Delivery Guy Gets 10 Dollar Tip for 85 Pizzas

Uhh...tipping a driver a % of the sale is dumb, in my opinion. I used to take $9 orders 8 miles from the store costing my a full gallon of gasoline. Had I been tipped based on the value of the order, I would have lost money on those deliveries. Actually now that I think about it, those people usually stiffed me anyway.

If you're not going to tip a flat amount based on the cost of gasoline, then base it on how far away you are from the store. And never guarantee the tip by putting it on the card before the food is delivered. You can't take that back if the service is terrible...and if you put a low tip, you're going to get your food last if the driver has taken more than one order.

Finally, if the delivery involves more work (such as the 85-pizza delivery), the driver isn't getting any more orders until they return to the store, so a larger tip is anticipated. I would say $10 is a good tip even if the order was > $1,000. Especially since Papa Johns does (or used to) pay out 4.5% of a driver's gross sales for mileage. That order would have been more than $60 in mileage paid to the driver on top of the $10 tip!