I'm glad there are so many tippers out there. I just found out my roommate doesnt' tip when he orders a couple of days ago. We went in on a pizza, the delivery man brings it and we all put in our money and he's short a couple of bucks... I said you got a couple more? He says yeah, but we're good. Right in front of the delivery man I had to tell my roommate to tip the poor guy. I couldn't believe it. Heck, we're even college kids and I still think you should tip. My roommate said he used to work in a pizza joint and never tips, apparently he doesn't have any respect for the job? I said next time he can run and get it and we won't tip him, he said it wasn't worth his gas to go get it...

Bottom line is, for how often the average Joe orders pizza, you can afford a couple of extra bucks every other week or so. It'll definitely help someone else out.

 

I always tip the delivery person. I have been in their position before and it sucks when you have some tightwad that lives out in the middle of nowhere in their high dollar house with numbers that you cant see at night with their $50k car sitting in the driveway and cant even bother to give you a dime.

I worked for Domino's a while back. We got min. wage plus $.75 per order. I didnt make jack squat without tips.

9 times out of 10 the order was late because there was only one driver on a very busy day. Not the delivery persons fault for poor management or inconsiderate co-workers. Most places, the drivers dont make the pizza so dont blame them if your order is wrong. You dont get mad at the waitress if your steak is burnt do you, she didnt cook it.

It really gets to me that people are inconsiderate to those who offer a service to them for their convenience. You dont know what it's like if you havent experienced their situation. If you can afford a 700 or 800 dollar truck payment you can atleast tip the delivery person a couple bucks.

 

Well, me and the BOSS disagree about this one.. to me, a gratuity is just that, a way of showing gratitude( thanks) for good service...
so regardless of whether we are in teh restaurant or its delivered, if I get good service, I tip.. if I dont , I dont...

I get really PO'd at the restaurants that "gratuity is included on teh bill"... I generaly wont be back..
I tip my farrier, i tip most wait staff, and I dont think of myself as cheap, but if the service is poor, there will be no tip..

the boss thinks you should tip no matter what...

 

I'm a heavy tipper when the service is good, but I will also make it known when the service is bad. I think a unusually LOW tip is worse than no tip. Last week the girlfriend and I went to a wing/chicken joint and the college aged kid who was our waiter just plain out stunk. I ordered a beer, that took 10-15 minutes, and came to me warm, I told him about it and order ice water instead of another beer. That took 15 minutes as well. The GF ordered some nacho platter with chicken and ground beef, well it came with no chicken, but when we told our waiter, instead of correcting it, he told us that the chicken was near the bottom. We ate a bit more and still no chicken. When it came time for the bill, he "hooked us up" for the lack of chicken...which meant he took $2 off of the $8 nacho platter.

No tip wasn't enough for this kid who had plenty of chances to make right but just didn't care. My bill was $XX.56 so I tipped him $.44 so the charge on my card was an even dollar amount. No tip is sometimes just a sign of a person who was raised not to tip, but a minimal tip is insulting and I hope he got the picture.

On the other hand my buddy and I were regulars on the weekend at his little diner when we left the bar/party at 2-3a.m. and ALL the gals working in there remembered us. When we came in they knew already what to bring and would take care of us like we were their own children. We would leave tips that were as much as or even more than the bill (the bill was usually small anyway since they didnt charge us for drinks or other little items)

 

You know, years ago tips were received when someone provided better than "normal" service. Go out of your way or go above and beyond and you were rewarded. Not today. Today, everyone has a hand out, expecting a tip for service in general, even bad service, or service that's part of their normal duties (like the monkeys pouring coffee at Starbucks or spooning ice cream at Marble Slab); and some even threaten non-tippers or those who don't tip "big" with the thought of getting a little something extra in their next order. And I'm not talking extra pepperoni. And some think because a customer can afford to tip "big" they should. That's B.S. Some will even go as far as tell you some sob story about crappy wages, the high cost of gas, and point out they don't make squat without tips. Not the customer's problem. Walmart usually has an opening. Quit complaining and work harder. Delivering pizza not paying the bills? Look elsewhere. That guy with the big house on the hill with $50k+ cars parked in front didn't get there on handouts.....

 

I tend to tip people that handle my food for any amount of time. Especially the ones who know where I live. Don't wnat them mad at me

 

I doubt he did. He probably just cursed you and called you cheap, not even equating poor service to the measly tip.

 

pizza delivery guy/gal dont make the pizza, they just deliver it. Give them a couple $ even if the pizza tastes like and looks like EDIT. Especially if you plan to order from there again

 

DC, you make the Carney brothers proud. (For those who might not know, Frank and Dan Carney founded the Hut back in the late 50's.)

When I was driving charter buses, I busted my tail to do everything possible to make the trip enjoyable for the passengers. Sometimes I had to handle power chairs, breathing machines (and O2) that I had to take to their rooms. Not to mention loading and unloading luggage. 45+ passengers and to show how much they appreciated my service, I was lucky to get $20 off the entire bus. Did I look forward to their next trip? What do you think?

 

I tip about 15% if it's free delivery and nothing if there's a delivery charge.

 

I'm usually a generous tipper, so the pizza dude gets 3-4 bucks. When I was in school I worked part time at a car wash and 90% of my pay was through tips so I can respect what someone has to go through who survives off their tips.

 

O i was also taught that if you get "hooked up" for anything at the local pub, free drinks, appetizer(sp.). you should include the the price of whatever you got "hooked up" for..

order five beers, only three on your tab. PAY FOR FIVE.

you were going to have to pay for it anyways. help the server out...

 

They brought food to your door. Tip them!

 

on the subject, do you tip at Sonic?
How about at convience stores?

 

That's how i feel. I try to tip the pizza guy a little more then normal. I'm sure they can use it.

What i do hate is when gratuity is automatically added in on a check and then the service sucks because the server knows they are getting tipped anyway.