A customer who tipped their delivery driver with a slice of pizza has sparked a fierce debate on social media.
The incident was captured on a doorbell camera, with the video later being shared on TikTok by user @ringdoorbell.compilation on July 19. The short clip appears to show the moment a pizza delivery driver was offered a slice of the order, rather than a more conventional cash tip.
Watch the driver get tipped with a slice of pizza below:In the video, the Pizza Hut delivery driver can be seen putting down the box and ringing the door. It's then that he notices a bizarre instruction pinned to the front door.
A caption accompanying the footage revealed that it read: "No money for tip, please take slice of pizza."
Clearly upset, the delivery driver says: "You kidding me?" before taking a slice of pizza from the box and eating it as instructed.
It is unknown when the original footage was recorded, but the delivery driver can be seen wearing a facemask in the video.
And the video did not go unnoticed on TikTok, and at the time of writing, it has been viewed more than 450,000 times.
Reacting to the video, one TikTok user wrote: "He works at a pizza place. He eats it constantly."
A second wrote: "No tip... then don't order."
This was echoed by another TikTok user who wrote: "If you can't afford the tip then you can't afford the food [...] simple."
"You should always tip if they are delivering. You don't have to but [it's] respectful just like tipping at a restaurant," added one user.
Another TikToker added: "I deliver pizzas and I would be pretty annoyed. We eat free already and that's gas I just wasted for nothing."
However, while some thought the tip was unacceptable, this TikTok user saw it in a completely different way.
They wrote: "He's probably at the end of his day and was like honestly best tip lol."
Meanwhile, this TikTok user argued that it should be the pizza company's responsibility to pay their drivers well and the onus shouldn't be on the customer.
They wrote: "It shouldn't be up to customers to pay other people's salary."
Another TikTok user agreed, writing: "[It's] not my responsibility to pay employees. I'm not a business owner these restaurants need to pay their employees better [sic]."
So, do you always tip your delivery drivers? Let us know in the comments.
