Where the hell did you go to see all that? I’ve lived in the US for half a century and never seen any of that. There are some states that need to figure out how to pave roads that will last more than 2 years, but many states have figured that out.

Wtf are you talking about? We have a profit margin of about 2%. It’s not like we have unlimited money to throw around. It’s sad how little people actually know about running a business, but act like they have all the answers.

I’ve been managing pizza delivery for almost 35 years. It’s common practice, at least in my area.

I find it hard to believe they make that much. We pay our driver’s $6/hour. We wouldn’t be able to get drivers if everyone else was paying almost 3X as much.

“The US” is a broad spectrum. I would tip a lot more in Los Angeles, California where a shit hole house costs $1.2 million and gas is $6/gallon than I would in Anderson Missouri where a really nice house is $95,000 and gas is $2/gallon.

Most delivery drivers pay for their own gas and make minimum “tip” wage, which is lower than the regular minimum wage. They also have to pay for maintenance and repairs for their vehicle, which is more than it would be if they were just driving to work and back. When I delivered, I averaged about 60,000 miles a year. That’s a lot of gas and maintenance.

When you tip a server in restaurant, you’re tipping them to walk the food out about 30 feet to your table. When you tip a delivery driver, you’re tipping them to drive your food X number of miles to you in their own vehicle, at their own expense.

I think you should tip more for a delivery than for service at a restaurant, but the beautiful part of tipping is that it’s up to you.

I usually tip $10 for a small delivery. If I’m ordering for multiple people, I try to get everyone to chip in $4-$5 each for the tip.