Delivery tips
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Topic: Delivery tips
Posted By: WGP guy2
Subject: Delivery tips
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 8:03pm
| How much do you tip for food deliveries (pizza). I usually add $2 and round up to the nearest dollar and give them that. Is that ballpark? |
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Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 8:09pm
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Usually a few bucks, whatever singles I happen to have on me.
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Posted By: Enmity
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 8:12pm
| it all depends, say it's a 16-18$ item, I'll give a 20 and tell them to keep the change. |
Posted By: tgaffner
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 8:18pm
| I know I would punch you right in the face if you gave me 2 bucks. |
Posted By: K Hop
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 8:20pm
| one time i pulled out a 50 instead of a 20 and didn't realize and the pizza guy played it real good and later i realized that i tipped him 35 dollars for a 13 dollar pizza and a 2 liter soda |
Posted By: xteam
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 8:25pm
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Posted By: WGP guy2
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 8:44pm
This is for stuff under $20. When it's over $20 it's usually $3-$4. |
tgaffner wrote:Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 9:03pm
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On my knees
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 9:07pm
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You suck at tipping.
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Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 9:25pm
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Why give them any money for deliveries? The make min wage doing an easy job. To hell with them I say.
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 9:58pm
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because they're doing you a favor so you don't have to get off your lazy ass. usually $4. sometimes more depending. |
Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 10:26pm
| I never have it delivered, but I would base it off of how far they have to drive, starting out at $2 for sure. |
Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 10:34pm
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Boo hoo, a guy who'se job description includes deliveries IS NOT DOING YOU A FAVOUR!
He's just doing his job, why give him a handout for that? I wish i made an extra two bucks from every idiot i meet on a daily basis on top of my wage. ------------- A second class drive is always better than a first class walk. |
Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 10:38pm
| Hahaha, amazing title, Thor. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 11:02pm
They make much of their living through tips and would not get by without them. Unless it is too low, "keep the change" works for me ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: notXXscared
Date Posted: 16 July 2008 at 11:43pm
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When I deliver (these are for big deliveries though), I usually get around 3%-7% tip I'm guessing, plus around $20 per delivery no matter what, whichh is pretty good. So to load everything, drive to the place, then set up 3-4 chauffeurs from the car, load them with food from the hot box, put out salad, dressing, ect is usually good for around 30-40 bucks. The prep work and timing is the hardest part, but it's quick money. Don't get me wrong, it's still stressful making sure you have everything and doing it under the gun, but once you do it a few times you sort of get your own system down.t. A few weekends ago I delivered for grad parties all day and made like $250, so it's definitely worth it.
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 12:48am
so who do you tip? I mean... since basically everyone's job descriptions in the service industry is to provide you with a service. you must just get treated like crap from bartenders and such. |
Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 1:04am
Hope the delivery boy wipes his ass with your pizza. ------------- 
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Posted By: Pate
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 1:26am
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Depends on the time and if im sober.
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Posted By: .636
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 2:08am
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I deliver Chinese food. Average tips are 5-8 bucks per house. make 15-80 bucks a night in tips If I do order delivery food I tip 7 bucks. Usually a restaraunt that has delivery food is crap quality. Like the place I work at ------------- |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 2:12am
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Thor, I was just thinking about Reservoir Dogs while you were doing your little spiel, then I saw Hysteria's post. Then I looked at your title. A good lawling was had.
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 2:13am
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i usuallly give around 4 for pizza.
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Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 9:23am
| If the Dominos people get here within 15-20 minutes I'll give them a 5-6 dollar tip. If it's at 30 minutes, 0-2. |
Posted By: Brian Fellows
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 9:37am
Were I a delivery driver, I'd put armpit hair and toenail clippings in your pizza. |
Posted By: Pariel
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 10:01am
No wonder Canadian pizza sucks. No, but seriously, when someone is in the service industry, they're counting on tips. I haven't gotten pizza delivered in probably 3-4 years, because there are pizza places so close to my house, but I generally tipped about $5 for 2 pizzas. When I'm in a restaurant, it's totally based on how hard they're working. I've had waiters I've left 5% on a big bill for (one incident, probably a $100+ bill at a cheap diner, comes to mind), because they just sucked. But I've left 25% on some bills for waiters who've made my meal more enjoyable just be being there. |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 10:09am
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5 dollars is fair for pizza.
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Posted By: Yomillio
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 10:18am
Heh, for some reason your post reminded me of my dad. He has a natural tendancy to tip college-age girls and women in general more, convinced that their service is always great. Guys are almost always tipped less, no matter how great the service was. The only reason its funny is because he refuses to recognize the fact that he does this. ------------- 
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Posted By: Pariel
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 10:47am
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Bwahahaha!
I would not be surprised if it were true about myself. I do think that most often the worst waiters are male though. |
Posted By: Enmity
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 11:00am
Aren't all waiters male? I always had the idea that the other ones were called um...waitresses or something? |
Posted By: Pariel
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 11:29am
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Got me on a technicality; but I LOLed when you pointed it out.
There's got to be some word some where, that means both waiters and waitresses... ...wait...staff? |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 12:11pm
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5 bucks is more than fair. sometimes more. ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 12:11pm
| I think tipping depends on what kind of person you are, and whats important to you. I work at subway and we get tips. Some people appreciate a nice, non-sloppy sub, while some people just want to get in and out as fast as possible. Some nights we can split up to at least $5 each between 2 or 3 of us working. While thats doesn't seem like very much, its a nice little bonus on top of making our normal wages. |
Posted By: Pariel
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 12:35pm
| $5 a night? Were you missing some other number in there? |
Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 1:05pm
Well most people just leave their change as in quarters, dimes, ect..we get some bills though. But remember we are splitting it between 3 of us, and its only for 4-6 hours of work. I always leave the closer with an extra buck or 2. So really, in an 8 hour shift, the store might take in $20+ worth of tips, which I think is pretty good compared to most other businesses that have a tip cup. |
Posted By: Yomillio
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 1:09pm
I think we both took it as you were splitting a total of $5 amongst yourselves, not you all recieving $5. -------------
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 17 July 2008 at 1:09pm
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 10:39am
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Posted By: Pariel
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 10:41am
| Hahaha, good imagery. |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 10:54am
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When I delivered food, we had a few regulars... some tipped well, others didn't. I wouldn't ever mess with a customer's food, but I did present a different level of service to each. You tip me the change from your bill, well... don't expect me to deliver your meatball sub while it's still hot, you're going to be on the end of my run. Someone tips me $5, I'll remember that and haul ass over to their place so that I can get that again. It's how it works... go to a function with an open bar and don't tip... you'll get crap pours and even worse service. Go up, and tip the bartender $20 right off the bat, and you'll have your drinks poured for you before you even get up to the bar... |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 11:00am
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At bars, my protocol is tipping big right off the bat and at the end of the night usually when I don't have a tab open and I'm just paying for individual drinks. Seems to work pretty well. Every time I get a Tanqueray and tonic at one particular local dive, it's always pretty much all gin. Basically my point is as PCF said, if you tip well, you will get better service. On individual drinks I usually tip 50%, depending on the cost. ------------- irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 11:05am
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Huh. I definitely favor generous tipping - as a customer, it isn't hard to see the service difference. But somehow it never occurred to me to drop a bill at the beginning of the night in a bar. I can certainly see how that would make additional drinks easier. That goes in the memo file. Thanks. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 11:05am
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$1 per mile drove to my house. ------------- 
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 11:06am
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Posted By: Pariel
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 11:12am
Don't move to anywhere like Montana, Iowa, etc. You'll get screwed. |
Posted By: ThatGuitarGuy
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 11:40am
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At least $5 for deliveries, a little more for wait staff at a restaurant, especially if they're really good servers. As for bars, at least a dollar a drink, and I'm tipping them as I'm getting the drinks. A dollar a drink seems to work, they appreciate it, and as about half the drinks I'm buying are beer, they're making pretty good money for either pouring from a tap into a cup, or just taking a top off the bottle for me. It's the mixed drinks my girlfriend gets that I feel they're actually working for, but they see someone tip well, they'll remember it. ------------- Skillet: I've never been terribly fond of the look of a vagina |
Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 12:59pm
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Posted By: little devil
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 1:16pm
| At clubs it depends how busy they are, I have tipped one guy 5 at the start and once the place got busy the dude hardly noticed. My gf doesnt tip at all to the same guy and is givin free beers and taken care of right away. I need boobs! |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 2:35pm
| 15% rounded up on everything, unless they earn a reason not to get it, which has only happened...twice. |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 4:15pm
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it really does depend on the bar... if it's a packed college bar, well then there's not much point in trying to tip your way into great service, especially if you're a guy and there's a bunch of guy bartenders. I usually only tip big right away at events with open bar (wedding receptions, work parties etc). Places where bartenders will actually remember you, and where you won't get lost in the crowd.
I remember I was at this bar once... really crappy college dive bar that I've never gone back to... and I waited about 15 minutes to get served. It wasn't busy at all. I was standing there, with my credit card in hand, and i had bartenders make eye contact with me. Yet, they always turned and helped the other people that were there for their special "you bring it we fill it" deal. $3 to fill any container with Miller Lite. I think the guy that finally came over to help me got like... a 15 cent tip. I purposely added on that much to my credit card bill just to prove my point, and not to round it up to the next dollar or anything. |
Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 4:39pm
Getting paid $6.15 to drive something to your house because you are too lazy to pick it up...it's usually very nice to give the guy giving you your food a decent tip. I deliver all the time at night and on weekends, it's people like you that I take my sweet-ass time on because you're too cheap to give $2.00 extra to the person who used their gas to get you your food. Hey, your pizza will be nice and cold too because you suck that much. Thankfully I deliver in a very rich wealthy area, so I average about $80 a night, despite the few assholes who don't tip me anything and live in a mansion on a lake, with a gated fence. ------------- [IMG]http://i27.tinypic.com/1538fbc.jpg"> Squeeze Box ☣ |
Posted By: thebuickguy
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 12:13pm
Cause his 5.85 will pay for gas car repairs college etc. etc. etc. note sarcasm when i delivered pizza and people asked me how much a good tip would be back then i said 2 3 bucks but now i would say 4 to 5. But you should tip a minimum of 2 dollars. my highest tip ever was 20 . ------------- Tippmann A-5 SAW stock E grip J&J Ceramic APEX tip Spyder AMG J&J Ceramic Tippmann 68 Carbine J&J Ceramic APEX tip Tippmann Prolite |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 12:19pm
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i used to tip more for pizza but now they add like 2.00 for "fuel" so i tip about 2$.
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Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 4:55pm
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Man, some of you guys must be making some serious cash to be throwing fives and tens to people who barely work.
And if you honestly think that driving around and delivering food is hard work, I pity you when you get to a real job. Seriously, though, I wish someone tipped me every time I did something IN MY JOB DESCRIPTION. Min wage up here is 5 bucks an hour. That is plenty to be doing a brainless job that is considered a courtesy service to the customer. The delivery kid doesn't own the restaurant, he works there. And to the clever people who said they would spit in food if they got a low or no tip: 1. I pity your work ethic 2. I cripple people who are that arrogant when they have no reason to be. And the end cost price, fuel and all that other junk has been rolled into the price if the business man has any brains. Honestly, it's almost as if you feel bad for someone who'se too lazy to get a real job. ------------- A second class drive is always better than a first class walk. |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 4:59pm
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Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 5:20pm
It's a little prejudice to say "get a real job". Everyone I work with at my store has two other jobs, including me, all of them which are real jobs. Get off your high horse... ------------- [IMG]http://i27.tinypic.com/1538fbc.jpg"> Squeeze Box ☣ |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 5:27pm
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Apparently Thor thinks anyone who isn't in the military doesn't have a real job.
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Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 5:28pm
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So should I tip everyone who makes minimum wage?
That said, I do tip, I just hate it. |
Posted By: unvolution
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 5:35pm
| tip me i make minimum.... i work in a pharmacy.... |
Posted By: Thor
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 10:02pm
When did I say that? A job is a job, buds. Doesn't matter if they are Social Service, a doctor, or anything like that. I meant real job in the sense that it takes some skill and brains to do. Benji, and maybe to all of you, do you say things on the internet that you wouldn't have the guts to say face to face? It's an honest question about ethics. Maybe a good topic for another post. But seriously, don't play the military card with me, it's just MY job. ------------- A second class drive is always better than a first class walk. |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 10:12pm
I'd rather have our high school drop outs delivering me pizza rather than performing surgery on me. Thanks for the tips on tipping beforehand. That should help me out at the free bars in mexico. Speaking of drinking: I don't know of many drinks. Any tips on what to try? Tropical (aka. girly) drinks preferred but I would try anything at least once. Not looking to get drunk, just something tasty. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 10:34pm
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pina colada's are good if you like coconut. hurricanes and mai thais are good, but will mess you up, so be careful. margaritas of course, but i had a bad night on tequila, so those aren't very high on my list. any colored blended drink will be one to try, because you usually can't taste the booze in them. and hell, since you are young, don't feel bad to ask for "whatever that guy has." just make sure they tell you so you can remember. Could start being manly and drink whiskey too... if you're up to it, try a 7 & 7. It's a lighter whiskey and is a pretty tasty drink. otherwise a whiskey old fashioned is good too for those new to whiskey. |
Posted By: ThatGuitarGuy
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 10:40pm
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Whiskey sours are good. Depends how strong the bartender mixes it if you're not used to whiskey though. Margaritas are always good, as are pina coladas or hurricanes as pcf mentioned. Wouldn't hurt to try an amaretto sour, or some sort of fruit-martini. ------------- Skillet: I've never been terribly fond of the look of a vagina |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 10:47pm
I know about pina coladas since they are my favourite drink 
I've had whiskey before and never liked it. I also like mojitos but besides that, I have little experience. I will try the drinks you guys suggested. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: Predatorr
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 10:51pm
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didn't read anybody's posts except for on this page, but my current favorite drink is something I had at beach week. In a high class red plastic cup, two - three shots of malibu, two thirds pineapple juice, and one third cranberry. mmmmmm |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 10:52pm
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malibu + anything is pretty tasty. don't care if i get called girly... it tastes damn good. |
Posted By: Predatorr
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 10:55pm
| no lie, PCF, I've done shots of Captain, but I really don't enjoy drinking unless it's tasty, or a game. MFT, right there. |
Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 11:03pm
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I stick too beer. Liquor and mixed drinks are unpredictable.
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 11:22pm
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Ahh
Sweet guys, thanks I'm gona head off to be now as I have to get up at three to hop on my plane (at least it gives me the day to do things instead of loosing a day to travel) See you in a week ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: rockerdoode
Date Posted: 21 July 2008 at 3:19am
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I've never even glanced at this post until now, so I skipped to the last page, assuming it was about how much to tip your delivery guy. But how in the hell did it get to Carl's farewell to the forum for a day or so? Someone explain this to me in two or less sentences so I don't have to read all that crap. ------------- "According to Sue Johanson, theres nothing that can increase your manhood, trust me I've already looked into it for myself." -Zata |