I just ordered pizza. The bill comes to $10. Tax $1.14 and there is a delivery charge already added of $2.50 ... so the $10 bill is already up to $13.64 ... and gas is at the lowest price it has been in years. The store is just a couple of miles away. What would you say is a fair tip ?

just give em $15. that's fair

LOL Thats what I was planning on. By the way, always be nice to food servers and handlers. My brother has owned a restaurant, and been working various food related jobs for 35 years. People will not think twice about spitting in your food (or worse) if you give them a hard time, or do not tip.

If they charge for delivery... screw 'em.

Re: #4 please see post #3

#2 about right.........$2.50 for delivery ,thats steep...I might make him give me fitty cent back...

Give 'em 13.65 and tell him to keep the change!

I would give them $16. The extra $1 or 2 doesn't mean as much to me as it does for a College or high School Kid.

I would give him a Pomnrgrate White Owl...

Ditto post #4. Delivery charge for what? Gas in the delivery car... that's owned by the delivery person? And tip on top of that? BS

-JT

Give the kid at least $2.00. He doesn't get the delivery charge dough. That goes to the capitalist swine that owns the business.

Actually, some of the delivery charge, if not all probably does go to the driver. Some places charge that because of the people that only tip a penny or the change that rounds up to the nearest dollar. A lot of drivers earn the same as waiters or waitresses, ie. a cpl bucks an hour. Then there are the places that take part of the delivery charge. I don't patronize them when I found that out.

If you order from there regularly and get the same driver each time, definitely $15 or more. Treat the delivery person right and you will get better service, particularly when you need it!

I always throw in 4 or 5 bucks on top of the cost of the pizza. Delivery charge is not an issue. You guys bitchin' about a couple bucks for a person who does that job? The same guys who'll think nothing of $6-10 for a single cigar? Ever do a job like that? It can earn half-way decent money (for a kid) at times but others it's dry. It can be pretty tough putting up with some people as well.

Always appreciate your delivery person or wait staff. The few dollars it costs won't be missed by you but can really add up for them.

And they DO remember.

When I was a paperboy, I used to make certain that my best tippers got the most pristine copies of the paper everyday. The roughed up ones from the top and bottom of the bundle would go to those who never tipped me.

Delivery charge alone for our regular pizza place is $3.00. The place is about 2 miles away. But on top of that, they also raised the prices of their food. So something that used to cost us around $16.00 to $20.00, is now, almost $25.00 or $30.00.

We normally give a good tip. $5.00 to $7.00. But with the increases, the tips have gone down.