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‘Pure greed:’ Etiquette expert explains why tipping has gotten out of control (www.clickorlando.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Perhaps you’ve noticed. We have reached a tipping point in the country over tipping.

To tip or not to tip has led to Shakespearean soliloquies by customers explaining why they refuse to tip for certain things.

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, customers were grateful for those who seemingly risked their safety so we could get groceries, order dinner or anything that made our lives feel normal. A nice tip was the least we could do to show gratitude.

But now that we are out about and back to normal, the custom of tipping for just about everything has somehow remained; and customers are upset.

A new study from Pew Research shows most American adults say tipping is expected in more places than it was five years ago, and there’s no real consensus about how tipping should work.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Pizza Hut box: The delivery fee is not a tip to the driver.

Me: Then why TF am I paying it?

[–] Patches 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I can't speak to Mega-Globo chains but

The delivery fee is supposed to cover the barest of $2/Gal gas, and $.2/mi car wear n tear.

Basically it meant if you didn't make a single tip at all the entire night then you probably broke even on gas costs. That plus you $5-7/hr wages are you're living on the Ritz.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That makes sense if it's a company car. I've never seen one.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Pizza delivery corpos should be forced to supply their own vehicles. Stop forcing workers to use theirs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Gas and maintenance for the vehicle it was delivered in

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (4 children)

That vehicle is owned and operated by the driver. The driver does not receive that delivery fee.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't deliver pizzas, but anytime I drive my own car for work I get reimbursed a standard rate set by the US federal government, updated each year. If a pizza place did that, then the delivery fee would cover that cost.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If the federal government is reimbursing the pizza hut delivery driver then the fee still isn't going to that cost. The American taxpayer is covering it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

The government doesn't do the reimbursing, they just specify how much each mile is worth. I assume companies follow the government's guidelines on that for tax reasons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not always, Pizza Hut and Dominos have designated vehicles even in remote areas.

Saw one way upstate in NY, like, multilingual signage upstate.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Not how it is in my neck of the woods. It's for sure the driver's car at both of those.

[–] bufordt 1 points 9 months ago

I delivered pizza using my own car, and I was paid mileage. That's partially what the delivery fee is supposed to be for.