Should I tip if theres a delivery charge?
Any charges such as that aren’t something that gets kicked down to the delivery person. Those dropping of the food, just as in a restaurant are totally muling it around for you, unless you give them something. 15% of pretax total is generally considered the ‘average’ tip. Plus factor in the vehicle wear and tear, insurance, gas, etc. In a delivery instance, if you don’t tip them they may actually ‘lose’ money in the end. Same goes for a lot of servers/bartenders. We have to tip other people out, generally, at the end of our shifts: managers, kitchen staff, food runners, bussers, dishwashers. If you don’t tip, you cost the person helping you money. So don’t be a dickhead.
As a delivery driver for Pizza Hut: – Currently we have a $2.50 delivery charge. It’s gone up from $1.50 last January. – Back when it was $1.50, we got $0.91. It jumped to $2 and our cut went to $0.96; when it jumped to $2.50 we started getting $1.01, but now that gas prices are going down we only get $0.96 of the $2.50. – That cut goes directly into my gas tank, and the company specifically does the math so our cut is (average gas price)x(average delivery distance)/(average mpg). They keep the rest to cover their rising cost of doing business, or at least that’s what we’re told. – Once delivery got expensive enough that the math started not making sense to people (I don’t recall anyone noticing when their order was $1.50 more, but a lot of people notice the extra $2.50), we started getting stiffed a lot more. People started getting indignant about being charged extra, and they assume we get all of it. – We complain about it, but the recent drop in compensation without decreasing the f
I would base my tip off the food amount pre-tax and pre-fee. I also refuse to order from places with delivery charges. And 20% is too high anyway. Did he check on you during the meal, make sure everything was as you expected, replace anything that was defective, keep your water filled, and offer dessert? No? Then 20% is too high. We quit ordering from Pizzahut because they raised their food prices (acceptable since raw ingredient prices are up). And while I know gas prices are up as well, I’m just unwilling to take their hit twice. I’ll still eat there, just not delivered.