Experts say this is how much to tip your food delivery person in New Jersey

Here's a question for you: When you have food delivered, are you tipping the person who brought it enough?

It's easy to sometimes just (generously) round up the bill for a tip, or maybe you don't ask for change back, but is that the right amount?

I was thinking about this the other night when I was too lazy to go get pizza myself. I ordered it online and there was an option for a tip.

What I ordered was around $22 and standard tipping options were part of the check-out process: 15, 18, or 20%.

I always go with at least 20% (after all, I'm the lazy one here), but on a $22 order, a 20% tip is around four bucks.

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These days, what the heck can you do with four dollars, especially in this state? You can't even pay the toll on the AC Expressway with $4 anymore.

Minimum tip for a delivery person in New Jersey

So I did a little digging and found an article from tasteofhome.com. They did some research and the absolute minimum that you should tip a delivery person...

Five bucks.

Even if someone is brining you a $4 cup of coffee, be prepared to fork over five.

They say,

If you think about the time it takes a driver to grab the food from the restaurant, drive it to your place, wait for you to come to the door and then head back to the restaurant, you’re looking at 20 minutes, but probably more. Ask yourself: Would I take that trip for less?

That's a very valid point. If you're taking pizzas all over town and you depend on tips, isn't a 20 or 30-minute trip worth at least five dollars? Even with that, you might just be breaking even after paying for gas.

Tips are different in special circumstances

They also say 20% is the absolute minimum if you are getting an entire party's worth of pizzas delivered at one time or if the weather is really lousy.

True story: I once ordered a pizza when there was a tornado warning. The storms were really far away when I ordered it and as a card-carrying weather nerd, I thought I had it timed out to where the pizza would be at my house and the driver would be safely on his way before the storms moved through, but I was wrong. And to this day, I feel really bad about it.

What about a tip after lousy service?

If your pizza is awful, it's best not to take it out on the driver. Unless he or she does something horrible specific to your order, it's best to call the restaurant and figure it out with a manager.