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Maybe I'm wrong here...opinions please (NBR)
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SO last night I asked DH to order pizza 15 minutes before I got off work so it should be delivered right before or a little after I got home. No biggy....
So it was delivered after I got home. However he informed me he tipped the driver $6....
That's where I have a problem.
We don't even live a mile from the pizza place and all the gas that guy uses is a tax write off. I usually tip $2 because you don't have to tip at all. Plus it wasn't an expensive order by any means.
Am I wrong to be upset? Not that $6 really is a lot of money or anything, but that makes no sense to me! (I used to bar tend and waitress, so maybe I see it differently than others?)
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Re: Maybe I'm wrong here...opinions please (NBR)
Um, what now?
I might mention to DH something like "Wow, that was a good tip!" but I would never be mad or upset, much less to the point of asking other people about it.
It's a $4 difference from what you would've tipped. Relax.
ETA: And as a bartender/waitress why would it bother you even more? You never liked getting big tips? I waitress and I promise I feel differently than you do about it.
Pizza delivery people aren't required to be tipped.
And the pizza was only $15, so $6 is well over 10%.
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Meh. If you're watching finances that much you would go pick up the pizza and save the $2 you would've tipped.
We are watching finances due to me having to wait until tax money to get AC installed in my car for the baby, plus were doing some other up grades to my car. (DH bought a new car). I get that $6 isn't a lot but its way too much for a $15 pizza. I don't see how it's being greedy when no one is required to tip anyone for anything.
Six dollars is not that big of a deal, and I am sure that the delivery driver really appreciated it. Plus, all of his tips add up.
I find your logic supporting your feelings also to be a little off. The tax write off isn't a 100% write off above the line. And yes, you do have to tip delivery drivers. It is standard practice.
If tipping the delivery guy really bothers you that much, you should just pick the pizza up on your way home from work. I think you are getting upset over nothing.
In my area, the delivery fee doesn't go to the driver. It goes to the business.
If you can't afford to tip well, you shouldn't be getting take out/going out to eat.
My husband overtips constantly... (he always starts at 20% and then rounds up. That' for average service). It drives me a little crazy, so I get where you're coming from....
But my solution is to just pay the bill myself. If he happens to do it now and then and we lose out on a few bucks that I wouldn't have spent, so be it (and it's not like we're rolling money either). So yes, I think you're overreacting.
And tipping isn't required in the same way that wiping after taking a dump isn't required...sure... it's not required. But functioning members of society do it every single time, because that's just what's done. So you might as well think of it as a requirement.
As much as I disagree with the OP, the bolded is not true. Sure its standard practice, but tipping is for rewarding good service, not mandatory. Paying for your order is mandatory, if you didn't pay for it you'd be stealing. Tipping is not the same. You don't HAVE to tip. Would it make you a douche not to? Sure. But saying you have to is just incorrect.
Okay, it isn't mandatory, but I still would say that it is common practice and say that it should be done. I agree with you that if you don't tip the delivery driver that you are a douche, especially when someone can easily drive to the pizza place and pick it up and avoid the whole tip debacle altogether.
If you live less than a mile from the pizza place and you didn't want to tip, why didn't you just pick it up on your way home from work?? If you used to bar tend and waitress, I would think you'd appreciate the fact that most people in the food service industry make less than minimum wage and depend on tips in order to make any money at all. My ex-boyfriend used to deliver pizza when he was in college, and people would stiff him on tips ALL the time. Someone once paid him all in change, and when he counted it, they had shorted him by ten cents. He actually knocked on the door again to tell them they owed ten cents, so they handed him a dime and slammed the door in his face. I think it was great of your husband to tip $6 - it helps make up for the other jerks out there who tip nothing at all.
Honestly, I think it's important to be generous, and I definitely wouldn't get mad at my husband for being generous with someone who works a crappy minimum-wage job. So yes, I think you're wrong to be upset.
He overtipped a little. Next time you get delivery they may be really fast getting your order to you! haha. For $15 I would tip about $4 normally. We live a mile away also. They always deliver and are very quick, I think because we are decent tippers... If you worked in a bar before and waitressed maybe your husband was just being generous because he knows this type of work is not appreciated as much as it should be... My mom was a waitress and I always overtip unless someone really sucks then they just get the minimum but I've never stiffed anyone.
Delivery fees are for the business I think btw and shouldn't count as tips...
This completely.
Two weeks ago, I ordered pizza and tipped the guy ****gasp**** $10. Why..? Because, it snowed out, I didn't want to go out and get it and it got there really fast. I am in the food service business. It's what I do. For you to freak out about $4 because money was tight, perhaps you skip the take out and have a couple of frozen pizzas in the freezer.
Uh, no one is "required to be tipped." What does that even mean? By definition, tips are not required, but they are common decency and are definitely expected when someone is bringing food to your house.
If I were you, I would really think about why I was so upset as to post on a message board about something like this. Yes, $6 is a good tip for a delivery driver, but since it's not a lot of money to you, you can choose to think of it this way.. that your husband probably made the night of someone who has a really sh*t job.
Why am I not surprised it's you posting this question....
Get over it. It's $6. And as someone that used to work for tips, you should know that the generous tip probably made his night.
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I usually tip about $3 dollars. We rarely ever have pizza delivered though because I always feel we get it faster and fresher if we pick it up ourselves.
I would be a little annoyed about the $6.
My best friend's boyfriend delivers pizza. This statement makes me angry for him. He spends his own money on the upkeep of his car and on the gas that it takes for him to get to a customer's house. He deserves to be tipped.
And this would be correct:
As for not tipping at all -- most delivery people don't make much money on their official salary. They most certainly need the tips. It is just like waitressing in my understanding.
I also agree with this. DH and I always tip 20% in a restaurant unless the service was awful. Pizza delivery is not the same in my opinion.
then stop being lazy and pick up the damn pizza yourself
/problem solved
IMO, if you dont want to give a tip, then you should not order pizza to be delivered or go out to eat at a restaurant. It is not a requirement but it is generally considered very rude for someone in the service industry to get "stiffed".
Sorry, but I agree with everyone else. Since I'm someone who has worked on tips, I get really annoyed with people who think that we should be grateful for anything we get. Same thing with going out to dinner...if you cant afford to tip, dont go out to eat. It's just standard courtesy. I live within walking distance from our pizza place and I still tip at least $5 everytime I get delivery. We have a friend who does delivery at night to help support his family after working all day, so I have no problems giving a little more to people who might need the extra boost...especially when you probably spend the extra $4 on stupid worthless *** everyday without even realizing it.
I agree with this. 40% is quite a big tip for a delivery driver. Especially because the restaurant often charges delivery fees. I would normally tip $2-3 for a delivery and if I had the same total at a restaurant I would tip $4-5.
But I agree with others who are saying it isn't a huge deal and you'll be happier just letting it go.