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Originally Posted by snoopy89
I work as a delivery driver in a pizza place. Here's how it works at my store. They charge $2 for delivery. We get 90¢ reimbursement per delivery, as far as 14 miles round trip. Reimbursement existed long before the introduction of the delivery charge, it in no way affects what the pizza place pays their drivers.
I am lucky enough to work at a place that still pays minimum wage while on deliveries, most do not. $3-6 an hour is becoming standard while on runs due to "tip credit." Often times if a customer doesn't tip, we end up making less than minimum wage after what we spend on gas, not to mention wear and tear on our cars.
None of this really matters in the end tho. Someone saying "Oh they charge me $2 now? I'm not tipping the driver" isn't someone "taking a stand" it's just someone's excuse to be cheap. You spend $20 on a pizza delivery and you're too cheap to throw $3 to the person that used their own vehicle to bring it to you? Then go pick it up. If you think you would drive to someone's house to drop something off and they paid you 90¢ gas money to do it and you'd be ok with that, then you're only fooling yourself
I must live in a bubble sometimes; I had no idea that delivery drivers used their own vehicles for this stuff. Well, thank goodness I would never tip anyone less than $5; not that I get take out food very often, but still; whenever I do, it's always such a nice convenience to not have to put on pants and drive.
The way I see it: when I order take out, I know full-well going in that my pizza or my chinese food is going to be an additional $5-$15. Do I want to spend that additional money? Well, if I feel like being lazy, then yes. Yes I do. (Just don't bring me cold food, that's all I ask).