Comments on: The Stiffy Tracker

By: The Tipping Point « Paying Myself

The Tipping Point « Paying Myself — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:04:41 +0000

[...] of delivery guys and coffee shops, then I’m what Jeff @ Deliver Away Debt would call a “stiffy“. But that’s a story for another [...]

By: Sandy @ yesiamcheap

Sandy @ yesiamcheap — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 03:10:29 +0000

This entire section cracks me up! I’m the complete opposite. The delivery guys LOVE me. One Chinese delivery guy actually came to the house last week so see how I was doing because I haven’t ordered in a while. When I thanked him and finally closed the door I was laughing so hard that I had to sit. Doesn’t he know? We’re in a recession. No delivery for me! The other place I walked into one day to order take-out and after peeking at me for a while, he finally said, Oh! You’re XXXXX St.) He actually recited my home address. Then he said, “I knew I recognized you. Long time no see.” So I guess I’m a great tipper. Boyfriend loves delivery and I bet we’ve put a kid or two through college. Hilarious.

By: Jeffrey Kosola

Jeffrey Kosola — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:37:06 +0000

Hi Joe- I have used the secret code before but too many too just looked at me like I was a little weird, which I am right? The problem is that most people are a little drunk so they have a hard time processing anything different.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:32:28 +0000

Speaking of Dave Ramsey, do you ever use the “better than I deserve” response when asked how you are doing? I’ve always wondered if that worked. I’m a DR follower and always tip the delivery person well. I’m still waiting for a delivery person to use the “secret code” so I can tip them a little extra.

By: Jeffrey Kosola

Jeffrey Kosola — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:30:43 +0000

Mrs. Accountability,

Pizza guys know when you are stiffing just to stiff, or you don’t really know. I have 3 people that stiff me I know have no clue about the practice. I can tell by the way they look at me. The people who stiff and know about the practice are always shifty and will not look you in the eye very often. If they do, it’s for a milli-second. You can either see the shame, or distain for you in their actions. Some people just hate delivery people. Those are the people who get the Stiffy Alerts.

By: Mrs. Accountability

Mrs. Accountability — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:32:26 +0000

When I was growing up we never ordered pizza delivered and we rarely ate out at restaurants. Once I became an adult, I rarely had the extra money to have pizza delivered, but would have one delivered occasionally. Unfortunately, I was not aware that we were supposed to tip the delivery guy until I dated a guy that used to deliver pizza. I was really embarrassed and horrified that I never knew that. After that, I always gave the pizza delivery person a tip. Now we live 17 miles from the nearest small city and so I couldn’t get a pizza delivered if I wanted one.