how much do you tip the pizza delivery person?

[Warik]

Honestly, I don't see why anyone should make anything extra for doing his job - it's not like I do.

I do my job and I do it pretty damn well, plus I do additional things that are not required based on the criteria under which I was hired. Additionally, I can prove that I am literally underpaid.

Do I get "tips" or anything special? No.

This whole tipping business is ridiculous. Hell, I'd rather that waitresses make above minimum wage and have the restaurants jack up the price of the food - it would be less than it would be when you add the tip to it.

When I went on a cruise, the baggage carrier expected a tip for carrying my shit. Uh, isn't it your job to carry my shit? Now, if you were the captain and you said: "oh sir, let me carry your bags," then you'd definitely deserve a tip for doing something that doesn't fall under your job description, but getting a tip for doing your job? Wtf is that?

Then again, I suppose tipping could be compared to taxation... giving up 15% of something in exchange for nothing special.

-Warik

 

[Night Fly]

I usually tip between 2 and 3 dollars...

 

[tomlays]

Well, I don't eat pizza. But the chicken delivery guy gets at least two bucks!

 

[Rockafella Skank]

... Do I get "tips" or anything special? No.

This whole tipping business is ridiculous. Hell, I'd rather that waitresses make above minimum wage and have the restaurants jack up the price of the food - it would be less than it would be when you add the tip to it ...

I agree, but in the meantime I'll play the game fairly and pay more for the service when I get what I expect and still more when my expectations are exceeded. Remember, the road does run both ways ... a tipped employee doesn't forget about you if you tip appropriately ... a tipped employee also remembers you if you don't tip appropriately.

 

[KEL]

15% - 20% is my standard rate for tips.

I haven't ordered pizza in over a year. Maybe tonight!

 

[Warik]

I agree, but in the meantime I'll play the game fairly and pay more for the service when I get what I expect and still more when my expectations are exceeded. Remember, the road does run both ways ... a tipped employee doesn't forget about you if you tip appropriately ... a tipped employee also remembers you if you don't tip appropriately.

Oh, I play the game as well - I just think that it's ridiculous and downright wrong that the customer should have to pay for the employer's greed. Now, I'm not saying that greed is a bad thing - it's only a bad thing when it fucks the customers.

Think about it, especially when going to a nice restaurant where the bill may be close to $100 for only two people. The waitress will be getting close to $15, and for what? For bringing two drinks, two plates, and one dessert? It's not like she cooks the damn thing. She picks it up and brings it over.

Let's do a rough analysis of the difficulties of being a waitress.

Step 1) "Hi what would you like to drink?"
Duration: < 1 minute
Step 2) "Table X needs blah blah blah and blah"
Duration: < 1 minute
Step 3) Bring items requested
Duration: < 1 minute
Step 4) Repeat steps 1, 2, and 3 for x such that x is an element of {"Food","Dessert","Bill"}
Duration: 3 x 3 = < 9 minutes

9 minutes + 3 minutes = 12 minutes.

Add 3 minutes for "is everything OK?" and we get 15 minutes.

So...

$15 in 15 minutes = $60 in 1 hour + $2-3 per hour normal salary = $62 per hour for performing services requiring nothing but basic writing, speech, and lifting skills.

And 10% of the bill is considered cheap?

5% should be the maximum.

-Warik

 

[HumanShell]

I know most pizza delivery pepople make regular minimum wage of $5.15 or whatever it is now per hour. Dominos, Pappa Johns, Pizza Hut/Inn.

 

[Rockafella Skank]

Think about it, especially when going to a nice restaurant where the bill may be close to $100 for only two people. The waitress will be getting close to $15, and for what? For bringing two drinks, two plates, and one dessert? It's not like she cooks the damn thing. She picks it up and brings it over.

Bro, trust me, you're preaching to the choir ... and my wife was a bartender for 8 years! She was damn good at it ... she carried my ass for most of those years. If anything, I should be fighting you tooth and nail.

 

[Warik]

Bro, trust me, you're preaching to the choir ... and my wife was a bartender for 8 years! She was damn good at it ... she carried my ass for most of those years. If anything, I should be fighting you tooth and nail.

Well, since that discussion isn't really getting anywhere... why don't we talk about the more important issue at hand - why do you reduce everyone's text size to 1 when quoting it????

-Warik

 

[the nature boy]

I usually tip between 2 and 3 dollars...

me too. I haven't had pizza in a while though.