# Ordering delivery in bad weather - yay or nay? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 15, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-delivery-in-bad-weather-yay-or-nay/529018 "2010-02-15T00:41:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-delivery-in-bad-weather-yay-or-nay/529018/21 "2010-02-15T19:16:27Z")
About the only places that deliver here are pizza places. Rain: no problem. Snow: Only if we’ve had a chance to clear off the driveway and front steps - I don’t want some poor fellow slipping and killing himself (or slipping, not killing himself, and suing us either). But if I did, you betcha I’d tip very well! ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-delivery-in-bad-weather-yay-or-nay/529018/22 "2010-02-15T19:23:43Z")
[Quote=GreatStuffMan] I completely agree with that you should of course tip generously if you order in when it’s really shitty weather, but what makes you say that being a pizza delivery guy is the most dangerous job in America? [/quote] > [@rhubarbarin](#): > > It’s _one of_ the most dangerous jobs. They get shot, robbed, etc. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-delivery-in-bad-weather-yay-or-nay/529018/23 "2010-02-15T20:51:48Z")
If I get delivery during really bad weather (California, buckets of rain) I’ll double tip. Never had to think about snow storms though. Even though I only order delivery a couple times a year, I always get the same delivery people who remember me and come promptly. ---
**Author:** ![HISSNLISSN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed8c4c/32.png) [@HISSNLISSN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HISSNLISSN)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-delivery-in-bad-weather-yay-or-nay/529018/24 "2010-02-16T03:03:38Z")
Echoing the “tip well” sentiment. I worked delivery in a brutal Chicago winter (which one isn’t?) and 9 times out of 10, the customers to whom I was delivering food late at night were kind and considerate. That statistically significant 10th customer made me want to pack it in and go home (after a healthy sob, of course). Whenever I order delivery, I tip generously, the same or more that you’d tip waitstaff at a restaurant. When the weather’s rough and a delivery order is necessary, the tip increases. ---
**Author:** ![Trick\_Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Trick\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trick_Rider)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-delivery-in-bad-weather-yay-or-nay/529018/25 "2010-02-16T04:27:08Z")
Unless it’s weather that I would not be willing to go out in myself, I’ll order delivery. If it does get to be too bad, I’ll make myself a sandwich or eat a banana. And if there is snow or ice on the steps, I’ll clear it off. I also tip higher according to how bad the weather is. A “keep the change” is pretty common to hear from me. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-delivery-in-bad-weather-yay-or-nay/529018/26 "2010-02-16T21:25:57Z")
> [@Tanaqui](#): > > My opinion as a former part-time pizza delivery girl is–drivers will be out there whether or not you personally call and order or not. If you feel the need for delivery, give the driver a big tip and I’m sure you will make his or her day. Rain/snow/cold - If I call for delivery because it’s to nasty or annoying for me to want to drive, the tip gets a big boost. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ordering-delivery-in-bad-weather-yay-or-nay/529018.md?page=1)