Comment on I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07.

• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I’m in Indiana and not in a major metropolitan area.

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  • UmeU@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    While the dollar amount I suggested is particularly applicable to metro / high col areas, the concept still applies. The same expense/effort on behalf of the driver exists for a $30 delivery as with a $130 delivery.

    The same cannot be said for dine in.

    Flat rate for delivery, percentage based for dine in is a sensible solution which I didn’t come up with myself. More sensible of course is fair pay which negates tipping altogether but we aren’t there yet.

    If small town Indiana is a particularly low cost of living area then maybe $4 is a fair tip. But where I am from, $4 doesn’t last five seconds anymore.

    If it takes them 20 minutes to bring you your pizza, then go back to the shop, then at best they are making $12 per hour minus the mileage and gas and other expenses they incur driving their own vehicle… it’s a real shit job that can only be made better by decent tippers, until such a time comes that tipping is abolished (I won’t hold my breath).

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It doesn’t take them 20 minutes to bring me my pizza because, again, I’m not in a major metropolitan area. It takes less than 10.

      Christ.

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      • UmeU@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I’m sure you’re right, those pizza delivery millionaires have us all fooled, but not you my friend.

        In all seriousness… if $12/hour after expenses is a livable wage in bumfuck Indiana then that is not representative of the rest of the US.

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