# What to tip the pizza guy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548 "2015-02-01T22:24:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/1 "2015-02-01T22:24:28Z")
A friend came up from Chicago to do some work on the house. He likes Papa John’s pizza, so I have ordered it to be delivered in two hours. I’m getting a pizza and some cheese sticks. The place is a little over a mile from my house. Now, it’s been snowing since last night and we probably have over eight inches (and my friend drove up in the middle of it to get to us. Took him about ninety minutes.) It’s Super Bowl Sunday. It’s still snowing. How much would you tip? Is $10 enough? Am I being cheap? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/2 "2015-02-01T22:27:53Z")
That sounds like a nice tip, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/3 "2015-02-01T22:32:22Z")
Wow - I thought I was generous. I usually tip $3 for 2 items, and the pizza place is about 8 miles from us. If the weather is bad, I might go $5, but never more than that. ---
**Author:** ![tuesdayweld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@tuesdayweld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tuesdayweld)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/4 "2015-02-01T22:36:15Z")
Agreed - $10 sounds nice & fair on a day such as we are having in the Chicagoland area. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/5 "2015-02-01T22:37:00Z")
I tip $3 unless it’s a huge order. I have heard from pizza drivers that $3 is good. Especially when you consider that some people don’t tip at all. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/6 "2015-02-01T22:50:28Z")
Thanks. I don’t ever order pizza, and my husband and I are older, so I didn’t want to be the person who gave the kid 50¢ and thought I was a big tipper. If it weren’t for the snow and the football I wouldn’t have considered such a large tip. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/7 "2015-02-02T00:15:08Z")
I tip 20%. It’s not a fun job. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/8 "2015-02-02T00:36:11Z")
For an order that small from a chain, I usually go $5 to $10 basically making sure I round it up to the nearest $10. Say a final tab of $11.45 or $14.45 I’ll hand the guy a $20. For local “one location” type shops, I’ll go a bit more. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/9 "2015-02-02T02:38:56Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > … Say a final tab of $11.45 … I’ll hand the guy a $20. > > For local “one location” type shops, I’ll go a bit more. More than 83% is pretty generous. Mine is usually in the $25 range, and I tip $4-6. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/10 "2015-02-02T03:36:39Z")
I own a Papa Johns, $10 is good for bad weather. ---
**Author:** ![Osiris\_the\_1st](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de0a6/32.png) [@Osiris\_the\_1st](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osiris_the_1st)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/11 "2015-02-02T15:19:45Z")
I don’t know if it’s a regional difference, but in the south, if people tip the delivery driver at all it tends to be about 10% rounded up to the nearest dollar. More in bad weather I would think. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/12 "2015-02-02T15:40:25Z")
I gave him the $10. There was almost a foot of snow on the ground. Our driveway hadn’t been plowed yet, so he parked in my neighbor’s which had been, and walked about five feet through the snow. It was just cold and nasty. It’s not what I would tip in nice weather, though, but I bet yesterday was a real pain for him. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/13 "2015-02-02T16:19:49Z")
I always start tips at 20%, and they have to earn less. Sadly, they often do. On rare occasions they earn more. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/14 "2015-02-02T17:16:02Z")
I generally tip $2-$3 but the places I order from are blocks from the house and I don’t usually order in terrible weather. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/15 "2015-02-02T17:58:07Z")
Oh, yeah, delivering pizza in a blizzard counts as extra. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/16 "2015-02-02T18:04:01Z")
You could send a PM to Doper **Askthepizzaguy**. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/17 "2015-02-02T18:50:11Z")
10% is what I give drivers. Of course, I live a bit north of Seattle where snow is rare and blizzards unheard of. I might be more generous if they had to contend with more than drizzle. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/18 "2015-02-03T00:52:45Z")
Man, I never know what to tip za drivers. That’s why I try not to be the one to answer when they come. But recently I was the only one there to do it when they came, so I had to guess. The first time, I almost really overtipped by a lot (someone had previously given me the wrong amount of the bill). So much even the driver was like “that’s kind of a lot”. But then I was like “well what’s good” and both she and another driver a few weeks later (from the same place) were no help at all and just “it’s whatever you’d like”. So the first driver I gave $5, and the next one $6 (I’d intended $5 there but it was easier for him to make change if I gave him $6 so I was just like OK). ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/19 "2015-02-03T05:24:54Z")
I normally tip 20% but I ordered pizza right after Snowmageddon in DC when basically nothing was cleared and tipped 50% as a crappy weather delivery fee. ---
**Author:** ![Majorbummer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Majorbummer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Majorbummer)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548/20 "2015-02-03T13:48:04Z")
10$ is way enough, put a smile on his face! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-tip-the-pizza-guy/711548.md?page=2)