Angry Papa John’s customer posts delivery man’s racist voicemail online

[Thegonagle]

55. Neither serving nor food delivery is an easy job. I've done both.

They're actually both pretty tough to be good at, and they're both compensated rather poorly. It took awhile longer to happen to drivers than servers, but most drivers at the big chains are now paid less than minimum wage in every state where tip credit wage is allowed. And if you thought that the addition of the "delivery charge" resulted in drivers making more money, think again.

Delivery is harder than it looks because you don't witness 95% of the work that goes into it. Driving your order--possibly along with 1-5 other orders depending how busy/understaffed--to your house/apartment/office/hospital/hotel room/workplace/wherever in an expedient manner isn't exactly a relaxing Sunday cruise.

And given how expensive it is to own, operate, and maintain a car these days, your good tips are appreciated when you "waiter on wheels" arrives.

No sympathy for the racist though! I've found that most black people, like most other people, tip just fine.

My average tip is just shy of $4 most days. And I thank you very much.