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    Re: How much to tip the pizza delivery guy

    Next question: how much do you tip your barber?
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    Re: How much to tip the pizza delivery guy

    Quote Originally Posted by BuckeyeRed27 View Post
    I use Uber Eats and GrubHub a lot and I’m never sure how to handle it with the delivery fees, so this thread has been helpful.
    Give those guys cash if you can, don't count on anything given through the app. They are always screwing people somehow or another from what I have read.
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    Re: How much to tip the pizza delivery guy

    Quote Originally Posted by 757690 View Post
    We’ve discussed this in another thread.

    The key is if if there is a delivery fee. If there is, that usually means the driver is getting more than minimum wage. If not, then they likely are only getting that.

    If there isn’t, I always start with a $5 tip and go up from there, depending on the details. If there is, I start at $2 and go up from there.
    The driver basically never sees that delivery fee, most of the chain places will tell you that in the fine print too.

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    Re: How much to tip the pizza delivery guy

    Quote Originally Posted by Wonderful Monds View Post
    The driver basically never sees that delivery fee, most of the chain places will tell you that in the fine print too.
    You’re the third person to bring this up.

    To clarify, I didn’t say the driver gets the delivery fee. They don’t. But usually, places with a delivery fee pay the driver more than minimum wage. Not always, but usually.
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    Re: How much to tip the pizza delivery guy

    Quote Originally Posted by 757690 View Post
    You’re the third person to bring this up.

    To clarify, I didn’t say the driver gets the delivery fee. They don’t. But usually, places with a delivery fee pay the driver more than minimum wage. Not always, but usually.
    I wouldn’t really say that’s true either. I’ve delivered for Papa John’s, Dominos, and Snappy Tomato here in Cincinnati, and they all have delivery fees, and none of them paid anything more than minimum wage.

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    Re: How much to tip the pizza delivery guy

    If you want to tip $3 instead of $6, just do it. Guesstimating that a delivery fee covers the $2-3 you prefer to hold on to feels silly.

    I think it's similar to walking past someone asking for change on the street. It's your decision not to give them anything. "Well, I would give but the statistics show that often times they aren't even homeless/they will use the money for alcohol or drugs/they actually make a lot of money..." feels like a silly waste of brain energy for something that's in your right to simply decline to do.

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    Re: How much to tip the pizza delivery guy

    Quote Originally Posted by Reds Freak View Post
    Next question: how much do you tip your barber?
    $5

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    Quote Originally Posted by Redsfaithful View Post
    Give those guys cash if you can, don't count on anything given through the app. They are always screwing people somehow or another from what I have read.
    Interesting, I’ll keep that in mind. I rarely ever carry cash though.

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    Re: How much to tip the pizza delivery guy

    I go to a chain (SportsClips) and do $3
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    Re: How much to tip the pizza delivery guy

    Quote Originally Posted by BuckeyeRed27 View Post
    I rarely ever carry cash though.
    Same, that's the hard part really.
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    Re: How much to tip the pizza delivery guy

    My Dad worked as a pizza delivery guy in college, he ALWAYS over tipped and made sure I would as well or he would know
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    Re: How much to tip the pizza delivery guy

    Quote Originally Posted by Redsfaithful View Post
    It's been a long time since I worked in food (decades at this point) but I'd never count on a delivery fee going to the driver, just FYI. Even if they say otherwise, I still wouldn't trust it.
    As a customer, I am paying for delivery if they're charging me so if the driver isn't getting any of that then that's a problem on their end

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    Re: How much to tip the pizza delivery guy

    Without consistency, you have no brand.

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    Re: How much to tip the pizza delivery guy

    Worked at Domino's for 6 months in college. There was a $1 delivery charge that the drivers made on every delivery. As long as someone tipped $2 I was happy (this was in the mid 2000s for inflation reference). The worst were the people who would stiff you entirely even if you delivered it on time. We had some regulars who never tipped (see Sea Ray) and we always dreaded those calls coming in.

    I always tip $5 at a minimum.

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    Re: How much to tip the pizza delivery guy

    Quote Originally Posted by Reds Freak View Post
    Next question: how much do you tip your barber?
    My barber and I went to high school together. I get a hot towel and straight razor shave along with my cut for $25 and I tip her a $10 spot.

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    Re: How much to tip the pizza delivery guy

    In my opinion, $5 tip for Pizza - $5 tip for barber - try to pay that in cash if you can.
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