Middle School Pizza Party -- WWYD (1 Viewer)

[mr. furley]

My wife, who during grad school in Chicago did consulting for one of the famous pizza chains, tells me that to tip in this situation would be patently ridiculous and that if you think those guys just buckled down and did some amazing extra work for the order you are nuts. They have a capacity and throughput and they'll kick other orders away or extend the ready time if a giant order comes in.

She said if it is a true mom and pop, one or two shops and that's it, you could argue it's a different story. She also said if anyone has follow ups she's happy to answer.

You guys have never worked in a service industry I’m thinking……..

yeah, i worked a fast food'ish job in HS. there were times we had HUGE orders come in and the boss would ask people to work overnight to fulfill, or come in hours before open to make sure **** was ready.

there wasn't any turning away of other orders. the boss wanted the money from fulfilling the big orders and being known as a restaurant that could get things done in a crunch.

 

[shuke]

i heard it from my aunt's friend's stylist who wrote about it on facebook

If you read this in an REO Speedwagon lyrical voice, it's funner.

 

[Instinctive]

My wife, who during grad school in Chicago did consulting for one of the famous pizza chains, tells me that to tip in this situation would be patently ridiculous and that if you think those guys just buckled down and did some amazing extra work for the order you are nuts. They have a capacity and throughput and they'll kick other orders away or extend the ready time if a giant order comes in.

She said if it is a true mom and pop, one or two shops and that's it, you could argue it's a different story. She also said if anyone has follow ups she's happy to answer.

You guys have never worked in a service industry I’m thinking……..

You think wrong. I have worked in service industries:

A mom and pop pizza shop (hilariously on the nose for exactly this)
Great American Cookie Company
Gym front desk
YMCA basketball ref
Mowing lawns for a neighborhood
Putting up Christmas lights in a neighborhood

My wife has worked at:
Which wich
A local coffee shop
College housing food center
I'd have to ask her any others


People can have experience and have a different opinion than you.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I do find it funny that our Big Tipper Heroes that dropped in to call others cheap, or misers, or whatever for not tipping on a carryout pizza order, that their generosity only extends so far (have yet to find a McDonald’s tipper).
Everyone has a limit, but because yours for some arbitrary reason includes pizza, that makes it ok to insult others

 

[FiredMartz]

This is an absolutely appropriate tipping situation. The place just busted out 82 ****ing pizzas. The owner is stoked as is, but everyone else has been working their *** off for the past 2+ hours to make this happen. Throw them 50 bucks and go get the damn money from the parent association.

this

those 82 pizzas made it so they either fell behind, or couldn't fulfill, other orders.

if i recall anything about working at a place the did large-scale orders like this, someone probably called in the order the night before which gives the restaurant little/no time to prep for the demand.

throw these kids a tip

Were they forced at gunpoint to make these pizzas?

yes

i heard it from my aunt's friend's stylist who wrote about it on facebook

If you read this in an REO Speedwagon lyrical voice, it's funner.

heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend you aint been tippin around

 

[the moops]

I do find it funny that our Big Tipper Heroes that dropped in to call others cheap, or misers, or whatever for not tipping on a carryout pizza order, that their generosity only extends so far (have yet to find a McDonald’s tipper).
Everyone has a limit, but because yours for some arbitrary reason includes pizza, that makes it ok to insult others

If I ordered a couple hundred Happy Meals and the parent association was paying I would leave a tip

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I do find it funny that our Big Tipper Heroes that dropped in to call others cheap, or misers, or whatever for not tipping on a carryout pizza order, that their generosity only extends so far (have yet to find a McDonald’s tipper).
Everyone has a limit, but because yours for some arbitrary reason includes pizza, that makes it ok to insult others

If I ordered a couple hundred Happy Meals and the parent association was paying I would leave a tip

Who you giving that to? I’ve never seen a tip line on a McDonald’s receipt. You just tossing a Franklin to the manager and asking him to distribute to all employees equally?