How much to tip the pizza delivery guy?

[Xyanthon]

I pretty much universally tip 20% (even at buffets). In the past couple of years, I've become a bit more prosperous and feel that unless the service is truely awfuly and it is the server's fault(in which case I'll usually just leave 50 cents or a quarter), I'll always leave a good tip. As for delivery guys, I almost always give at least 20% sometimes more if the wheather is bad. I have felt conflicted about picking up carry out and usually don't tip in such a situation. However, when I lived in Seattle, there was a Chinese resturaunt that I frequently ordered carry out from. I always tipped the hostess as the food was always good and the service was great when my wife and I would dine in.

 

[Goddess FallenAngel]

I'm surprised that this website hasn't come up yet, but check out http://tipthepizzaguy.com/.

They have some really good reasons for tipping: http://tipthepizzaguy.com/general/

And personally, I usually always tip $4 - $5 for delivery, more in really bad weather. Some pizza places pay minimum wage (which I know from experience you cannot live on) and others pay the minimum wage for tipped employees (like waitstaff) - which I think is $2 - $3 per hour, plus the drivers are using their own cars. Don't be cheap. What's an extra couple of dollars to you at the end of the day? Probably less than it is to the driver.

 

[Ranger REG]

One of the flatmates could, apparently, pick up the phone, hit speed dial, say "Hi - my order, please," and hang up... and the pizza would be there in ten minutes.

Hot or cold?

 

[Hypersmurf]

Hot or cold?

Hot - they were only a few doors away, I believe.

-Hyp.

 

[Numion]

Threads like this always make me happy that tipping in New Zealand is pretty much unheard of.

It's the same in Finland. No tipping.

Sometimes when ordering pizza in a hangover and the dude keeps fumbling with his coin pouch I'll round to next €5. I even suspect they do that on purpose

 

[XO]

Incredibly Funny

Sorry guys!

I once read an article that stated the amount of tipping in any given country is directly proportional to how "anally retentive" (that's a direct quote) the inhabitants are...

I really am not (the above), so tipping is a 10-15% deal, with extraordinary service reaching 20% (such as waiter really going out of his way when you take gf / wife out for anniversary).

Europeans are even less... They "round up" leaving the small change.

For the delivery charge, they should be drawn and quartered.

For the driver's tip, consider a variation of you're a working man or not. $1 would have been ok unless you make him walk half-a-mile and cruise the elevator highway to reach your door.

25% for a barman? Nahhhh! They make more money than you do! A good barman in a decent city at a good (not the best) bar will make $50k-$60K a year working three nights a week.

I really found it a riot when waiters / servers / people who lovingly bring food over unilaterally decided that they SHOULD get 20% instead of 15%... These are some of the few people who actually DO get wage increase as their end grows with the inflation of meal prices.

 

[EnglishScribe]

Don't tip anybody, anything, ever.

If you work for an employer who refuses to pay you a sensible wage for the job you are doing, change jobs.

 

[LightPhoenix]

25% for a barman? Nahhhh! They make more money than you do! A good barman in a decent city at a good (not the best) bar will make $50k-$60K a year working three nights a week.

I have a few friends that are bartenders, and they make about as much as I did working as a lab tech at a hospital. Of course, they also work at a college bar (SU - Chuck's), which helps a lot.

That said, it's gotta be a pretty rich city and a really busy bar for them to be making that much money, especially on three nights a week. Syracuse is a mid-sized city, and I would say the bartenders I know (one a head bartender) bring in maybe $35k a year. True, they lose out in business in December and the summer (college bar), but they also do a lot more business on the off days (Sunday-Wednesday) than any other bar here. So I think it tends to balance out.

I would say maybe LA or NYC you might get $50k, if you worked a really popular club with a rich clientelle. The real money for bartending is a place like Vegas or Atlantic City, or a popular cruise spot like Aruba. If you can do flair, you can make great money in those places.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Don't tip anybody, anything, ever.

If you work for an employer who refuses to pay you a sensible wage for the job you are doing, change jobs.

I'm not sure how it works in England, but here in the States many jobs, such as waiting tables and delivery, get paid very little due to wages earned from tipping. Not tipping those types of service jobs is considered rude at best.

 

[IcyCool]

I'm not sure how it works in England, but here in the States many jobs, such as waiting tables and delivery, get paid very little due to wages earned from tipping. Not tipping those types of service jobs is considered rude at best.

I know that when I was waiting tables (12 years ago now), employees who were classified as "tipped" were taxed on 8% of their sales, because it was assumed that they made at least that much in tips. So if you didn't tip your server, you were really screwing them because not only did they not get your tip, they were still taxed on it. As such, I always tip a minimum of 10%.