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I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07.

Note I did not buy any food for myself.

To head off questions:

  1. No, I couldn't cook for her. I'm suffering from a long-term illness where I can't eat solid foods and am extremely smell sensitive. My wife is at a funeral, so I had to order food.

  2. She's extremely picky and refused to let me order anything but pizza.

  3. We live outside of town, in a not very big town, with very few pizza delivery options, and they're all at least this expensive.

  4. No, I didn't also have to buy her the cheesy bread or the second topping or the sauces, but it's nice to get my daughter a treat and that is no excuse for the order being that expensive.

  5. We're in Indiana, so this should be ludicrous in terms of pricing. This used to be the pricing I would expect when we lived in L.A. and ordered from a good local place rather than a chain.

Edit: Turns out what I should have been infuriated about is people repeatedly telling me to get takeout and having to repeatedly explain why that wasn't an option, having people not believe I'm sick, and being repeatedly berated for not magically knowing food coupons exist on the internet when I never order food on the internet. Oh right, and also being a bad parent for not forcing food my daughter doesn't like down her throat or starving her if she won't eat it.

By the way, I have another thing to be infuriated about. A huge storm came in and this happened to our trees. I assume I will start being berated for not cutting them down before that happened, but because I have no power or internet at home and have to go to the library to post, your further posts telling me what an idiot I am and how I'm an awful parent and how I'm not really sick will take me a while to read. Sorry to ruin your day. Maybe you'll find someone else to treat like shit.

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Anyway, have fun telling me I'm the worst person on Lemmy, just don't expect a quick reply.

Oh, and do tell me how stupid I am for not knowing that people who clear up and fix such damage have coupons on their website.

astrsk ,
@astrsk@kbin.run avatar

This is why I always get a Costco 18" pizza for $10 every time I'm at the store. Yes, the pizza quality is not great, but neither are any of these other chains that charge 3x (or more) for less pizza of similar quality.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

WinCo actually has good pizza for not only hella cheap, they will accept food stamps for them by selling you an uncooked pie and then offering to cook it for free after you pay.

Cryophilia ,

That's devious and I like it

scytale ,

Do you have grocery delivery in your area? If she isn't picky with the brand of pizza, maybe a $6 frozen pizza heated in the oven would be an alternative. Not sure if you have to tip, I haven't tried it myself.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Cooking a frozen pizza is not an option due to the smell sensitivity. If we order a pizza (which my wife usually does), I can go into my garage office while it is here, they can turn on the kitchen fan for 15 minutes, then I can come back in.

BearOfaTime ,

Wow, that's pretty out there.

scottywh ,

Because it's completely bullshit.

Daxtron2 ,

Thats why I always go for a local shop, it ends up being the same price and better

Rivalarrival , (edited )

The 15% or 20% guidelines are based on the amount of work performed by the tipped employees (who earn less than minimum wage before tips.) the amount of the check correaponds pretty closely to how much time a waiter has to spend serving a table.

Drivers are not usually employees; they usually have $0/hr in wages, and pay their own fuel and vehicle expenses. Delivery services typically pay $2 per trip, and a trip will involve 2-4 stops. The base pay from the delivery service does not even cover fuel costs, let alone the driver's time.

The amount of work a delivery driver performs is not at all related to the amount of the check. The 15%/20% rules are not remotely close to the amount of work the driver performs. $8 on a $20 order is a garbage tip if it's a 10-mile delivery to a fourth-floor walkup. $4 on a $70 order might be a decent tip if it's a 1-mile delivery to a front porch.

The appropriate tip for delivery is based on mileage, not food price. $1 for pickup, $1 for dropoff, and $1 per mile is a pretty basic tip. A driver can complete about 3, $2 runs per hour. $3 tips gives him a gross income of about $15/hr, and he can net about $10-12 of that after expenses.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

The appropriate tip for delivery is based on mileage, not food price. $1 for pickup, $1 for dropoff, and $1 per mile is a pretty basic tip.

Ok, so then I should have only tipped him $4? Because it's around 2 miles away.

Rivalarrival ,

In my area, I would not feel insulted by a $4 tip for a ~2-mile delivery.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Well, I gave 5. I guess I insulted them.

Rivalarrival ,

That was uncalled for.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Was it? All this time I was told I was undertipping and now I'm overtipping.

Can people please make up their mind?

Rivalarrival ,

A $4 tip plus $2 from the service nets me $6. I average 3 to 5 deliveries per hour, grossing $18 to $30 total. Minus $3 to $5 in expenses, and I'm earning $13 to $27/hr on that. Not great, but not terrible.

Linkerbaan ,
@Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

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s_s ,

That's what 3 days worth of unhealthy hot food, delivered to your door should cost. It's an extravagant service; it should be an extravagant price.

The real problem is that all those extra fees and expenses just go straight into owner pockets/shareholder value instead of providing the employees with medical care, proper insurance and a real retirement.

If you want to save money, teach your daughter how to safely cook a frozen pizza. If she's old enough to be home alone and answer the door when strangers show up, why can't she fed herself?

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I absolutely would not let my daughter answer the door for strangers if she was home alone. That's a terrible idea.

s_s ,

You are best friends with all the dominos drivers?

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I'm not even sure why her being home is relevant. I was there too and Domino's drivers will drop the pizza off outside your door and leave.

TheOakTree ,

3 days worth of food? Maybe 3 meals for a child, not 3 days.

HubertManne ,

why is no one talking about how it adds up to 30.97 unless my head math is no longer sharp.

skuzz ,

I got $31.07 here using a calculator. Perhaps you've uncovered a plot perpetrated by Big Calculator. (A joke.)

HubertManne ,

I might be losing my perspecacity. I add the last two lines and my brain said 92 cents and 18 cents made a dollar rather than a dollar 10. it may seem dumb but thanks as it was messing with my brain. ugh I hate when I do stuff like that.

skuzz ,

Hey, it's good to keep exercising the math muscle, and apparently making mistakes is a better learning reinforcement for us than always succeeding, so I bet it will stick better now.

HubertManne ,

i wish but that type of shortcutty my brain took is unfortunately sorta a good and bad thing. It saw the 92 and 8 and just blew by it saying thats gonna be an even dollar so we can jump to the the others and figure out the cents and then add the dollars together. Im like 99% sure I would do the same in future unless I pull out paper (or just have a machine do it)

TheOakTree ,

No, it's $31.07. You likely combined the 92 cents and 18 cents to a dollar instead of a dollar and 10 cents.

HubertManne ,

yes. that is exactly what I did.

vinceman ,

I paid $13.30 Canadian for a small Pepperoni pizza and cinnastix like 2 nights ago, that price seems nuts

Rentlar ,

Yeah, my local Domino's had a banger deal this past weekend too, was $15 after tax for a 1-topping large and cinnamon sticks. (~11 USD).

paddirn ,

For the price, pizza always seems like the cheapest “eating out” option compared to others. Our cheapest I’ve seen is $7.99 at Little Caesars for a pizza (“large round”), along with $3.99 for breadsticks. With 3 kids, that’s one of the best deals compared with everything else around (only ~$12). It doesn’t seem universal with all pizza places though, some are worse than others.

What did your order in seems to be the stuffed cheesy bread, dips, and the delivery tip, those ate up half your costs right there, but food prices in general have gone to shit. ~$12 for a combo meal at a fast food place is pretty typical in my area and made me question my receipt a few times during the pandemic when I first started seeing them that high. I just stopped eating out at most fast food places altogether and get by on a salad, shake, and protein bites for around $6 a day.

Rekorse ,

I agree with this, they made some pretty poor choices and then explained them away by saying they had no choice. The bread was unnecessary, and yes I have kids too. A very picky toddler in fact. You never have to spend a ton on food, they brow beat you because it works, not because they won't actually eat anything else.

Its still funny to me that kids are still tricking their parents into thinking they will starve to death if they don't get exactly the food they ask for.

This poster wanted pizza, and had expectations of it that weren't met, but she didn't have to do it, it wasn't forced. I think even your example via delivery with little ceasars would make more sense. Or just don't buy pizza if there's only expensive pizza near you. Pizza has always been a pricey dinner, only offset by the quantity of food just barely.

Around us, taco bell can be a great deal (and offers a vegan menu to an extent) as well but really this is more about not having enough time or know-how to reduce costs by cooking simple foods at home. A pack of taco tortillas, rice, beans, and vegetables to mix in is not expensive and makes a ton of food.

tarsisurdi ,

Wow that is outrageous. I paid the Brazilian equivalent for that amount yesterday on a 16 slice pizza with four different flavors and a white chocolate border + an 8 slice small sweet one from a local shop with delivery services and all.

No wonder these companies don’t see the financial benefit for bringing their operations to the country…

InFerNo ,

Any pizza can be a 16 slice pizza

tarsisurdi ,

That’s fair, but measuring the diameter of pizzas isn’t really something I do tbh and I don’t know the US equivalent of what we call “family sized” around here

Lemming6969 ,

At over something like 2200 calories, that is 4 meals though, so like $7 per meal. Still horribly expensive for pizza though.

Lost_My_Mind ,

Pizza is overpriced for pizza though. I ordered from my non-chain local place. Everybody loves them. 2 pizzas, $90 before tip.

possiblylinux127 ,
@possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip avatar

The were hand made right? Right?

roguetrick ,

For $90 I sure as fuck hope they have the owner strapped to a goddamn milking machine to make the cheese. That or the landlord.

Restaurant landlords are a special kind of scum. They let restaurants revolve in and out until someone finally makes a splash. Then they raise the rents for the next lease. Every fucking time.

taiyang ,

I can't wrap my mind over that price, our most overpriced place are $30 a pizza and those are humongous. Did you include overpriced sides? I find $15 for 6 wings a bit much and that'd usually do it.

Lost_My_Mind ,

No sides. I don't know how much 6 wings are, but I know the 18 pack was $40. I didn't get it.

Cryophilia ,

VHCOL area here, the god tier pizzas are about $50 each for a large pizza. Dominos is still Dominos pricing.

I'm not counting the super mega fancy sit down places that have Michelin starred chefs making pizza either.

TheRealKuni ,

Whoa. Was it like, Pequod’s or something?

sturlabragason ,

I went to check the prices here in Iceland for a similar order to find to my complete surprise that your order was slightly more expensive, when I expected it to be half the local price. That’s crazy.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Wow! That is crazy! I can't imagine anything on her pizza had to be imported and I'm guessing a lot of it has to be in Iceland.

UltraGiGaGigantic , (edited )

Frozen pizzas exist. If she won't eat frozen pizzas... just keep one pizza box from where she likes the most and put the frozen pizza in there after it's cooked.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Please read the body of the post.

Jarix ,

For reference from uber eats near vancouver bc

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gerbler ,

Pizza is always fucking insanely overpriced. I feel like this wasn't always the case...

ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

yeah, love that uber surcharge. 🤦‍♂️

brttmardvo ,

This thread replies are priceless

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