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Originally Posted by ken0042
The delivery charge goes to the restaurant; as the restaurant is paying a fee to the driver. Some places give drivers X amount per delivery, some give a wage and then a lesser amount per delivery, and some just an hourly wage.
For example back when minimum wage was $5 per hour, some places I worked paid you $2-2.50 per delivery, some paid you $5 per hour plus 50¢ per delivery, and others paid you $6 per hour. All three systems had their pros and cons for the drivers.
The bottom line is that I would always tip the driver. Not only do they have a greater chance of making or breaking your meal (getting lost, driving slow, etc)- in addition to waitresses they also have to pay for gas and vehicle costs. Especially if it's somewhere you order from often. The experienced drivers know who tips and who doesn't. Once again, that can mean your order comes quick and hot, or slow and kinda warm.
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I have had 2 bad delivery drivers (very late, cold pizza, pizza stuck to the top of the box, left pop in the car) have the audacity to complain about not getting a tip. They ####ed it for the rest of the delivery drivers that come to my house. I typically try and pick up my food now anyway since it is faster and a lot of places offer a discount for in store pick-ups.
I have a hard time justifying tipping a delivery driver when a lot of places charge a $5 delivery fee. I realize that the driver doesn't see much if any of this money but that really isn't my problem. I am already paying extra to have it delivered, now a tip in top of that? No thanks.