It depends on where you live.

We used to have a system where we could pay for delivery Pizza through our meal plan at school. So no money ever exchanges hands with the delivery guys, but I always tried to give at least a couple bucks to the delivery guy. Our pizza starting showing up faster, warmer, etc. A couple bucks can go a long way to assuring good service in the future.

No guarantees, only the hope of cheesy 70s porno flicks coming true

Be polite, provide good service - etc. Once you get repeat customers, they'll start recognizing you and your tips will go up.

PIzza delivery guys are like come to you gas stations
someone keep 'em busy at the door

I don't agree with that. Bad tippers are bad tippers, the level of service is usually irrelevant.

True. But in my experience if you are able to make even idle conversation with a stranger it can lead to tips. If you know the persons name, that always helps too. But obviously there are people who simply won't tip, are complete ass faces, rude, the norm when you deal with the public.

Bad 95% of the time. Along with Indians/Middle Easterners, foreigners and teenagers. WORST TIPPERS EVER. What you want is a 35-45 year old white person. Those are generally the best tippers.

And Jews... watch out for those Jews.

Sunny year round in Olathe, KS

In Olathe they tip with rainbows and unicorns

Most exciting pizza delivery story?

I was doing the closing shift. It was around 12:30 at night and the last delivery of my shift to the Ambassador Motel (yes, it's just as sketchy as the name implies)

I walk through the dark hallways expecting a vagabond to pop out of nowhere, rape me, and steal all the cash in my wallet. But I make it safely to the room. The door is already open. Inside there's a guy with his head between his knees and beer bottles all over the ****ing place. The guy is TRASHED.

He has the cash in his hand and attempts to make conversation with me but I can't understand him. Suddenly he slaps himself and works up the effort to say, "I've got an extra $20 for you if you give me a ride to the liquor store down the street." I say I can't do that as politely as I can. He puts up a fuss about it, but eventually leaves me alone and lets me leave.

I go over to my car, toss the bag in the back seat, and am about to get going when out of NOWHERE, like, a goddamned ninja the guy opens the passenger door and forces himself into my car. At this point I'm ****ing freaked out that he has a weapon. He says, "I NEED a ride to the liquor store. Here's the $20. Just get me there. And give me a ride back, I'm too drunk to find my way."

Out of sheer fear, I agree and take the $20. Along the way the guy is talking to me about how some of his friends screwed him over and messed up his car, ****ed his wife, etc. but I'm not really listening. I'm thinking about bolting as soon as I get to the store, but then I realize if I do, the guy could possibly try walking back by himself in the winter, be found dead, and the investigation could come back to, "He had just ordered pizza... delivery guy?"

So I wait for him to get back, pissed as ****. I'm ****ing sick to my stomach that I was a wuss and didn't throw him out of the car, call the authorities, etc. He gets back with his damn alcohol and keeps yammering. I'm still driving pissed. Thankfully it's only two city blocks.

At the end of the drive the guy is actually really nice. Doesn't apologize for forcibly entering my car (he had probably forgotten) but says stuff like, "You're the best delivery driver I ever had." As he's getting out, he says, "Oh, by the way, I forgot. I promised you $20," not realizing that he had already paid me the $20.

But I wasn't about to turn it down. In fact, I pushed it. "Actually, sir, I think it was $40 you promised."

He looked at me for a second and said, "Oh, yes. Sorry. I'm really drunk. Here's another $20. Good night."

$60 on one delivery. Almost worth being scared ****ing shitless. At least it makes a really ****ing great story I can tell people.

So He gets his car beat up, his wife got ****ed and the pizza boy robbed him for $60. LOL

Topping side up, crust side down.

That oughta do it.

Nice story, SNR.

Question for the pizza delivery veterans. What's a reasonable tip?

I generally tip about ten percent. I figure that they're making their money already as opposed to waitresses who get that weird sub-minimum wage stuff. So I can't see tipping the same as I'd get in a restaurant where I'm getting water refills and butter and stuff. But I don't know if I'm clueless. It always causes me stress because I don't know.