I ordered from Dominos the other day and after I got my food and tipped the delivery person I realized that there was a delivery charge! Do I still give a tip or does the delivery charge cover that?
2007-01-31 05:31:42 · 28 answers · asked by Heather 1 in Dining Out ➔ Fast Food
Yes, you may still want to tip. The delivery charge may be going to the business, not the delivery person. It is not labeled a "gratuity", as is usually the case when one is added for you, so it looks like that is the case to me. The same thing happens when I have groceries delivered - Peapod adds a "delivery charge", but my tip to the driver is separate.
2007-01-31 05:35:15 · answer #1 · answered by Steven D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The delivery charge and the tip are two separate things. I no longer order pizza in protest of a delivery charge because I believe the delivery charge is the tip! I've always been a fair tipper and this new charge was a slap in the face. I feel sorry for the delivery guys because I am sure customers are taking it out on them verbally or withholiding tips over it. It's just more money for the greedy owners who charge it and less for the hard working delivery people.
In the olden days before this ridiculous charge, I once ended up having just enough in cash to pay for my pizza and nothing left for a tip. This was unacceptable to me, especially because the delivery guy was really nice, so I went and got these movie ticket vouchers I had received as a gift. It was the beginning of the month and I knew I wasn't going to be able to pull off childcare in the next few weeks before they expired at the end of the month, so I gave them to the delivery guy apologetically. He was so excited and thanked me profusely before he left.
I thought that was odd until I thought about it. At the time, those vouchers were worth 10 or 12 dollars, about the cost of my pizza. To him it must have been a tremendous windfall and that young single guy had an entire month ahead to take in any movie he wanted, bringing a friend or date for free!
The stupid charge is just hurting those who need and deserve a real tip.
2007-01-31 08:04:18 · answer #2 · answered by AJ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Delivery charges are not the same as a tip. The company is trying to recoup some of the costs of fuel and insurance with a delivery charge but the driver bringing the food is a minimum wage earner and relies on the tips to bolster his income. If you tip on the receipt when paying with credit card then the money goes into a fund and is divided by the employees but if you give a cash tip then that is up to the driver to declare it to the company if he wants or he can pocket it. I always tip the driver and the amount I tip depends on the driver paying attention to what I ordered and brings it all. He is responsible for making sure he has the ordered products before he leaves the store and if he shows up with the little cheese and pepper packets he gets a bigger tip. Tipping is always appreciated but you have to get some value for your tip. Its a tough job going to strangers doors. And there is always the possibility that the order is fake setting the driver up for being robbed. Tipping is personal choice but I feel that if someone does a good service for me then I don't mind tipping.
2007-01-31 05:57:32 · answer #3 · answered by ladyalyas 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question. I have always assumed that the delivery charge covered the delivery of the food and therefore went to the delivery person. So I never added a tip on to this. I'll be interested in seeing what everyone else says.
2007-01-31 05:37:05 · answer #4 · answered by kja63 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The delivery charge, if it goes to the driver, is only to cover the gas and wear and tear they are putting on their vehicle. A tip is for service. My husband owns a pizzaria, we pay the drivers a percentage of the total amount of the bill to cover gas and wear and tear. We do not pass that cost onto our customers directly as a delivery charge because many customers may then get the impression that it would be sufficient to replace a tip. On average, food delivery drivers only make about 10% of their total sales in tips--pretty shoddy when you consider that most waiters and waitresses now expect a 20% tip, and they aren't even putting their life on the line driving food to your house.
2007-01-31 06:32:44 · answer #5 · answered by Heather Y 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Delivery charge does cover it, but it doesn't hurt to help someone out. Delivery people usually make $7.00-$10.00 an hour, and while to some of the younger people on here that may seem like an okay amount, but who knows what they have to spend their money on.
Here's how I do it up. If the pizza-place says it will be at my house at 40 minutes, and it's here in 25 - of course I will give them a few extra bucks. If the pizza is here in 50 minutes instead of the 40? You might be able to forget about it. If the person is presentable and polite - of course. Common Courtesy should be repaid with Common Courtesy.
2007-01-31 05:40:48 · answer #6 · answered by aSchway 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tip is a gratuity which means it is a little extra for a job well done. You do not have to tip if you do not want to. If you feel you should have tiped becuase the pizza got there fast, hot , and fresh then yes tip but if the pizza got there slow, cold, and old then no top is necessary. the delivery charge is just what they charge you for gas that they are supposed to reimburse the driver of. so the delivery charge is just paying for gas not really anything else. so if you felt like the guy deserved a tip then yes tip away.
2007-01-31 05:39:03 · answer #7 · answered by questions?...so many preguntas! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The delivery charge is not kept by the delivery person but by the company they are working for. It's really a shame.. it's another way to extort the working poor. I tip my delivery person regardless of a delivery charge. I have learned not to order from companies who tack on delivery charges that the person delivering my pizza NEVER GETS. :)
2007-01-31 05:37:39 · answer #8 · answered by Jane Doe 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its probably a delivery charge...I used to work at a Domino's and we wouldn't charge a delivery fee, even though the pizza was ridiculously expensive. But when gas prices began to rise, our franchisee had no choice but to include a delivery charge, due to the fact that they would pay from 1 dollar to 1.50 to every driver for every pizza run they would make for gas milelage.
2016-03-28 22:29:06 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Though the delivery charge covers the delivery and more, yet still a tip will be a bonus for the delivery guy. For you, it really won't mean anything...but think about him; how much surplus shall he gain...good for him and for you!
2007-01-31 05:36:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋