how much should you tip the pizza delivery guy?

[cercis]

In the US restaurants aren't required (and therefor don't) to pay minimum wage to servers. They are allowed to pay them half of the federally mandated minimum wage. So they get something like $2.50/hour.

Now, the employer IS required to guarantee minimum wage, but most employers will fire you if you ask for it. They figure you're either lying that you didn't get enough tips to bring you to minimum wage or that you're really bad at your job.

Knowing this (and it is common knowledge in the US) it is somewhat of a theft of service if you don't tip.

[BCompDude]

Originally Posted by cercis

In the US restaurants aren't required (and therefor don't) to pay minimum wage to servers. They are allowed to pay them half of the federally mandated minimum wage. So they get something like $2.50/hour.

Now, the employer IS required to guarantee minimum wage, but most employers will fire you if you ask for it. They figure you're either lying that you didn't get enough tips to bring you to minimum wage or that you're really bad at your job.

Knowing this (and it is common knowledge in the US) it is somewhat of a theft of service if you don't tip.

What he/she said.

[BCompDude]

Originally Posted by Bruce Wayne

You get a wage though don't you? If one of my staff asked a customer for a tip for doing their job I'd rightly expect the customer to tell them where to get off. The customer has paid my company for the job, I then pay my staff to do that job.

Sure you're waiting on me at a restaurant but that's your job, the thing the restaurant pays you to do. Should I tip the kitchen staff for washing my dishes? How about I don't pay for my meal but instead just give a tip if I think it's worth it? Do you think the chef would go for that?

I get a wage now, and I got a wage then too, at $2.50 an hour. Tips are EXPECTED by both the employer and the government. In fact if you don't claim at least 8 percent of your total sales they tack it on because they think that people tip at least that.

And if I were still a waiter and waited on you and you left me no tip, that would just be depressing. Of course, I never had someone not tip me because I was good at what I did. Its insulting and rude to not tip; something I would never do to a competent server. IMHO, the people who don't tip are pretty pathetic and cheap. And yes people, that is "cheap", not "frugal".

[Razzy]

The only time I will not tip is when the service is really bad. I'm not talking when the restaurant is full I can understand that. I'm talking about when the restaurant is slow and your waitress/er is just standing around talking to their co-workers and just ignoring you. That is when I will get the manager and let them know what is going on and tell them. We've been in situations where we got a trainee and that was fine because the trainer was right there to make sure everything was fine.


Now if the service is exceptional I will tip more than usual and let the manager know what a good job that person is doing and will ask for them when we go to that restaurant again.


Razzy

[PRICEPLUS]

We tip 2 dollars for one pie. 3 dollars for a few extras like heroes. 5 dollars for a large order when company is coming. As we don't order very much any more the situation rarely arises.

[marglo]

I don't like the tipping idea at all except for exceptional service, but that said, I still do it.
I don't order pizzas delivered...but if I did, I would probably quickly figure about 15% (maybe rounding up if I had it) and would only tip more if there was something special done. If the pizza was way late, cold, or the delivery guy was rude I would either not tip or only give a little. Even in a restaurant, I tip according to the service I receive, but I almost always tip. I can only remember a couple times not tipping...and that was because of EXTREMELY poor service! Like almost no service!