marmadukeGRYLLSmost smart places will just include the tip in the "total owed" for the driver at the end of the night and allow them to take credit card tips out of the cash they received for orders paid in cash
I don't know about most places but I don't think that's what he's talking about, when I close my shift I do get the credit tips out of the cash i got from cash orders (or the reggie if I didn't take any cash orders), but I do still need to report those tips or I don't get them at all. That's what he's talking about; any and all credit tips will be reported and taxed/retracted from your check even though you get them in cash at the end of the day, but if you give them a tip in cash in the first place they're expected to report them but it's honor system and no one ever does, even my managers know it and most of them don't even ask if I got any and the ones who do know I did but don't care.
JOEFrom my experience, driver's don't usually get the delivery fee, that is merely the store's driver safety insurance charge. The store gets that money, so they have a way of reimbursing driver's if they ever get mugged or something. Delivering can be dangerous if you're near a shady area.
This is true. Jimmy John's has a 1.40-ish delivery charge on every order that averages your order to the nearest quarter (also partially for convenience). I don't get any of it except in extenuating circumstances. Some places do (one of my managers used to drive for Domino's, and they get 1.25 per delivery; if a JJs, and I suppose other places too, does a lot of catering orders, they reimburse for mileage as well, mine doesn't get that many catering orders) but their wages are often adjusted for it.
JOESome courteous things to do when you order delivery:
Turn on porch light if it's nighttime
Don't make them wait in shitty weather ( be on the look out for them )
Have your money ready
Don't pay in coins
PLEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE do these things, especially the porch light thing. I don't care if you'll just turn it off as soon as I leave, but it 1) gives me an immediate idea that you're probably the house I'm going to, especially in a neighborhood where everyone has their lights off 2) Makes it easier for me to check the house number and make sure I'm right and 3) Makes it a lot easier for me to navigate your porch without running into anything you've left out there (you'd be surprised).