Originally Posted by Sly

You're in Europe though. Tipping is predominantly an American thing.

Why wouldn't the pizza place charge a delivery fee? It costs the pizza joint more money to deliver the pizza to your house, of course they're going to charge you. Not only do they need to pay an extra employee, but they also need to pay for miles/gas. All of those extra costs cut into the profitability of the business.

The pizza place I order from is 2 blocks away from my house. I think its a $2 delivery fee, then I usually give an additional $2-3 as a tip. Whenever I phone in an order I'm told it will be about an hour but the pizza is always at my door within 30 minutes.

I'm really quite amused that so many of you have a problem with a $2 delivery fee. My biggest qualm with eating out is it takes too long. Drive to the place (15 minutes), order food (30 minutes), eat (30 minutes), then drive home (15 minutes.) One outing and we're talking at least one and a half hours erased from my day. By spending that $2 on having pizza delivered I can save that hour and a half and continue doing whatever it is that I'm doing. Time is a very valuable commodity to me.

No wonder so many have a hard time in this business. They don't think.