I’m a DYI kinda of guy.
Had a great pizza last week, I picked it up myself.
No tip.
No tip jar.
Great thin crust pizza from a regional franchise, ready when they said it would be ready.
Class operation, been eating their pies for over three decades.
I have a great pizza place a mile from my house and two blocks from my workplace. Been eating there for decades. Changed owners 3 times but the food has been consistent and delicious. A nice Hispanic family runs the joint now, mother and father and daughter all work there. Probably some uncles and cousins do the delivery. They are all very nice and I am nice to them. I tip them because they work hard and smart, and often bring them surplus inventory from our business. In return they often offer me free cans of soda. Usually I call in the order and they don’t charge me until I show up, or I order on an app for pickup and add the tip on the app. But they know me by name and by my consistent pizza order and I know their names.
Lately we’ve been cutting out sugar and carbs - and it has worked I was never obese but wanted to shed some extra pounds - but when I do my cheat days it’s either a pizza from them or one of the great hamburger places nearby. I think I’ll order a pizza from them this weekend. Lots of cheap or well known pizza places around but this one is a gem and family owned and not part of a chain.