barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) (11/01/84)
Yes, presumably most of the delivery surcharge hopefully goes to the
delivery person. However, I don't think that this is a reason not to
tip. First of all, if one delivery person delivers more pizzas than
another in the same amount of time, he will probably NOT make more
money; they are probably paid by the hour. Tips are per-delivery, while
the surcharge goes to the house and is used to fund the salaries of the
delivery people. Also, I will give a pleasant delivery person a better
tip; back when I was in school and we ordered pizza the delivery person
would often hang around and shoot the breeze with us, and we got to know
him after a couple of deliveries, so we tipped him well.
Another point is that there is other delivery overhead, for example the
car mileage. At $.20 per mile, an average delivery could cost over $.50
in mileage.
Going by the reasoning that you don't have to tip when the food is
surcharged to pay the deliverer, you shouldn't tip waiters, since the
price of the food includes an increase to cover the waiter's salary.
The pizza delivery person is no better than a waiter, as far as my
convenience is concerned.
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Barry Margolin
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