Why does Pizza Hut change $2.50 for delivery and still ask to tip driver?

[ZackMc72]

Due to this i'm going to have to only tip driver 75 cents unless I can find a buck laying around. Feelsbatman.jpg


Inb4 10 page thread, telling me i'm a horrible person for only tipping 75 cents after a 2.50 delivery charge.

[jump_man23]

or you could not call a delivery service if you cant afford to tip properly

[DimSumDude]

"tipping properly" get that SHYT outta here.

[wheelz_of_steel]

The delivery fee is there to pay for the gas that driver himself had to pay for. It should theoretically allow the driver to break even, though when I was a delivery driver back in college, it usually didn't even cover it. The tip is for the driver doing his job so he doesn't make under minimum wage because his salary comes from tips, and even then the pay pales in comparison to a waiter.

Cliffs: OP is a raging *******, and I hope the driver rubs his sweaty ballsack all over the pizza before you eat it, you miserable fuk.

[lwyatt82]

Its typical american tipping bull****. The company wants you, the customer, to pay their employees so they don't have to (which in turn nets them more profit). This business model doesn't exist in most of the world. My only question is where that "delivery charge" goes to. I would bet that it is not given to the driver.

Edit : just saw that the charge goes to the driver. That is good, but it still doesn't change the bullsht business model where the customer has to pay for the product and the employees wage.

[ZackMc72]

Found a few bucks for a $3.75 tip on a $10 pizza. Still don't get why they don't just charge more for the pizza, i'm sure many people miss the part were it says that the delivery cost isn't the tip.

[Preban_AR15]

The delivery fee is there to pay for the gas that driver himself had to pay for.

So are you saying the 2.50 goes to the driver? If so, why wouldn't the 2.50 be "part" of his tip. If not, it's just a BS move on the company part as the driver is using his own car and money for gas so it's not costing the company anything and they are just pocketing the 2.50

[tbonez3858]

LOL..most people don't stress over a couple of bucks.

[lwyatt82]

So are you saying the 2.50 goes to the driver? If so, why wouldn't the 2.50 be "part" of his tip.

Yeah, but 2.50 aint sht. That won't even cover a gallon of gas. The problem is that the company doesn't pay the driver a decent wage and replies on you, the customer, to do so. The lesson here is that unless you have nice set of tits, don't work a "tip" job.

[char1zard]

Only 1$ of the delivery charge goes to the driver. The rest goes back to the company. Yes serious.

[tbonez3858]

Only 1$ of the delivery charge goes to the driver. The rest goes back to the company. Yes serious.

Does the company pay for mileage and or insurance?

[jules89]

I've worked at dominos and papa johns and the delivery fee goes to the company and the driver. I think it's split.

[jcant]

The delivery fee is there to pay for the gas that driver himself had to pay for. It should theoretically allow the driver to break even, though when I was a delivery driver back in college, it usually didn't even cover it. The tip is for the driver doing his job so he doesn't make under minimum wage because his salary comes from tips, and even then the pay pales in comparison to a waiter.

Cliffs: OP is a raging *******, and I hope the driver rubs his sweaty ballsack all over the pizza before you eat it, you miserable fuk.

It's not possible to make under minimum wage legally in America.

[Shak3401]

So are you saying the 2.50 goes to the driver? If so, why wouldn't the 2.50 be "part" of his tip. If not, it's just a BS move on the company part as the driver is using his own car and money for gas so it's not costing the company anything and they are just pocketing the 2.50

No it doesn't. I deliver pizza. The delivery charge is $2.29. I get to keep $1.15 while pizza hut keeps the rest.

[CarlMcGuirk]

Yeah, but 2.50 aint sht. That won't even cover a gallon of gas. The problem is that the company doesn't pay the driver a decent wage and replies on you, the customer, to do so. The lesson here is that unless you have nice set of tits, don't work a "tip" job.

where are you delivering pizzas to that you burn an entire gallon of gas in the process? or, what sort of horribly inefficient car are you driving?

[ZackMc72]

Just got an email from papa johns that they are offering a medium pizza for 64 cents if you order a large. I dun goofed.

[char1zard]

Does the company pay for mileage and or insurance?

Lol no. It's a real scam but most delivery drivers are too dumb to realize it. It's not worth doing unless the vehicle gets 30+ mpg, otherwise you're paying to go to work.

[caramello029]

How about just getting in the car and going to lil ceasars and getting a pizza and crazy bread all for under $10 bucks plus you'll have the $2.50 left over. Problem solved and you profit.

[AFDestruction]

The delivery charge is sourced through the pizza place and THEN to the driver most likely because the charge then becomes a tax write off. It is now a business expense vs money just going to the driver that doesn't help drop their net income.

[Preban_AR15]

Just curious, what do pizza delivery drivers consider a decent tip? The same as a waiter? 15-20%?

[AFDestruction]

Also...if you cant afford to pay a delivery driver...drive or walk your ass down there and get it.

[lwyatt82]

where are you delivering pizzas to that you burn an entire gallon of gas in the process? or, what sort of horribly inefficient car are you driving?

I don't deliver pizza. However, I could easily see you burning more than a gallon of gas in a used vehicle (who puts wear on a new vehicle delivering pizza?) in stop and go city traffic going to and from a delivery.

[Archangel_Lost]

The other day I ordered pizza, and since I payed for it my gf was going to give a couple bux for the tip.. only apparently she didn't have any, and I paid online and had no cash. Anyway, I just asked the guy if he wanted a couple slices, and he said yea, and that was that.

[char1zard]

Just curious, what do pizza delivery drivers consider a decent tip? The same as a waiter? 15-20%?

3$ standard. 2$ is acceptable but not good. 1$ and below is a waste of time.

[iliketojuggle]

Jets pizza does the same thing. I asked the guy when I was getting a delivery about the 2.50 "delivery charge" and he said he doesn't even get any of that, the pizzeria is just charging 2.50 extra because you get it delivered and they are taking it all for their own profit. He said if I don't tip him he doesn't get anything.

[Patient Bear]

enjoy your dinner you poverty fuk

[Preban_AR15]

3$ standard. 2$ is acceptable but not good. 1$ and below is a waste of time.

Gotcha, I assumed it was based on a percentage but that's cool.

[mfux]

I usually tip the driver at least 3 times the amount the pizza cost.

[wheelz_of_steel]

So are you saying the 2.50 goes to the driver? If so, why wouldn't the 2.50 be "part" of his tip. If not, it's just a BS move on the company part as the driver is using his own car and money for gas so it's not costing the company anything and they are just pocketing the 2.50

Because the driver has payed for gas, so the delivery fee is just there so he can break even. If you consider that to be the tip, then driver's netting like 5 bucks an hour. Think of the delivery driver as a waiter...except he can only serve one customer at a time and has to spend his own money to do it. It's a pretty shytty gig.

[SignOfTheTimes]

I can't believe the tipping etiquette you guys have over in America, I don't think I've ever tipped anyone ever in my life except maybe once at the barber. Not hating, just find it weird