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[–] Alto@kbin.social 107 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (19 children)

Used to deliver for them, can confirm all the above. Some other stuff:

  • Yes there's less of each individual topping when you order a bunch of different toppings, but I promise you that you don't want a normal amount of each topping on your supreme pizza. The center would still be raw, probably even if you put it through twice.
  • The 50% weeks are mostly a scam. It's usually cheaper to use the other good coupons (e.g. mix and match) than to take 50% off normal menu price
  • Unless you've got a big/otherwise pain in the ass to deliver order, a $10 order is just as much work to deliver as a $60 order. I personally tip based off distance rather than total because of it, and most my coworkers also preferred this method.
  • Brooklyn pizzas are just normal pizzas using dough 2 sizes smaller (for example an XL brooklyn is just a medium dough stretched thin). In general if you're looking to maximize food per dollar, normal hand tossed is what you want
  • For the love of God don't buy soda from the store if there's a gas station or something that's not out of the way. It'll be half the price at most.
  • The dishes probably aren't being cleaned properly. If you're lucky your local store has 1, maybe 2 closers who actually give a shit and try to do it right. I imagine that's pretty standard in food service though.
  • If you order delivery 2 minutes before close, you're braver than I. I had a hard policy of don't fuck with peoples food but not everyone does, and you sure as fuck aren't getting it on time.
[–] Doug@midwest.social 5 points 11 months ago (11 children)

After enough people kept asking me how much to tip because I was working/worked as a delivery driver I created the following

Consider how much you don't want to go get it yourself. Put an actual dollar amount on that. If it's just a buck or two, bite the bullet and just go get it. Otherwise, tip that amount.

I think a lot of people $10 don't want to go get their own food when they're considering delivery.

[–] PDFuego@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Does delivery not cost extra over there? Here we have a delivery fee, that's your "how much is laziness worth to you" charge, and tips aren't expected anywhere.

[–] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Good. We shouldn't start that shit what's going on in the US. That's why I never tip, unless it's a really, really, exceptionally good service when they went out of their way to handle me.

[–] PDFuego@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ignoring the fact that ordering online or with an app asks you to tip before the service actually happens, I don't even know what exceptionally good delivery service would look like. I'm paying someone to drop food off next to my door within a certain time frame, there's no way they can do it any better and a million ways to do it worse. Tipping deliveries is nuts. Thankfully I recently moved out of the suburbs and now have dozens of restaurants in walking distance, so I never use Doordash or whatever any more anyway.

[–] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I meant tipping in general. Of course with delivery, there is no room for anything exceptional. Therefore it's exactly zero tip every time from me, they are doing their job. But fortunately tipping here is not expected, that's what their salaries are for.

[–] mbp@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 11 months ago

Not tipping delivery sucks.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

There is. The driver doesn't see a dime of it, unless you count the legal minimums for mileage they give you. We also got paid half rate when out on an order

[–] gears@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Depends on the chain, for sure.

At the Pizza Hut I worked at (which I know is not standard, even among pizza huts) the driver is making minimum wage the entire time, and no mileage. We also got ~50% of the delivery fee.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah “how much is laziness worth to you” is just a way of ensuring there’s never a mutually good deal.

But no delivery is traditionally tipped here, it’s why I always pick up. If I want food with no effort, I’ve got no effort food at home.

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