For those of yous who order pizza for deliver in the winter
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Wow. this is the first time i'll agree with you. being a cook is hard work from personal experience and cooks/chefs very rarely make tips. Were in the hole sweating,yelling, multitasking while the servers wait for the food and complain when food isn't not out on time. sorry....I have 230942834 things to do. Me, my family, and most friends are fairly big tippers, the only time I stiffed a guy is when I was completely fucked drunk and I realized after the fact and felt super bad.
I hardly ever get pizza delivered, but tonight was an exception with the snow and my GTP being freshly detailed, clayed and waxed for the winter. I did not want to get it all full of salt just yet.
I had a $10 order and the place is exactly 3 miles down one road that is 55mph.
I gave the guy a $4 (40%) tip because he delivered pretty fast (wasn't in a rush) and because it's the holidays. After working at Jewel for 7 years and having ex-girlfriends working as servers, I have respect for the food industry. I usually tip 20-25% for above average-to-excellent service and 10-15% for below average-to-average service.
I look at it from the point-of-view that a lot of people who work in the restaurant industry are going to school or lost their career job and this is filling the void. If the customer service and effort was there, I don't mind giving extra for a tip as it well-earned and it will mean more to them than me.
I had a $10 order and the place is exactly 3 miles down one road that is 55mph.
I gave the guy a $4 (40%) tip because he delivered pretty fast (wasn't in a rush) and because it's the holidays. After working at Jewel for 7 years and having ex-girlfriends working as servers, I have respect for the food industry. I usually tip 20-25% for above average-to-excellent service and 10-15% for below average-to-average service.
I look at it from the point-of-view that a lot of people who work in the restaurant industry are going to school or lost their career job and this is filling the void. If the customer service and effort was there, I don't mind giving extra for a tip as it well-earned and it will mean more to them than me.
I used to work for a drug store that delivered perscriptions and such. We used to have an elderly lady who would tip a brand new penny. Yes $0.01. We also use to get a few of the "round-uppers". They would give you the round up to the nearest $1.00. $20 in perscriptions and you get $0.22 for the delivery???? Most folks tipped accordingly and there were a few great tippers.
After working as a delivery person for a few years when I first started working/driving, I have two rules when we order pizza.
1. The minimum tip is $5.00. If weather is bad we usually add $1-$2 more depending on how bad it is. Also if we have a party with a large order the tip goes up.
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2. It's always cash.
We tend to use the same two pizza places and we've never had a pizza come late.
As stated the delivery folks remember the good AND bad tippers.
After working as a delivery person for a few years when I first started working/driving, I have two rules when we order pizza.
1. The minimum tip is $5.00. If weather is bad we usually add $1-$2 more depending on how bad it is. Also if we have a party with a large order the tip goes up.
and
2. It's always cash.
We tend to use the same two pizza places and we've never had a pizza come late.
As stated the delivery folks remember the good AND bad tippers.
I have an old lady who orders all the time that tips a quarter and some cheese and crackers or tomatoes from her garden. She is prolly the only exception that I have on tips cause shes from the stone age. Her house has oxygen pumping in 24/7.
I prefer cash tips over credit card tips because I don't have to report them. I have a guy that pays with credit but always gives me cash tips for that exact reasoning.
Here's the thing about percentage based tips... Let's say I go to a typical Greek diner and for 2 people the bill is $22.48. I'd usually put down like $3 and maybe even the change from the bill so .52 and that's a hair over 15%. now let's say I go to a fancy restaurant and get the exact same service but the bill is $85.... Why would I "owe" the waiter an extra $9 to make their tip $12? Just because the food at the joint costs more? That's bullshit. It's not like that person worked any harder... They are still serving the same amount of people... Just got lucky to be working in a "nice" restaurant.
man sounds like you had a rough night OP.
three points i'd like to make
1) if you haven't been a waiter at a hole-in-the wall place and a finer restaurant...then you don't really have any idea what it entails so don't make assumptions about workload and the ease of work. I guarantee half the people who said that it isn't hard work would get fired in one day. your base rate is shit...usually less than half of minimum wage. work ten hours and make 40 dollars...you'd be pissed if your tips sucked as well. If you can't afford to tip at a finer restaurant then go eat at taco burrito king like a toolbag.
2) if you haven't done delivery, than don't make assumptions about how easy that job is either. same shit as above applies.
3) i work in a service industry...if you are an asshat to me, i will be one right back. no big deal. what comes around goes around
three points i'd like to make
1) if you haven't been a waiter at a hole-in-the wall place and a finer restaurant...then you don't really have any idea what it entails so don't make assumptions about workload and the ease of work. I guarantee half the people who said that it isn't hard work would get fired in one day. your base rate is shit...usually less than half of minimum wage. work ten hours and make 40 dollars...you'd be pissed if your tips sucked as well. If you can't afford to tip at a finer restaurant then go eat at taco burrito king like a toolbag.
2) if you haven't done delivery, than don't make assumptions about how easy that job is either. same shit as above applies.
3) i work in a service industry...if you are an asshat to me, i will be one right back. no big deal. what comes around goes around
TIP YOUR DELIVERY DRIVER! IF YOU FEEL THAT THAT THE DELIVERY CHARGE IS A TIP, ORDER TAKE OUT. IF YOU FEEL THAT A TIP ISNT NECESSARY FOR ANY EXCUSE AND THAT INCLUDES GETTING AN ORDER RE-DELIVERED, ORDER TAKE OUT. DELIVERY IS A LUXURY AND NEEDS TO BE TREATED AS SUCH. YOU DONT GET LUXURY OR CONVENIENCES FOR FREE.
When it comes down to it, I am actually losing money by not getting tipped. The government is taxing me on 10% of my total sales regardless.
This is not my only job by the way, I do it to make extra cash, and I usually make good money, and I don't have to put a sign on my car.
When it comes down to it, I am actually losing money by not getting tipped. The government is taxing me on 10% of my total sales regardless.
This is not my only job by the way, I do it to make extra cash, and I usually make good money, and I don't have to put a sign on my car.
I agree that being a waiter is a shit job no matter the place, but I am an easy customer and the cost of the food in no way correlates to how hard the waiter works so why tip based on percentages? It seems that every waiter is always bitching about the pay... It's not the customers fault that you make below minimum wage, and god forbid you have to actually work to deserve making $20 - $30 an hour by serving 4 or 5 tables. I don't feel bad by leaving a shit tip if I get bad service. To me a tip is a report card, not part of the salary
I always tip well for whatever, unless service was shitty. I can only remember a couple times where I got shitty service, so I left a buck.
Places like Texas De Brazil I tip well cause its multiple people serving you, and they are always around to give you more food.
The few times I go to bars, I tip VERY well for good drinks, and eventually get a few freebies. Its nice getting the tall mixed drinks and they are just as strong as the shorts for the same price.
Places like Texas De Brazil I tip well cause its multiple people serving you, and they are always around to give you more food.
The few times I go to bars, I tip VERY well for good drinks, and eventually get a few freebies. Its nice getting the tall mixed drinks and they are just as strong as the shorts for the same price.
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I went to Olive Garden last night and tipped 60% because the guy was on it.
I always tip my hair stylist 100%... ALWAYS.
I did pizza delivery for a place on the Chicago/Norridge line and made BANK. The owner asked me to fill in for two weeks while their other driver was on vacation. After two weeks, I walked outta there with about $1400 cash. But I did work my ass off for it. Maybe I just got lucky and all my customers weren't cheap fucks like some are.
I always tip my hair stylist 100%... ALWAYS.
I did pizza delivery for a place on the Chicago/Norridge line and made BANK. The owner asked me to fill in for two weeks while their other driver was on vacation. After two weeks, I walked outta there with about $1400 cash. But I did work my ass off for it. Maybe I just got lucky and all my customers weren't cheap fucks like some are.
Yes to everything in the first post. I remembered the houses that didn't tip specifically, held their food out the window most of the way there, and then put it on the defroster vent to warm up the outside so they thought it was hot, and when they still didn't tip me I felt better about life. Karma is a bitch. The best is, when the cooks forgot something, "Hey, where are my fries?" cooks must have forgot them, "Well I need my fries..." what do you want me to do? whip out the deep fryer in my trunk?
This is an ignorant assumption. You can't just assume that all servers are bitchy, lazy, and don't care about customer service. Servers can usually sense whether or not a table is going to treat them like lower human beings within the first few minutes at the table. Maybe the reason you seem to be getting bad service is because you automatically think the person waiting on you is gonna be an asshole. Waiting tables is hard work and normally is just not worth the pay but sometimes you can't find anything else so you gotta do what you gotta do. Just sayin.
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