I’ve been tipping pizza type deliveries 20% since Covid, but it seems high to me. What’s everyone tip their delivery guys? I don’t want to short them, but I don’t want to go broke either.
Maaan you almost got me. I allllmost got into a debate about tipping etiquette online.
When I delivered pizza in 2012, if you gave a 5 I’d always be happy. The thing with delivery is that the service is the delivery, not making the food. So it doesn’t really make sense to be percentage based. Whether you ordered 2 large pizzas and a coke or just some cheese bread, my labor was the same. Of course, if you order 30 pizzas then yeah, tip more. Or if you lived far from the store. If you were literally two blocks over, a dollar is fine.
Think about how much time you’re taking up. If you’re 15 minutes away, it’s also 15 minutes back. Assuming it’s not Friday night, you may be the only delivery on that route. Which means, I could only make 2 deliveries an hour. Papa John’s only paid me 2.50/hr while driving and 7.25 while in the store. So with those assumptions, I’d only make 12.50 that hour. And that’s not accounting for gas, which I paid for myself.
It really varies a lot. But if you tip 5 bucks, I’d be at least making more than minimum wage. Less than 5 and it’s not even worth leaving the store and wasting my gas.
You give tips to delivery drivers?
Yeah I order from Instacart from a Costco like 30 minutes away, so I always feel bad and tip well.
Don’t you think it’s the responsibility of the employer to pay well not the customer. Constant tipping could create an unhealthy expectation from both the employer and the employee. It can amount to slacking of salaries, services provided and any general interactions, if the tips are deemed not good enough
Yes, the system is the problem. But it doesn’t make sense to fuck over the delivery driver to make a point. The tipping system in America is bullshit, but if you wanna support them, you tip them now and then vote in better workers rights later
But by tipping you support this system. If people didn’t tip employers wouldn’t get away with paying peanuts
So I hope you’re lobbying for delivery drivers rights instead of tipping since you’re so upset about the exploitation of the system.
No, I live in a country where tipping like that is not expected.
Huh, tipping…
In Korea the Delivery fee is on top of what you order and it is set by the company so you know how much you need to pay before you order. I think this way it’s much better for everyone, there is no ambiguity.
The fee is around 2000 KRW ($ 1.52) and 4000 KRW ($3.03) and if you order a lot they offer no delivery fee. This is in the city where there a lot of restaurants offering it so it’s not very far they need to drive and they use a Scooter most of the time.
Unfortunately delivery fees are still very much so a thing in the US, just doesn’t go to the driver. Company pockets it.
Percentage of the bill is irrelevant. The key issues are mileage and time. 50% of your $10 McDonalds order delivered 5 miles away is garbage. 5% of your $100 pizza order a half-mile down the road is good.
More important than the tip is to turn on your damn lights, and make sure your address is
I just give everyone a flat 15 bucks. No percentages necessary.
Basically the same.
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I’m feeding an entire household so my orders are never small. Anyways, I used to be a pizza delivery driver as my first real job , so now that I’m better off financially I like to give the kids an amount I would be happy with for my work.
Keep in mind you can literally die on the road just trying to bring someone else hot food, I like to show the driver they’re appreciated.
I managed pizza places for way too long. Pre-pandemic my gold standard was:
$5 or 10%–whichever is more. Always cash.
But, I don’t work in that industry anymore and I don’t order delivery anymore.
Either way, it’s not table service (where I tip 20%), so a straight percentage doesn’t make sense, but also that percentage can be lower IMO. Also, the delivery aps and some chains really fuck with drivers tips, so I always tip cash.
Given that gasoline is high and many pizza places pay pathetic sums of money, I always give 30% unless the driver was just plain rude and then I reduce it to 20%.
Why do you tip at all when they’re rude?
Well as they say, every dog has their day. It could be that the driver is just having a shitty day and we all have them. I try to be empathetic. As long as the guy isn’t spouting out hatred and biogtry, they’ll just get a reduced tip. I’ve been known to give even bigger tips to delivery drivers that are just plain awesome.
Because the penalty for being rude shouldn’t be starvation, probably.
I mean, doing your job poorly usually gets you fired, which kinda does lead to starvation if you don’t find a different job. Why should delivery people be the exception?
