I order pizza fairly frequently and pay the tip online on top of the bogus delivery charge.
I usually use the tip scale of $3.00 for one, $5.00 for 2, and $10.00 for three. Fair enough?
Sounds like plenty to me. I mean, usually delivering a pizza involves a drive of less than 5 miles, knocking on a door, and taking money. It’s not like he made the pizza himself from flour that he ground using heirloom stones and he personally milked the cows to make the cheese, etc. He just drove it down the street to your place, after all.
$10 for three seems too much. I tip about $5.00 per delivery, unless there’s some big reason - mainly, if it’s a LOT of food, if he has to make 2 trips to the car, or something.
Joe
Industry average is about $2 per delivery so that’s very good.
I tip $5.00 here in Canada. When I’m at our winter place in Florida, I do the same, but then realize that (this was back in the days of the .67 cent Canadian dollar exchange rate), “woah. That’s a nicer tip.” The minimum wage in Florida is 7.25 an hour, and since the pizza arrives 30 minutes after I order it, I presume he at best took 20 minutes to get there. Five bucks for 20 minutes “work” is pretty sweet.
When I was driving, $3.00 would have you remembered as a good tipper, and $5.00 would put you as the first stop of my trip if I had multiple deliveries, regardless of routing.
That was ten years ago, so adjust accordingly. I’d say you’re doing quite well.
I believe in tipping well. I tip $5 for 2 pizzas and some wings, and the guy’s only gotta drive literally 3 blocks. I feel like it’s worth it because when I order, they come quick.
Don’t forget the “dead” time getting back to the store. Cuts the overall hourly average some.
You’re a good tipper. Often they get nothing.
Hey, I tip industry average!
I can’t feel too bad about that. Most places we order from are three blocks away. $2.00 for what is literally a one minute drive seems more than fair.
I tip about $2 but feel obliged to give more, say, $5, in bad weather. That’s the REASON I order pizza in winter, so I don’t have to go out in crappy weather.
I tip $5 regardless of what I order (usually isn’t much) and the driver is always appreciative.
Ask the former pizza delivery guy, me:
Yes, your scale for pizza tips is fair. I last worked in a mixed ritzy-working class neighbornood, and I averaged $3-4 per delivery (more on snowy nights).
And many times, the uber-rich would tip poorly ($1), while the working stiffs would tip well ($5).
If I order and pay online, and include the tip online (papajohns.com allows this, not sure about other chains), is the driver aware of the tip amount he’s getting?
I tip the same no matter the size of the order (usually about three bucks, give or take).
The only time I tip more is if the weather is exceptionally inclement (e.g., significant snow or ice accumulation, frigid temps, etc.). Because, after all is said and done, what Snowboarder Bo said is the salient point.
I’ve done this before, and on more than one occasion I’ve either been missing elements of my order, or the order’s been spectacularly screwed up.
I don’t do the online tipping thing any more.
Why does the third pizza get more of a tip than the first two?
I used to deliver pizzas in the mid-80s. I never expected or ‘suggested’ a tip and often left without the people having a chance to give me one. I got paid to make the delivery. I was still living at home, so I didn’t ‘need’ the money.
Other drivers would wait at the door until a tip was produced and complained about just getting a buck or two (usually the change from the next $5 increment). Often our drivers would average 30 trips a night, more on Fridays. $70+ in tips was not uncommon and the drivers got paid for the delivery on top of that. Some drivers only worked on Friday nights and would leave with $150 for the evenings work (5-12).
And yes, the working class tipped better than wealthy.
IMO, your tip is generous.
More than generous, I’d say.
I usually tip somewhere around $5, period – and only if it was an extra speedy delivery. Way I look at it, he’s getting paid already, an hourly wage – and if it’s low, that’s not my fault.
Anyone that uses their own car on something like this without getting some kind of mileage, etc. for wear and tear on the vehicle is just dumb. Never let an employer take advantage of you like that. One would think that in this day and age of the internet, there would be some kind of central bulletin board where the skinny on bosses and employers could be ranked.
We generally tip $2-$3 on one or two pizzas. If it’s more than than, like if we’re having a gathering, I’ll tip $5+.