The pizza places in our community charge a delivery fee ($1.50)--I always tip an additional dollar but wonder, who gets that fee? Does it go to the driver? Was it established since maybe people don't tip well enough so the store "imposes" a tip and calls it a "delivery fee" and then those that do tip are giving the driver a bonus?
2006-08-10 08:40:49 · 21 answers · asked by Kim S 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Different pizza places have different policies.
When I used to deliver, I got $4 an hour, and 50 cents for each delivery. $3 was the average tip. Slow days you'd only make maybe $50-$60 bucks for a 6 hour shift less your expenses. Drivers paid for their own gas, by the way. Not all places buy your gas for you.
If the driver actually gets the $1.50 delivery fee, your additional dollar tip is hardly a "bonus". That's still 50 cents away from an average tip.
Pizza delivery is like waitressing. Your whole reason to be there is for the TIPS! You could go anywhere and make more than $5.50 an hour. Why bother delivering if tippers are only willing to cough up $1?
I usually tip drivers a minimum of $3, otherwise I do 20% of the total price of the food.
I know that's not the answer you were looking for, but I thought you should know that those folks aren't getting rich lugging pizza around. The delivery fees were instituted because the market for employable drivers went to zip when gas hit $3 a gallon, and that's how owners decided to compensate them for the addtional money they spend on their gas.
Hope that helps
2006-08-10 08:58:24 · answer #1 · answered by niffer's mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We pay an extra $2 to get delivery because we are just outside their delivery area (rural).
Some businesses add a surcharge because the driver is unavailable for other deliveries if out of the area, and the business keeps the fee. Other businesses add it on and let the driver keep it, because there are a lot of ignorant people who don't tip and the driver has used extra gas and time.
You have no way of really knowing where the charge goes... or if the driver is paid by shift or by delivery. Regardless, a delivery charge is a delivery charge and a tip is a tip... a tip is appropriate in this case.
2006-08-10 08:56:39 · answer #2 · answered by mama_bears_den 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You HAVE to tip the pizza guy. The delivery fee is a fakeout so the company can act like the pizza is two dollars less expensive, but the workers don't get the money. Kind of like all the fees when you buy a ticket online. I wish they'd just be honest about the price instead of adding "oh by the way, there's ten dollars extra in fees." But oh well. Tip the pizza dude, he's your friend. Without him you'd probably be having stale Pop Tarts and Pringles for dinner that night, am I right?
2016-03-27 07:02:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I worked at a pizza place that charged a $2.00 delivery fee for each order. The driver recieves none of that... it is used for gas and perhaps even for some profit. The driver was always tipped on top of that $2 fee.
2006-08-10 08:47:50 · answer #4 · answered by cbeach05 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That fee goes to the store. The driver only gets what you give him in tip. Hotels have started to charge a delivery fee for room service. It goes to the house. So you should give the driver something extra. And find a new pizza place.
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2006-08-10 08:47:14 · answer #5 · answered by Bacchus 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The delivery fees they are charging is to help the driver to pay for fuel consumption because of the high gas prices and the difficulty in finding delivery drivers because of it.
And a dollar tip isn't really sufficient. 20% of the cost of your order is customary.
Note: Some stores keep the $, and some offer it to their drivers.
2006-08-10 08:47:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you phone in for delivery pizza, ask if the delivery fee goes to the deliverer. If not, tip the delivery person.
If you think that the delivery fee is a bit steep (gas-wise), then find another pizza parlor to order from.
2006-08-10 09:21:21 · answer #7 · answered by mitch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always tip in addition to the delivery fee
2006-08-10 08:47:08 · answer #8 · answered by just me 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alot of places have added a delivery fee because of the increased price of gasoline lately. It goes to the store, not the delivery person.
2006-08-10 08:47:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The delivery fee usually goes for gas, maintence for the vehicle
An extra Tip is the right thing to do
2006-08-10 08:45:34 · answer #10 · answered by Coolboi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋