish between the kitchen and the wait staff, so the poor servers' tips are affected just because somebody in the kitchen can't cook a steak the right way.

 

[countryboy]

I don't tip pizza deliveries, post deliveries, bread deliveries or fish deliveries. Why would I? American tipping habits are a never-ending source of bafflement to outsiders. There doesn't seem to be any logic to who does and who doesn't get tipped, and how much, and why.

It's called "a token of your appreciation". Here in the states, these jobs don't pay much, it's a way of rewarding good service. Not sure where the custom originated, but it seems practical to me. I have no idea why anyone would be "baffled" by the concept.