When you go to a restaurant, do typically tip?
Always.
Do you tip a set amount or do you vary based on service quality?
I generally average about 20%, more for good service, less for poor service, but never less than 10%.
Why do you tip or choose not to?
If I am generally able to do something myself, and choose not to, allowing someone else to do it for me, I tip. I don't tip my doctor, but I will tip the delivery driver and waiter. We could call it a laziness tax.
Pizza delivery, tip the driver?
Absolutely.
Why or why not?
Same reasons as above. Also, I did it for a time while in college, and though I was never paid less than minimum wage, I wasn't paid enough hourly to cover all my expenses. Tips kept my car working.
Personally, I am working part time delivering pizzas while I finish up my degree requirements here at MSU. It is irritating when I take a delivery to a house and do not get a tip, but it is even more insulting when someone will take the time to explain why I should not be tipped because "You are getting paid to drive this food here". I want to clear a few things up.
Or the people who give you $15 on a $14.99 order and make it a point to say "Keep the change."
Yes, I do get paid for being at work. Minimum wage is currently 7.25 per hour, I get paid 6.25 per hour (soon to be decreased)
Wow. When I worked delivery, I got paid minimum wage, which was $5.15/hr. I got periodic raises, though, and when I quit after two years with the company I was getting $5.60/hr.
Tips are reported at the end of the night and taxed.
If I dont make up for the difference between my pay and minimum wage, the company is forced to make up the difference. but that is still 7.25 per hour.
I put a lot of wear and tear on my vehicle. yes the company must reimburse me for mileage (roughly a dollar a delivery) but the mileage is eaten up by gas costs and the overly large delivery area, up to 15-20 miles from the store. At the end of the night, mileage will barely cover gas when it is all put together, and there are maintenance costs to driving my car.
Delivering pizzas is one of the most dangerous jobs out there for the regular person, I could be mugged and killed at any time. I risk my life to bring your food.
I was fortunate enough to not work in a dangerous area, but even with a relatively low crime rate, you're still expected to drive in sometimes dangerous conditions. When there's a blizzard outside, the pizza places get very busy.
I know it is a bit irritating to feel obligated to tip someone like me who has delivered your food in the rain, snow, cold, hurricane, or whatever crappy weather system is keeping you inside because you do not want to go out for supplies or food. But think about the guy who is soaked to the bone to bring you the food in the driving rain... Those tips add up, and if you dont tip and the company has to fork over more money to compensate the driver, they will raise delivery fees, food costs and everything just to get the money back from you any way.
Thus ends my little rant, I hope to hear some interesting responses and have dialog with you folks about this issue...
Kaldric
P.S. The "NSSP" is implied.
Of course, [Quixote] carried it a bit too far. He thought that every windmill was a giant. That's insane. But, thinking that they might be...
--Justin Playfair, They Might Be Giants
P.S. The "NSSP" is implied.
Of course, [Quixote] carried it a bit too far. He thought that every windmill was a giant. That's insane. But, thinking that they might be...
--Justin Playfair, They Might Be Giants
To Tip or not to Tip?
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27/02/2010 12:05:35 AM
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Re: I tip unless the service has been very bad. (I'm mostly unemployed.)
26/02/2010 06:45:01 AM
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Re: I tip unless the service has been very bad. (I'm mostly unemployed.)
26/02/2010 06:53:43 AM
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I don't tip. It's a cultural thing, it's not common to tip here. *NM*
26/02/2010 07:05:47 AM
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It INFURIATES me that tips are reported and taxed
26/02/2010 07:15:43 AM
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No it is just another way of being compensated
26/02/2010 02:20:37 PM
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Businesses compensate employees
27/02/2010 07:08:12 AM
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I used to deliver pizzas....
26/02/2010 08:16:29 AM
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Sounds like an american problem to me.
26/02/2010 08:42:09 AM
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I'm 23, married, and have a baby
26/02/2010 11:43:26 PM
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i have a physics degree, and i delivered pizza to pay the bills when i was in school
27/02/2010 03:41:40 AM
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At least you don't have an English Degree
27/02/2010 03:43:27 AM
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my BS in physics is more worthless than your english degree
27/02/2010 04:03:51 AM
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A master's doesn't really help, either. *NM*
27/02/2010 10:24:36 AM
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meh, it's more opportunity than the bachelor's would be
27/02/2010 10:27:40 AM
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Considerably
27/02/2010 01:59:55 PM
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Definitely tip.
26/02/2010 08:51:22 AM
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26/02/2010 01:43:51 PM
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I tip as appropriate and within my means
26/02/2010 01:49:24 PM
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I used to deliver pizza.
26/02/2010 04:15:22 PM
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Interestingly...
26/02/2010 04:44:09 PM
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Lol. Whenever my grandmother "wants to pay everything including the tip" that usually equates to...
27/02/2010 02:14:45 AM
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