I delivered pizzas in a gas guzzling 1976 F250 Ford pick up truck in two different states, tips were where the bulk of my money came from and I liked them very much, but I always saw my job as delivering the pizzas to the customers and I tried to avoid any association with an address as to whether they tipped me or not, or even if they were very generous or were not at all generous, I tried to encourage other drivers to do the same because they would sometimes slip into that negative trap of forgetting what their mission was, which was delivering pizzas, not determining preferred customer status.
I did delivery as well, in a small honda. I agree with you, but I also agree with the folks about black people tipping especially to a white kid doing delivery. I had one encouter where a black chick ordered her KFC and passed me a hundred. If you know anything about delivery, you are supposed to call if we have to break anything over a 50, as we have a float. So I was a bit annoyed at that, but thankful that I usually carried more than most drivers. Anyways, I break their hundred and cash out the rest.
Then the lady starts arguing with me over how much I gave back, that she should get more. I told her, look. I have to pay to pick your order up at the store. This is how much they charged me. I’m not going to get less then what I’ve already paid.
Then her 300 pound linebacker bf comes down and accuses me of trying to scam them. I try to show them the math, but he picks me up by my collar. I just looked at him and told him to drop me or I’d take their food.
Thankfully he did so, and these folks are now blacklisted.