PatrickQB17
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Back in the dinosaur days, Domino's paid drivers .50 a "ticket" (pizza order -- we called them a "run" but it wasn't a run, you could have someone order 4 pizzas back then on the 2 for 1 pricing, so that was 2 "tickets"; you could deliver a few orders in one trip although that was rare in Mandeville, usually one trip was one ticket) in addition to minimum wage, and of course we got tips -- and this was in the days of free delivery, 30-minutes or less (or $3 off). I heard from people who still worked there after I left that the service charge didn't change what the drivers got; it was just to compensate for insurance that Domino's had to carry in case of driver accidents or lawsuits.
Oh -- as to the tip, $10 was ridiculously low. For that many pizzas and that big of a tab it should have been at least $40-50 and generously $80-100 (that's not even 10%). The driver has to carry all the orders, other drivers would have to wait and help carry them either into the place or from the store to the driver's car; would have a backup in orders for everyone else in the store so other drivers would likely get less tips because of people having to wait for their order; driver would have to be careful to not have stacks of pizzas tip over and fall during delivery, and you're trying to get everything there, hot, and correct. It's like going into a grocery and buying 50 carts full of things, then the guy brings it out to your car, loads it into your car safely, and you give him a dollar. It's like having a bellhop bring down all the luggage for your daughter's 30-member dance team, load them into the bus, and giving him a 10.
(Of course places like Publix don't accept tips for grocery cart handling, but you get the idea...)
You know, I guess ive been out of the game too long but you just brought back so many memories, lol. That certainly is a bs tip now that I think about it.
Stacking bags and bags of pizza while waiting on the rest of the pizzas to come out, hoping the weight of the pizzas youve taken out doesnt crush the lower boxes and ruin the order. Then, trying to carry 4 bags of pizza at a time, holding 4 boxes a piece without falling or dropping them. It can get a little difficult. I remember now how I lost so much weight delivering pizza. Lmao.