I ordered pizza for delivery the other day, when I was given the total the lady on the phone told me the price included a dollar for delivery. What's this? With as many delivery places around here that offer free delivery they want to charge? Even though it's only a dollar I can get the same stuff from the place around the corner delivered free and if I order out 50 times a year that's $50 I'm saving.
Yes I'm cheap! Maybe one of the reasons I'm single?
Yea yea, I know there are lots of other reasons why I don't have a girlfriend and honestly I do take my dates places. Places like the two dollar theatre, Burger King...
Seriously though, I've noticed more and more we have to pay for things we used to get free. When I was a kid growing up I thought the only people who got tipped were waiters and waitresses. And cab drivers. I was shocked the first time I visited my childhood barber as an adult and I was expected to tip! I didn't ever remember my mom tipping this guy. Then again, I didn't remember this guy rubbing my leg as a child like the way he was doing when cutting my hair as an adult. What was up with that???
I wonder, does the pizza delivery guy lose money on tips because of the dollar delivery fee? I almost thought about reducing my tip by a dollar but realized that it wasn't fair to the driver. Unless, of course, he gets the delivery fee. Perhaps this place has been suffering from people who don't tip so to compensate they started charging for delivery? Almost like restaurants who charge a percentage on groups of a certain amount.
I think one of the silliest places I have ever seen asking for tips was a Subway sandwich shop. I placed my order and as I was about to pay I noticed a cup on the counter with the word "tips" on the side. Now I may be wrong, but they didn't seat me. They didn't bring my food to my table. They didn't come by occasionally and ask how things were going and they did not remove my plates and trash when I was done. Their service was no different than McDonalds and Mickie Dee's don't ask for tips.
Or will they soon?
Maybe I am cheap, but it seems to me that the tip thing is getting out of control. I could be like a friend of mine, he refuses to tip anyone. However I would worry about that, I would be in fear of an angry delivery driver spitting in my food before delivering because I never tip.
A rule of life I live by: Don't piss off your food preparer until after you get your food!
Maybe I'll just stop having delivery to my home. Maybe I'll have another place deliver. Or maybe I'll just stop being cheap and pay the extra dollar? I dunno...still doesn't seem right to me.
Yes I'm cheap! Maybe one of the reasons I'm single?
Yea yea, I know there are lots of other reasons why I don't have a girlfriend and honestly I do take my dates places. Places like the two dollar theatre, Burger King...
Seriously though, I've noticed more and more we have to pay for things we used to get free. When I was a kid growing up I thought the only people who got tipped were waiters and waitresses. And cab drivers. I was shocked the first time I visited my childhood barber as an adult and I was expected to tip! I didn't ever remember my mom tipping this guy. Then again, I didn't remember this guy rubbing my leg as a child like the way he was doing when cutting my hair as an adult. What was up with that???
I wonder, does the pizza delivery guy lose money on tips because of the dollar delivery fee? I almost thought about reducing my tip by a dollar but realized that it wasn't fair to the driver. Unless, of course, he gets the delivery fee. Perhaps this place has been suffering from people who don't tip so to compensate they started charging for delivery? Almost like restaurants who charge a percentage on groups of a certain amount.
I think one of the silliest places I have ever seen asking for tips was a Subway sandwich shop. I placed my order and as I was about to pay I noticed a cup on the counter with the word "tips" on the side. Now I may be wrong, but they didn't seat me. They didn't bring my food to my table. They didn't come by occasionally and ask how things were going and they did not remove my plates and trash when I was done. Their service was no different than McDonalds and Mickie Dee's don't ask for tips.
Or will they soon?
Maybe I am cheap, but it seems to me that the tip thing is getting out of control. I could be like a friend of mine, he refuses to tip anyone. However I would worry about that, I would be in fear of an angry delivery driver spitting in my food before delivering because I never tip.
A rule of life I live by: Don't piss off your food preparer until after you get your food!
Maybe I'll just stop having delivery to my home. Maybe I'll have another place deliver. Or maybe I'll just stop being cheap and pay the extra dollar? I dunno...still doesn't seem right to me.
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