People tip pizza guys a dollar? Man, we were tipping $5 back in the 90’s. I tip $10-$12 now. The dude just drove to my house and brought me pizza, he deserves some compensation.
compensation… for doing the job he is paid to do… right.
look, if you live at the end of a long shitty dirt road, or maybe the last apartment on the top floor of a 6 story walk up - then they’re going above and beyond. Hell yeah, tip more.
Tip to be nice, because times are tough and you have some extra cash.
But don’t tip because someone did the bare minimum that they get paid to do anyway.
Don’t tip because it’s expected. Don’t tip if you can’t afford it.
you, by simply spending what little you have and can, are helping pay their wage already. You’re doing your part. That is: don’t feel guilty if you can’t or don’t tip.
Do feel warm and fuzzy if you can and do tip, though. it’s still nice to do :)
Don’t they get paid by the service that decided to be in the food delivery business?
At Domino’s about 7 years ago, we got paid minimum wage, plus I think a dollar per delivery item, (multiple houses on some trips when we were busy counted each order) and then tips on top. That per order bonus I think has gone up since then.
They charged the customer a $3.50 delivery fee though.
There was also a class action suit that showed that the per delivery bonus didn’t cover the wear and tear and gas for the delivery, and could push the driver under minimum wage if they didn’t get tips.