Re: Tipping furniture/appliance delivery people in General Questions http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r14418857 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:58:36 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:58:36 EDT Re: Tipping furniture/appliance delivery people http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14457581 PhoenixAZ : I tip $5 for pizza deliveries.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14457581 Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:18:36 EDT Re: Tipping furniture/appliance delivery people http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14450707 Tzale :
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said by Rob See Profile :

Recently Papa Johns has aded a $1.50 "delivery fee" when you order pizza from them for delivery. First it was $1.00, now it's $1.50. I usually give them a $2.00 tip, but now I give a $.50 cent tip. A few times the delivery driver questioned my tip. I informed him that they already charged me $1.50 for delivery and he advised me that that money went to the company to cover other expenses. Told him that that wasn't my problem.

Was I wrong?
Yes, you were.

Don't take it out on the driver. A fifty cent tip is a slap in the face. You would have been better off not giving anything. :uhh:

-Tzale
Oh well. I was charged a $1.50 delivery fee, not my problem.
Actually it is your problem. I wouldn't be surprised if that driver spit on your pizza if you ever ordered from there again and he delivers....

Some people are so cold and heartless.
-Tzale
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I ended up tipping the sofa delivery guys $5 each because they brought a rather large ssectionl in without so much as a nick in the doorframe or wall, assembled it and had it done in 10 minutes.

The appliance guys will be by tomorrow with the fridge, washer and dryer. The washer and dryer have to go down a narrow set of stairs into the basement.

I think if they hook everything up and keep off the walls, that will warrant a tip as well.
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said by Tzale See Profile :

said by Rob See Profile :

Recently Papa Johns has aded a $1.50 "delivery fee" when you order pizza from them for delivery. First it was $1.00, now it's $1.50. I usually give them a $2.00 tip, but now I give a $.50 cent tip. A few times the delivery driver questioned my tip. I informed him that they already charged me $1.50 for delivery and he advised me that that money went to the company to cover other expenses. Told him that that wasn't my problem.

Was I wrong?
Yes, you were.

Don't take it out on the driver. A fifty cent tip is a slap in the face. You would have been better off not giving anything. :uhh:

-Tzale
Oh well. I was charged a $1.50 delivery fee, not my problem.
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said by Rob See Profile :

Recently Papa Johns has aded a $1.50 "delivery fee" when you order pizza from them for delivery. First it was $1.00, now it's $1.50. I usually give them a $2.00 tip, but now I give a $.50 cent tip. A few times the delivery driver questioned my tip. I informed him that they already charged me $1.50 for delivery and he advised me that that money went to the company to cover other expenses. Told him that that wasn't my problem.

Was I wrong?
Yes, you were.

Don't take it out on the driver. A fifty cent tip is a slap in the face. You would have been better off not giving anything. :uhh:

-Tzale
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Otherwise, after seeing what's in your house, they may come back when you're not home, and take it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14442798 Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:59:40 EDT Re: Tipping furniture/appliance delivery people http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14440727 Rob :
said by CableTool See Profile :

said by Rob See Profile :

Recently Papa Johns has aded a $1.50 "delivery fee" when you order pizza from them for delivery. First it was $1.00, now it's $1.50. I usually give them a $2.00 tip, but now I give a $.50 cent tip. A few times the delivery driver questioned my tip. I informed him that they already charged me $1.50 for delivery and he advised me that that money went to the company to cover other expenses. Told him that that wasn't my problem.

Was I wrong?
Thats horrible. I used to deliver pizzas. What do you think would happen if he was your delivery guy next time?

When I got out of Highschool my friend managed a restaurant. I would deliver pizza on the weekend for him. I saw a lot of usual customers and I got tipped pretty well. One of my last deiveries I informed the customer it was my last day. He seemed sad and said " Let me know where you will be delivering for next..."
Like it was my career.
anecdotal.
It may be horrible, but if they titled it "Delivery Fee", then I expect it to be given to the driver. How do I know he's not making it up? If a company is charging me 1.50 delivery fee, then they have basically forced me to pay for the delivery (then it's not free delivery anymore like they advertise). Why should I have to pay an additional 2.00 bucks? I've since stopped ordering from papa johns and now order from pizza hut where I give the delivery drive t$2.00 bucks and the pizza tastes better.
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said by Rob See Profile :

Recently Papa Johns has aded a $1.50 "delivery fee" when you order pizza from them for delivery. First it was $1.00, now it's $1.50. I usually give them a $2.00 tip, but now I give a $.50 cent tip. A few times the delivery driver questioned my tip. I informed him that they already charged me $1.50 for delivery and he advised me that that money went to the company to cover other expenses. Told him that that wasn't my problem.

Was I wrong?
Thats horrible. I used to deliver pizzas. What do you think would happen if he was your delivery guy next time?

When I got out of Highschool my friend managed a restaurant. I would deliver pizza on the weekend for him. I saw a lot of usual customers and I got tipped pretty well. One of my last deiveries I informed the customer it was my last day. He seemed sad and said " Let me know where you will be delivering for next..."
Like it was my career.
anecdotal.
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I would still give the $2.00 to the driver.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14437411 Sun, 25 Sep 2005 01:18:30 EDT Re: Tipping furniture/appliance delivery people http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14437013 balazone :
said by Rob See Profile :

Recently Papa Johns has aded a $1.50 "delivery fee" when you order pizza from them for delivery. First it was $1.00, now it's $1.50. I usually give them a $2.00 tip, but now I give a $.50 cent tip. A few times the delivery driver questioned my tip. I informed him that they already charged me $1.50 for delivery and he advised me that that money went to the company to cover other expenses. Told him that that wasn't my problem.

Was I wrong?
Papa John's should change the name and call it a service fee or something. I bet lots of delivery drivers are seeing less tips because of this. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14437013 Sat, 24 Sep 2005 23:57:18 EDT Re: Tipping furniture/appliance delivery people http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14437001 Phil : No I don't.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14437001 Sat, 24 Sep 2005 23:55:07 EDT Re: Tipping furniture/appliance delivery people http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14436050 Rob : Recently Papa Johns has aded a $1.50 "delivery fee" when you order pizza from them for delivery. First it was $1.00, now it's $1.50. I usually give them a $2.00 tip, but now I give a $.50 cent tip. A few times the delivery driver questioned my tip. I informed him that they already charged me $1.50 for delivery and he advised me that that money went to the company to cover other expenses. Told him that that wasn't my problem.

Was I wrong?
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Service excellent!
Tip $100.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14435155 Sat, 24 Sep 2005 18:20:18 EDT Re: Tipping furniture/appliance delivery people http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14433509 satasi : Well, it depends on the situation......My AC went out last Thursday and I couldn't get any of the big AC companies to come out, they were backed up....my neighbor works for the City and he called a friend of his that works on the side repairing AC's.....He called and said he couldn't come over until Friday at the earliest.
Well the temps here run around 100 every day so I open all the windows and turned on all my ceiling fans, He called and said he was on his way thursday night and told me my circuit board had blown out and he didn't have the part so he wired around the board to get my AC working. I gave him a 50 dollar tip for him and his partner and they came back Saturday and replaced the circuit board.....:):):) SATASI
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I used to deliver to a Hell hole in Queens that required the yard people to get a fork truck and move materials so I could offload. They used to make me wait a half hour or more before they got around to helping me out. I started bringing in coffee & donuts one day. After that, they fairly tripped over themselves to help me as soon as I arrived. Coffee & donuts = cheap palm grease. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14433006 Sat, 24 Sep 2005 10:24:33 EDT Re: Tipping furniture/appliance delivery people http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14419017 CableTool : Im a notorious tipper because I have some sort of guilt complex with people doing things for me. Seeing someone sweat for me really gets under my skin.

In any event the pizza guy always gets 5.00 and if I have it handy, the furniture movers usually get 20.00.

How many deliveries can they make thanklessly throughout their day. I dont look at it like a job they have already gotten paid for, I look at it like a job that sucks and from one person to another I appreciate what they have done.

I mean, why do we tip the garbage guys at christmas or our building maintenance man? They are already getting paid for their job, usually pretty good as well. Its because we appreciate them and want to show it. Or DONT appreciate and want to pretend we do. :)

In any event, if you think you should tip, then go ahead. Dont ask the internet if you should or shouldnt. Sometimes just saying thank you and that you appreciate their effort is good enough.

I had heating and a/c replaced earlier this year. It took two workers 14 hours to remove my old units and install the new ones, one of them had a freaking BROKEN LEG in a cast. The job cost me close to 4k but I know they arent going to see any of that so I bought them lunch and tipped them each 50.00. I appreciated their tireless efforts and the cuts and scrapes and sweat and wanted to let them know.
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if not it depends on the weight of the item - refrigator $10, table & chairs $5, sofa $5, etc.
Multi-items add them up but never over $20.
I live in Nevada the tipping state.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14419015 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:26:32 EDT Re: Tipping furniture/appliance delivery people http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14418857 Hayward : Kind of defines the other word for TIP....GRATUITY.... you felt you were treated gratuitously... rather than just doing the job and effectively taxed (what most tips really amount to as most jobs they are auto fo,r is employers getting away with less that min wage)

ANd by the way TIP is a really nasty concept which MEANS "To insure promptness (TIP)" or in other words paying some one enought to kiss your but... vs this person that just went out of their way to do a good job... and WELL DESEVERVED a GRATUITY
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I tipped a kid that delivered my TV because when he came by it was raining,
he brought the TV around back,
he took off his shoes so he didn't mess up the carpet,
put the box on a blanket so it didn't mess up the carpet,
moved the entertainment center away from the wall (new TV was deeper than the other one),
put the TV in place,
hooked up the cabling,
put the batteries in the remote and gave us a quick lesson on how to run the set up program.
He also helped me move the old television out of the room and into a storage room.
That was way beyond what he needed to do.
I also wrote a very complimentary letter to his boss about how good his employee was.
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Not sure if they get any of that or not.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14418767 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:28:46 EDT Re: Tipping furniture/appliance delivery people http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14418751 SuperNet33 : No, I have never nor anyone i know have.
Its there job to do and that is what they get paid to do.
It is always nice if they good job you give them $5.00 bucks for lunch, if you really want to.
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If so, what is your formula?

If not, what is your reason?

Thanks!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14418712 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:12:55 EDT