Sometimes I pay for a delivered pizza on my credit card (the driver brings the two-part receipt for me to sign). There’s usually a line for a tip. Does the driver care if I put the tip on the credit card, or do they have a strong preference for a cash tip?
I tend to agree that on SDMB you’re probably getting the upper half of the curve, at very least.
In the last ten years, I lived first in Ann Arbor, then (now) in “suburban” (hah!) Mississippi. In both places, I’ve always gotten very good service from drivers who remembered me, and I tip $1 per pizza. I suspect that at least some of those who are accustomed to tipping higher live in areas where the CoL is high. Had I lived in W. Bloomfield instead of A[sup]2[/sup], I suspect it would have taken something much closer to $2/pizza to get the same eager service. 
And ditto were I now living in Madison, MS, instead of one of the blue collar suburbs.
A[sup]2[/sup] is a college town with a very high percentage of foreign students (and next door to another college town where many of the students come from blue collar backgrounds), so lots of their customers either can’t afford as much, or don’t understand our customs.
And of course where I’m now living, in modest sitdown restaurants (e.g., Shoney’s), the waitstaff see enough flat tables and $1/person tips that 15% seems like a big spender, much less ~18% or so.
My final conclusion is that it depends on where you live, and whether your neighborhood is primarily po’folks or yuppies. :dubious: 
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I must admit, I now understand this tipping phenomenon. $2.11 :eek: That’s nuts. That’s so crazy. Here it’s AUD$8+
It all makes sense now. Why would anyone work for $2 bucks an hour? 
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Obviously, because of my lack of knowledge of tipping ettiquette, I have no idea what I would tip them. Perhaps something along the lines of
[Good wage per hour (minus) his wage per hour] multipied by percentage of hour taken for full delivery.
let’s say, reasonable wage = $8, his wage = $4, Time taken = 45 minutes… (so 8-4)*0.75 = $3
I’m going too much into this aren’t I. 
For a $23 pizza, delivered in a timely fashion, I’d tip $5 (loose 20%).
Buck a pizza (or item). Which is usually about 3 dollars.
Maybe I should clarify, two pizza’s and cinnamon stuff is about 18 dollars here.
Just ordered a $16 pizza, tipped $2.
That clarifying statement confuses the hell out of me. Is it one of those Southern U.S. things that mystifies everyone else, like rye whiskey with mint?
(In my defense, the location field doesn’t show when you’re replying to a message. I still don’t get it, though. What “cinnamon things” get delivered with pizza in Texas?)
Domino’s, I think, has cinnamon bread sticks with a dipping frosting, meant as a dessert item.
$0.00 - since I live in Australia there is no expectation to tip. Thank god.
Hence my post above 
How does the inclusion of a “delivery charge” in the price affect your tipping? I still give the $1/pizza; but I am less enthusiastic about it since I’m also paying a delivery charge.
$5 each delivery. More if it’s a ton of food.
I’m in the UK, and if I’m paying with cash, I’ll round up a bit (depending upon service); if I’m paying by card I don’t tip, mainly because paying by card indicates that I don’t have cash on me.
Several pizza places down here in addition to pizza and salad serve some sort of cinnamon, bread stick/dots/roll type thing with icing for dipping. At one place it is like breadsticks topped with cinnamon and sugar, at another it’s more like cinnamon rolls. I apologize for the confusion.
Why does having cash on you or paying by card change the tip the delivery guy deserves?
There’s no room on the card slip that I sign for a tip for a start, but beyond that, I’m not entirely sure.
3-5 bucks for 2 pizzas. More if the weather is bad.
I usually tip $2 on a normal order (one pizza, sometimes breadsticks or suchlike).
Another question for pizza delivery types: is it better to tip in cash or in the check? Am I making it hard on you when I put the extra $2 or $3 in the check total?