So I delivered a pizza, it was $22 and change. The guy hands me some cash, says it’s $25. I thank him and as I’m walking to the car I count it, it’s $35, so I go back and give him the extra $10. When I get back to the pizza place they tell me he called and would like to give me a bigger tip. Should I accept or not?
I’d just tell him the fact that he called your workplace is thanks enough.
Sure why not?
Yeah, makes him feel good, makes you get extra $, no one loses.
Because that’s not the point of returning his money. Perhaps it cheapens the act? I dunno, I took it, but it felt strange.
I like DanBlather’s approach.
I would say if he had given you the extra amount on the spot to accept it graciously, but I’d say once you left it seems like far too much of a hassle to go back for it, so yeah, Dan’s approach seems pretty good
I would have happily re-tipped you the $10. It in NO way cheapens your action at all. It shows that the person really appreciates honesty and wants you to know it the best way they know how- throwing you a few extra bucks.
At least he thanked you. Once in my bartending days, a guy had handed me a new $20 bill to pay for his beer. When I got to the register I discovered he had handed me two twenties - they were stuck together as new money will sometimes do. I took his change back, handing him the second twenty first and explaining that he had given me two, then gave him the $18.25 due from the purchase. He didn’t thank me and didn’t even tip me the quarter.
That happened once to my husband and I; he was paying for pizza with some Christmas money, and gave money to the delivery guy telling him to “keep the change.” Less than 30 seconds later the doorbell rings, and the delivery guy says, “I know you guys normally tip well, but I didn’t think you meant to give me this” - a $50 bill had stuck to the back of a $20. My husband thanked him, gave him an extra $10 as thanks as well, and after we closed the door I called the restaurant and asked for them to let the manager know about this as well.
Think of it as people who give rewards for lost wallets, I say. We knew the extra $50 would have been a big boon for a delivery person, especially around that time of year, and we probably would never have realized where it went. I know the good feeling of doing the right thing is great but we wanted him to have a little more concrete reward too.