13 Things Your Pizza Guy Won't Tell You

Also the chain I worked for the driver only saw half of the delivery fee. So while the customer often thought I was getting $1.50 from the delivery fee it actually fluctuated between 65-90 cents depending on the companies review of gas prices the company kept the rest to cover liability insurance. For my car getting around 27/mpg I broke even on gas but there are still oil changes, brakes, tires to cover. At the end of the day you don't have to tip, and we don't have to give good service.

If your order is screwed up, or very late we understand not tipping. You shouldn't pay extra if we screwed up. But the delivery guy isn't just bringing your food, they are taking orders, prepping dough, making pizzas, washing dishes, and delivering. The accepted norms in the US are a 10-15% tip for your server at a restaurant the delivery person does the same work or more and has to cover operating costs on a car.

2 things a driver will always remember a good tipper and a bad/non tipper. On that note when I was delivering, a family 2-3 minutes drive from the store ordered pizza 3 weeks in a row during blizzards that dumped around 12" each week 1 no tip, week 2 no tip, the next time the pizza sat in the back of my wagon without a bag I drove with all 4 windows down with the heater up high blowing at me. They called to complain about their cold food but I was out and back so quick the manager called BS.

I always tip 5 bucks per pizza. And thank the driver. I'm more then willing to pay someone 5 bucks to bring me & my family dinner. Plus, the drivers remember a good tipper & you can bet you'll be first on their list next time.

I've delivered pizzas as a way to put myself through college over the past 4yrs or so. It's through the kindness of strangers I get to do what I do. But if anyone who refuses to tip because we "simply" delivering food. Drive your lazy self and pick up your on darn pizza. If it's not hard to deliver, it's not hard to pick up. If your time = money, then tip someone who's doing you a service/favor.

I would tip more than a buck or two if the pizza companies didn't add that 15% "delivery fee" that they all charge now. I mean, a $9 pizza + delivery fee + tax + tip ends up being like $14 even if you don't tip more than a buck or two. It's a ripoff.

Some places your driver actually picks up the phone and takes your order and actually makes your food and then delivers it. 10-15% is just right.

This would have been a great article, if of course, I gave a hoo-hah what the pizza guy thinks.

Three of the 13 are complaining about tips. Why should a pizza guy ever get more than $1-2 tip? All you did was drive a couple of pizzas to my house. How is that worth more than a couple bucks? This guy is nuts if he thinks a pizza driver should be tipped 10-15% of the order. So if I order 4 pies and some wings and have a $65 bill, I'm supposed to give the guy who drove the stuff a mile to my house $10? That's insane.

I have delivered on and off since 1992 as a college job or second job. I taught my Son, now 16, that if you can't tip, don't order. I have to put gas in my car and change the oil. I am a single Mom, I graduated with a Bachelor's...and I'm not a loser because I deliver. I have a "real" job, but my ex pays 47.00 a week in child support (wow, right?!). I need the second job. Thanks to everyone who defends us, we work our butts off so people can order pizza on the weekend...while we work.