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Bushwick Woman Orders Blizzard Pizza, Demands Drawing On Box, Tips Badly
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Jen Carlson
Published Feb 13, 2014
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As you place a delivery order for your dinner tonight over the internet without having any human interactions... please remember there is someone that is going to have to go out in this weather to bring it to you. You can thank them by not being a bad tipper—throw in a couple extra bucks, in cash, and your dinner will taste that much sweeter. According to a tipster, earlier today someone in Bushwick did not exercise winter weather tipping practices, placing an order for a $19 pizza through Grubhub and tipping only $2.18. That's around 11%. Not only that, she made a cutesy request that the pizza place draw her a dinosaur with tiny arms. They did...
You heard it from Tiposaurus Rex: "A customary NYC tip is at least $3/order."
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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