My friend was here visiting at lunch today and I ordered a $9.99 pizza online for us. It has a $2.50 delivery charge already so when the driver got here, I gave him an extra dollar thinking that a $3.50 tip was sufficient. My friend then said, "don't be so cheap" and handed the guy a couple more dollars.
I was thinking $2.50 was actually fine, and adding another dollar on was just extra. I figured most people don't even do that. He then told me that he had read the box once as he was eating, and noticed it said the driver does NOT GET THE DELIVERY CHARGE! I then called the "major pizza chain store" to find out the real deal and they told me that no, the driver gets NONE of the delivery charge and only gets mileage, plus tips. So, even worse, I am assuming like a waitress they would still have to be paying taxes on assumed tips?
I went back to the website and it does say, among all the coupons and codes and would you like to add this or that that the delivery fee does not go to the driver. But in all the time I have ordered I had never noticed it as the website is so cluttered and I would just be trying to order my pizza and check out.
I felt really bad for the drivers, I have ordered pizza at least a dozen times in the past 6 months and only given them a dollar each time since I assumed they were already getting the delivery fee.
Has anyone else ordered a pizza and not been aware that the drivers don't get the delivery fee? I am betting that I am NOT the only one to assume the delivery fee goes to the drivers and that lots of drivers are getting shorted.
I was thinking $2.50 was actually fine, and adding another dollar on was just extra. I figured most people don't even do that. He then told me that he had read the box once as he was eating, and noticed it said the driver does NOT GET THE DELIVERY CHARGE! I then called the "major pizza chain store" to find out the real deal and they told me that no, the driver gets NONE of the delivery charge and only gets mileage, plus tips. So, even worse, I am assuming like a waitress they would still have to be paying taxes on assumed tips?
I went back to the website and it does say, among all the coupons and codes and would you like to add this or that that the delivery fee does not go to the driver. But in all the time I have ordered I had never noticed it as the website is so cluttered and I would just be trying to order my pizza and check out.
I felt really bad for the drivers, I have ordered pizza at least a dozen times in the past 6 months and only given them a dollar each time since I assumed they were already getting the delivery fee.
Has anyone else ordered a pizza and not been aware that the drivers don't get the delivery fee? I am betting that I am NOT the only one to assume the delivery fee goes to the drivers and that lots of drivers are getting shorted.