Tipping pizza delivery people

w211

goater78 wrote: »

Plus you get better service on subsequent orders if you have a reputation for tipping

qetu1357 wrote: »

I would tip (although I never order pizza for delivery) as you might get an extra unwanted topping next time otherwise.................

You'll find that you probably get a better service if you're a regular known to tip.

Sometimes they can have more than one delivery on board, if the driver/rider knows they are going to get a tip for one delivery and not the other, they are more likely to deliver the tipper first, regardless of how old the other is, or how far away it is.

david81 wrote: »

I understand tipping if you are paying cash but always found that if you have already paid by card then it's a bit awkward just handing over a tip at the door... could be just me, seems the general opinion is to tip.

Quite often, those who pay by card are less likely to tip, if you pay by card and do tip, then it would be remembered and much appreciated.

Generally if there the driver takes out more than delivery, one is a cash order, and the other is a card, and they're both new customers, it is likely the cash order will be delivered first as there's more of a likelihood or receiving a tip, or the orderer just rounding up to the nearest £1.

Best to think, what the driver/rider is thinking...

"This guy tipped me before, so I'll make sure they get their food nice and hot and carefully delivered"

"This person never tips, I'll deliver this after everyone else who does tip, and will ride with my knee down going round corners, so the toppings end up on one side of the pizza, and their bottle of coke will spray all over the place when they open it..

Takeaway_Addict

If I pay by cash I tip, if I do it online I don't.

Roge

Tips made a big difference to me when I was low paid and worked in restaurant trade.

Whilst it isn't exactly the same thing, I always make sure I tip (usually £1) if the food is on time.

niggyp

a lot of people do a job thats a service to someone...myself included, in the past 10 years ive been offered tips twice but refused as offered by elderly people and id feel awkward taking a tip anyway
why is it ok to tip a food delivery person and not a tesco or other delivery driver or the postman even.......the list can go on and on....seems pretty unfair to me as they all provide a service one way or another

System

niggyp wrote: »

a lot of people do a job thats a service to someone...myself included, in the past 10 years ive been offered tips twice but refused as offered by elderly people and id feel awkward taking a tip anyway
why is it ok to tip a food delivery person and not a tesco or other delivery driver or the postman even.......the list can go on and on....seems pretty unfair to me as they all provide a service one way or another

You should tip the postman/bin man/milkman every year at Xmas.

Tesco deliverys cost money and I suspect the drivers earn a reasonable wage so I suspect they don't get tipped for that reason. If you're paying tesco a fiver to deliver your shopping you probably resent tipping the driver as well

OlliesDad

arcon5 wrote: »

Reason being they are employees and subject to no less than NMW like the rest of us - like your tesco worker, your postie etc whom we never seem to even consider tipping. Irrespective of output they will earn at least min wage. I will tip those who are usually self employed and not on a guaranteed wage per hour, such as taxi driver, plumber etc

Most delivery drivers are actually self employed (not sure if they are for the chains but i know our local Indian and Chinese are).

w211

Roge wrote: »

if the food is on time.

Quite often it's not the driver's fault if the food is not delivered on time.

It's usually other factors, such as how busy the restaurant is, the traffic, weather, efficiency of the staff handling your call, how quickly the cooks cook your food, and how speedy the person is packaging and putting your order together.

The driver often just waits at the restaurant, picks up your bag/box of food as soon as it's ready and delivers straight away.

Unless you're a regular non-tipper, the delivery driver is unlikely to go to your address the long way round, have a cigarette break, chat with their mates etc., whilst they have a delivery on board.

They also want to get rid and deliver your order as soon as possible, so when the orders from regular, tipping customers come in and are ready, they're back at the restaurant ready to go!

Wanton

PasturesNew wrote: »

I try to avoid home delivery as the minimum order amounts are usually 2x what I'd be spending, so I go and collect.

I know that a lot of takeaway delivery drivers are paid based on the mileage, £1/mile, so if you are 3 miles away and you're the only order they deliver they've sat (in their own car) for an hour, to deliver it, and get £3.

Not a very quick car!

Hmm71

Oh dear, I must be a very stingy person as it's never occurred to me to tip the delivery bod. I don't tip the chefs or the person taking the order if I go to the takeaway myself, not that I can afford takeaways very often anyway.

dshart

I find it quite a sad indication of our society when it is felt that if we don't tip we will get a poor service. The whole idea of tipping is to thank someone for a service above and beyond what would normally be expected.

The good service should come first with the tip totally at the discretion of the customer.

I also find the excuse that delivery persons are on less than NMW to be a bad reason. Employers should be paying at least the NMW and if not the employee should be fighting for their rights. It is not the responsibility of the customer to make up their wages.

It doesn't matter if the delivery is stated as free or not the customer is still paying for it in some manner and is entitled to a reasonable service whether they decide to tip or not.