Thanks for waiting

[Racket_Man]

I got a delivery to one of the local factories one that is well known for paying with exact change (as in down to the penny). and they never order less than $45 worth of food.

I take the run and after exchanging false pleasantries with the usual front person (who I suspect is skimming off the tip after collecting from each person). I give her the total of $48.74. she counts the money in her pocket and somehow she comes up $9 short. while she goes to collect more money I unload the hot bag. upon returning she gleefully says:

"OH sorry you had to wait soooo long. Go ahead and keep the change" IE. 26 cents.

Yeah right thanks. like she expected me to be orgasmic, do cartwheels, or just gush uncontrolablely over a pitiful 26 cent tip. YUP just about right for that crowd.

[MaseMan]

That much food and they can't even throw a couple bucks your way? That's pretty pathetic.

[Sapphire Silk]

CNN Money had an article yesterday about how much certain jobs rely on tips for their income: pizza delivery was high on the list, under waiters/waitresses.

[Mnemjian]

Well she works SOOO hard and doesn't get tipped so why should you? Your job is always easy and fun!!! /sarcasm

Next time you see her, ask if she's seen the movie "Waiting..."

[Racket_Man]

this is also the person who wondered out loud why 2 month ago I was really down and a bit grumpy. I replied "My Mom just died" Oh sorry non-repsonce responce.

then 3 months before that same question, my answer "cause I just had to spend $1200 for a major car repair and that is difficult cause I work for tips" very bland whatever responce.

[fma_fanatic]

I wouldn't be surprised if the person greeting you was skimming off the tips. This is why when we do orders like this, one person will pay with a credit card, then others pay in cash after. We had a problem with someone several years ago who was ordering and would take cash and skim the tips. No one knew this was happening until the driver asked me one day why we were so stingy on tips. I actually threw in an extra 5 bucks for him because he'd come in while it was snowing.

Once I mentioned it to a few co-workers he actually got a decent tip when we started paying with credit cards (our total, plus the tip split). We figured she was skimming when she bitched about how she was always short of cash when we'd order, and how it wasn't fair we weren't letting her order anymore. Eventually she stopped ordering and left soon after (for other reasons altogether).

P.S. I always tip well. Drivers get more if they have to come in during bad weather, because honestly, I wouldn't want to be outside in the nasty weather either. I tipped the Chinese delivery guy 10 bucks because his was the only restaurant who would deliver one day when we were all stuck before the building management got the parking lot cleared up.

[Primer]

I used to work in the tutoring lab at my school, and occasionally we would get together and place a group order. I always offered to be in charge of the money, and I would be sure to figure out totals including tax and tip (at least 15% tip on total ordered)and rounded each person's total UP with the extra going to the delivery person. I also always carried a change fund, so nobody could get out of contributing their full and proper amount.

As I understand it, when I quit that department, delivery soon started to refuse them service.

[Teskeria]

My daughters bf delivers pizza. When they moved me here to the midwest from Boston, I kept certain behaviors. He was shocked out of his skull to find that when he delivered a pizza to him, he got a decent tip. 1st time he tried to say I didnt need to tip him since he was dating daughter. Also last time he tried to say that. I have a very nice line in glares.

[Green_Fairy]

i'm a huge fan of tipping. when i was working at the green apron coffee shop, tips were our grocery money.
when we first started dating/living together, The Boy didn't usually tip. one of those "well, they get paid" types. then i pointed out to him a few times that usually waitstaff and whatnot usually get paid below minimum wage because they're expected to get tips. he generally tips these day.
on our wedding night, the two of us went to dinner. the bill was somewhere around $48 and he tipped $36. i think he made our waitress' night. she was all "omg thank you you're amazing!" it was awesome. his reason? "i just got married. i'm in a good mood. what."

[chainedbarista]

tips are lifeblood for those who deliver/wait; they are grocery/gas/textbook money for people like me, who had to take a job just to afford school (damn ca tuition hikes).

[Racket_Man]

i'm a huge fan of tipping. when i was working at the green apron coffee shop, tips were our grocery money.
when we first started dating/living together, The Boy didn't usually tip. one of those "well, they get paid" types. then i pointed out to him a few times that usually waitstaff and whatnot usually get paid below minimum wage because they're expected to get tips. he generally tips these day.
on our wedding night, the two of us went to dinner. the bill was somewhere around $48 and he tipped $36. i think he made our waitress' night. she was all "omg thank you you're amazing!" it was awesome. his reason? "i just got married. i'm in a good mood. what."

thank you for educating him. servers and drivers thank you. both sets of employees get paid way under minimum wage (servers around $2.30 and drivers between $4 and $5)

you would be surprised at how much better the night can go if I get one of those "miracle" tips esp during Welfare Week.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Count me in among those who tend to tip generously unless the service is especially subpar.

Biggest tip I ever gave was to the cabbie who got me home during the Feb. 2002 blizzard. I'd taken the train up to Boston to visit my then-GF, and come back a day later to let the blizzard move on past the DC area. I get into DC, aware that the Metro wouldn't be able to get me home, and intend to take a taxi to a hotel and figure out a game plan from there.

Instead, I find a cabbie with a 4WD vehicle, looking for passengers to Virginia. Long story shorter, he gets me all the way home, and I end up tipping him 100% because he went so far out of his way and got me to my driveway.