Probably none, because I used to be a pizza delivery man myself and we were expected to break any bill. No customer ever told us to keep so much change.
Are you serious? Nobody ever told you to keep 3.25 change? Shoot, if someone has to buy his gas to deliver a pizza to my house (normally less than 5 miles from the store) I normally try to make sure to give him at least $5.00 as a delivery fee (tip).
I wouldn’t say I’ve lived a sheltered life. I was brought up to understand that people who work hard deserve to receive a tip. When I go to a restaurant, I always tip according to the kind of service I receive. Good service, good tip. Bad service, bad tip. And when I say bad tip, I do mean bad tip. I’ve tipped as little as 1 cent but I ALWAYS leave a tip. I want the server to understand that I do tip. But, I’m from the deep south and my family grew up during the depression so we always… Read more »
Wow! Don’t misunderstand but, you have my sympathy in that regard. When you work for minimum wage AND have to provide your own fuel and maintenance, a nice tip would be very much welcomed.
I worked for three different food delivery services while in college and in summers between. They all provided a percentage of your deliveries to keep you in fuel. Tips were over and above that.
That’s definitely different from where I live. I never did any deliveries but, I’ve known a few people that did and they all said that they had to take care of their vehicles out of their earnings.
Maintenance was something else again (and why I stopped doing it, my old VW just couldn’t handle it anymore), but the percentage more than covered my fuel requirements for day-to-day use above and beyond work.
Well, the minimum is 20% but, a tip is a gratuity or gift. As I mentioned elsewhere, I tip according to service rendered. Good service = good tip; poor service = poor tip.
Having made change myself before, and depending on where exactly you were on the list of deliveries, you’d be amazed just how fast the small money actually goes.
My favorite Pizza-delivery story is the time I was working in a college town over the summer (1987, IIRC) and was sent out on Memorial Day to deliver an order to a party.
The guy who was there firing up the grill was already *really* drunk. He paid for a $30 order with a $100 bill and told me to keep the change.
Needless to say, I left before he could change his mind or sober up. 😉
I suspect he’s currently being naked in the bedroom away from the other kits so there are no witnesses to him doing something he wasn’t given permission to do yet.
Welsh Rat
1 year ago
#2873
Beth-Anne has been accepted into the collective. For now at least.
Thomas R Mazanec
1 year ago
#2876
I forget…what is that monetary unit equivalent to again? I take it a dollar, pound or euro? What was the price of a pizza in 1995?
It’s anything you want it to be. Now, as for pizza prices, depends on the brand and the area. Some haven’t changed much over the years. For me, a large pizza in 1999 was $8 Oddly enough, a large now is about the same price. Maybe few less ingredients. I mean, Dominoes has that 5-5-5 deal. Even Little Caesars has trouble beating that.
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I wonder how many pizza delivery people say that when someone asks if they can break a big bill. LOL.
Probably none, because I used to be a pizza delivery man myself and we were expected to break any bill. No customer ever told us to keep so much change.
Are you serious? Nobody ever told you to keep 3.25 change? Shoot, if someone has to buy his gas to deliver a pizza to my house (normally less than 5 miles from the store) I normally try to make sure to give him at least $5.00 as a delivery fee (tip).
Few people tipped me, and none even close to that amount. What a sheltered life you lived!
I wouldn’t say I’ve lived a sheltered life. I was brought up to understand that people who work hard deserve to receive a tip. When I go to a restaurant, I always tip according to the kind of service I receive. Good service, good tip. Bad service, bad tip. And when I say bad tip, I do mean bad tip. I’ve tipped as little as 1 cent but I ALWAYS leave a tip. I want the server to understand that I do tip. But, I’m from the deep south and my family grew up during the depression so we always… Read more »
All the same, what the cartoon showed is something I never experienced. Pizza delivery people rarely get tipped, as I can tell from experience.
Wow! Don’t misunderstand but, you have my sympathy in that regard. When you work for minimum wage AND have to provide your own fuel and maintenance, a nice tip would be very much welcomed.
I worked for three different food delivery services while in college and in summers between. They all provided a percentage of your deliveries to keep you in fuel. Tips were over and above that.
That’s definitely different from where I live. I never did any deliveries but, I’ve known a few people that did and they all said that they had to take care of their vehicles out of their earnings.
It was also the mid-80s/early 90s…
Maintenance was something else again (and why I stopped doing it, my old VW just couldn’t handle it anymore), but the percentage more than covered my fuel requirements for day-to-day use above and beyond work.
Wait, I thought the min tip was 10% and the highest was 15%+ of what was ordered or bought.
Well, the minimum is 20% but, a tip is a gratuity or gift. As I mentioned elsewhere, I tip according to service rendered. Good service = good tip; poor service = poor tip.
Having made change myself before, and depending on where exactly you were on the list of deliveries, you’d be amazed just how fast the small money actually goes.
Since you put it that way, I can understand why a driver might not have 3.25 to break a 20.
I have actually gotten some good tips from people telling me to keep the change when paying with a big bill
My favorite Pizza-delivery story is the time I was working in a college town over the summer (1987, IIRC) and was sent out on Memorial Day to deliver an order to a party.
The guy who was there firing up the grill was already *really* drunk. He paid for a $30 order with a $100 bill and told me to keep the change.
Needless to say, I left before he could change his mind or sober up. 😉
“Where’s Hunter?” The one that likes being in the center of everything? Is that a hint for us readers???
I suspect he’s currently being naked in the bedroom away from the other kits so there are no witnesses to him doing something he wasn’t given permission to do yet.
Beth-Anne has been accepted into the collective. For now at least.
I forget…what is that monetary unit equivalent to again? I take it a dollar, pound or euro? What was the price of a pizza in 1995?
It’s anything you want it to be. Now, as for pizza prices, depends on the brand and the area. Some haven’t changed much over the years. For me, a large pizza in 1999 was $8 Oddly enough, a large now is about the same price. Maybe few less ingredients. I mean, Dominoes has that 5-5-5 deal. Even Little Caesars has trouble beating that.
Not gonna last long at those prices