had lot of time at work today and thought: if you order food from a restaraunt and have it delivered and they have a delivery fee they charge you, do you still tip the delivery guy/gal?
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had lot of time at work today and thought: if you order food from a restaraunt and have it delivered and they have a delivery fee they charge you, do you still tip the delivery guy/gal?
Mike, dont spend to much time on that particular question. You'll rot your brain.
i am usually a good tipper, but i have been subtracting that (sort of ) from the amount i tip..
I usually still give them a tip, but just not as large. The delivery fee is to comp them for gasQuote:
Originally Posted by mikedudley17
I tip because I work like everyone else does and I appreciate recieving a tip when I drive a bus taking a group out for the day.
I used to be a delivery driver for a place that provided the car and gas here in winnipeg, we gave the restaurant a percentage of our tips for the use of the car and gas, usually around 10% of our total tips.
They only charged a delivery fee ($1.75) if the order was under a $25.00. and that goes directly to the restaurant.
I know not all places are like that, but some are, If your not sure you should ask the driver or order taker
For me a good tip was no less than $2, 10-15% of the sub total (not after tax total, although it wouldn't hurt.) on top of the delivery fee since I didn't see any of that.
If you are a regular customer I would be cool with less of a tip as long as you were a nice person to deal with. Nothing worse than going to a place you already know is going to give you zero and have to deal with an asshole.
Yeah I use to drive for Papa John's back in the day when they were good. So whenever someone delivers to me they get a good tip. I'm pleasant! I usually tip $3-$4 but if I have an excess of cash I can go $5-$7 (but again that's if I have extra money and the weather is ****ty)Quote:
Originally Posted by 630R63
Tip at least $3-$5, that delivery fee either goes to the place you are ordering from or is split with the driver to cover the non tipping cheap skates
ive thought about asking the driver, but then im like, anyone with half a brain would say that the delivery charge goes to the restaraunt so they get more $, i still tip at least 3$ because i totally appreciate not having to go get my food.
I used to get an extra few pennies for each delivery.
Once they added delivery charges, locally. The drivers got a little more, but the Pizza place takes most of the charge.
if you ask more than one driver, then one of them will tell you the truth... thing is, with Dominoes for example you get say $1 for a single, but $.80 ea for a double. The amount is set by the store so is not universal. Suffice to say, even if it's $1.50, that barely covers gas.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikedudley17
Out in our neck of the woods, my wife spent about on gallon per delivery last summer.
Too many miles. Finally got her into something else.
Whenever my wife and I order a pizza its $15.00. I always give the delivery person a $20 and tell them to keep the change. I figure $5.00 is worth it for us not having to go pick it up.