[QUOTE=clairobscur]
Lobster, scallops and caviar? Plus beverage? For $32???
I want the address of this restaurant!!!
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Trust me, you don’t. There are places that you could get away with that menu at that price, but I wouldn’t want to be eating there…
The breakfast food at $6.95 - I would probably leave $12 total (would pay cash).
The seafood at $32.95 - I would probably leave $42.95.
[QUOTE=Frylock]
A delivery fee generally does not go to the waitstaff, so it doesn’t make sense to subtract it from the tip.
The delivery fee is a fee you pay to the restaurant for its sending the pizza over to you.
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As someone who doesn’t eat pizza or live within delivery area of any place I’d actually like food from, I find this thread interesting in an alien-culture sort of way. So only a small fraction of this delivery fee goes to the driver, often 2/5ths or 1/3rd based on the numbers people are tossing about.
What exactly is the explanation for the rest of the fee? The cost to them of the packaging they bought in bulk and…? Since it’s the driver’s car and the driver’s fuel, I’m trying to figure out what other expenses the restaurant are out on your behalf that they wouldn’t be if you drove to the store and picked up your order yourself. Hmmm. They give you a box too when you pick it up yourself, though, don’t they? If so, I guess packaging isn’t a different cost then, either.
[QUOTE=elfkin477]
As someone who doesn’t eat pizza or live within delivery area of any place I’d actually like food from, I find this thread interesting in an alien-culture sort of way. So only a small fraction of this delivery fee goes to the driver, often 2/5ths or 1/3rd based on the numbers people are tossing about.
What exactly is the explanation for the rest of the fee? The cost to them of the packaging they bought in bulk and…? Since it’s the driver’s car and the driver’s fuel, I’m trying to figure out what other expenses the restaurant are out on your behalf that they wouldn’t be if you drove to the store and picked up your order yourself. Hmmm. They give you a box too when you pick it up yourself, though, don’t they? If so, I guess packaging isn’t a different cost then, either.
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One thing it covers (or goes a long way toward covering) is… the driver’s wages! :smack: 
(Smileys because this fact could complicate the discussion considerably…)
-FrL-
[QUOTE=Frylock]
One thing it covers (or goes a long way toward covering) is… the driver’s wages! :smack:
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I thought of that, but dismissed it because how is that different from picking up the pizza and part of that income going towards paying people who stay in the store?
[QUOTE=Fuji]
You don’t get it.
It’s none done to screw you - it’s done to reward those who do tip well.
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These arguments are all getting rather intricate, but I thought the tip was to reward the server for good service, not the good service to reward the big tipper. Who’s training whom?
[QUOTE=eleanorigby]
It’s “Dammit, Tip Your Pizza Delivery Person WELL”.
Thank you.
I feel better.
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I’m late to the party, but I’m sighing in relief after your post. C’mon people, let’s stick to the important issue!
[QUOTE=Fantome]
But it’s not so. At least no more so for delivery drivers than waitresses. Actually, I think it’s more likely for a delivery drivers to deliver more food based on the tab than a wait person would. See my example of lobster vs. eggs over easy. That’s not exactly a “fringe situation” as you called it. It’s pretty common for restaurants to have a wide variety of foods at drastically different prices, that all can be carried to a table with the same degree of ease or difficulty.
So how do you tip in the following situations:
Tuesday night. You’re in the mood for some breakfast food. You order two eggs over easy, hash browns, wheat toast, and a cup of coffee. You stick around for about 40 minutes total and enjoy reading the paper. Bill total: $6.95
Wednesday night. You haven’t had a lobster tail in a while and want to splurge. Twin lobster tails with drawn butter, ooh, lets get some scallops too and some caviar. And a Heineken. You get a call and are out of there in 40 minutes. Bill total: $32.45
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You know, you weren’t talking to me, but for what it’s worth, I agree with this in theory. I think tipping should have less to do with the price of the check and more with how much had to be done by the server (and how well it was done).
In practice, though, I like to round things – sometimes this works out closer to 20% for the server, sometimes it works out closer to 25%. Sue me.
In your hypothetical (assuming the service was good), I’d round case 1 up to $10, and case 2 up to $40.
[QUOTE=Hazle Weatherfield]
I’m late to the party, but I’m sighing in relief after your post. C’mon people, let’s stick to the important issue!
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And the other important issue, which is that “agreeance” is a stupid fucking worthless word!