How much to tip the Pizza guy?

Which falls under the same category as "think twice before sending back your food".

 

If my food sucks I ask for a refund and go somewhere else.

 

Yeah, but if you don't know they did anything to your food, does it matter? Think about it. So they spit in it. So what? You have no clue, and when they're all smush up in there, it all tastes the same. Unless, of course, they piss in your food. Then you would know. LOL. But seriously, I tip quite generously, especially when I've just gotten paid. Once I tip a guy $20 for a $14 order. You should have seen his face, I thought he was going to have a heart attack.

But here's a bigger question: Do you tip at Sonic's? I've always been torn. I don't want to insult them by giving them a tip, as it seems like one of those MacDonalds job to me, i.e. that's all they do, pick up the tray and bring it to you. But I don't know, do you tip a Sonics employee or not?

 

If they trip and fall on their skates while bringing you the food - yes.

 

I usually tip a dollar at Sonic - they don't do much there but they are still bringing it out to your car... besides how many one dollar bills per car can a 16 year old high school girl make before she takes home more cash than her older sister the stripper? A dollar per car on top of their wages would be pretty good I'd bet.

 

That's a good point. Strange, but I think it might be the "fast food" vibe of Sonics that never made me tip. It just never occurred to me to do so.

 

Little sister making more at sonic than big sister stripping...
Had to laugh at that one!

AM thinking, little sister is working at sonic to get the money to get a boob job so she can strip like big sister.

I only tip at restaurants...never at fast food places (which I only go to when they grandkids are whining).

Don't have delivery out here where I live...do have a convenience store that makes pizza.
But is depends on who is on duty and makes them whether they are good or not.

 

I tried to tip the carpet cleaners yesterday and they wouldn't accept it.

Communists!

 

Hey, you must know a lot of strippers - or many girls that work at Sonic .... but then again, you did say you don't go out for fast food that much

 

Probably against their company policy

 

Haha! Maybe they felt they didn't deserve it. Look for any holes in the carpet.

 

That's what I thought but the owner of the company lives at the end of my street so I asked him about it. Nope, not against company policy.

I think some people don't feel comfortable taking tips from people younger than them. Maybe?

 

I've seen many different bouts of pride get in the way of money before - it's not to far-fetched.

 

Btw- am I the only one who tips girls (women) more?

 

Well considering I have been a delivery driver for about a year and a half maybe I'll offer my opinion here. For the first year I delivered liquor and beer. Weird?? Well not really here in Ontario, CA liquor and beer sales are regulated by the government and you can only buy it and the liquor store or beer store. So anyways there is a pretty big market for delivery in my town they charge $5 + cost of booze. Driver and company split 50/50 so I would get 2.50 + tip. Anyways I was making anywhere from $500/$1000 per week. The average Tip was 1.50 so I made about $4/delivery. No matter what there are going to be cheapass people and generous ppl it always avereged out to $1.50 tip at the end of the shift. Anywho i was making good coin but the expenses are pretty expensive to say the least. Within a year I probably spent $10000 on repairs, cars (3), gas, insurance, etc....After I had a falling out with the company I went to drive pizza PartTime....Pizza delivery is such a degrading job that pays like 1/6 of what I was making delivering booze. I get paid 5.50/hour + tip so basically in my 4-10pm shift I make like $40-$50 after gas. Tips are very much appreciated by any delivery driver and they don't make hardly any money with the costs of driving (gas, insurance, repairs) I think people should at least make an attempt to tip even if its only $1 it does make a difference and I'll tell you first hand that tips ensure quick service. I would purposely make people wait longer if they didn't tip. Obviously I realize driving isn't a career choice but I'm trying to raise money for college because I wasn't fed with the silver spoon like some kids...Anyways be nice and tip generously especially if you order from the same place over and over.

So there's my 2 cents which is more than alot of people tip..(stiffs)

 

Another of the differences I've noticed upon moving to America from Europe. The art of tipping. In Germany we generally rounded it up to the nearest Euro when we went out for a drink, and 5% is considered the norm if you have a meal and you have had good service. In America some places you are expected to pay 17.5 % service good or bad! Now Ok I understand the staff get paid less than Europe so need the tip to get a wage, but it's the fact that most people still tip even when the service is lousy that gets me. I really find it hard to get used to. Apparantly (according to some of my American friends) every year the % you are meant to tip seems to go up. Is this true?