#1091 – Tip

Paying for and tipping the person delivering your pizza seems like it was easier when cash was the only option. Just hand over a messy pile of bills and say “Keep the change.” Now there’s this long awkward moment where the 2 of us are standing there on the porch as the mini credit card machine makes its cell phone connection to authorize the charge. Then I have to hunch down with the burning hot pizza box on my leg to sign the little credit card receipt with a bonus math question as I add on the tip to the total. It’s enough to make me just have cereal for dinner.

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21 thoughts on “#1091 – Tip”

  1. tekaramity says:

    First thing I thought of was the obscure Sega Genesis / Mega Drive title Cyborg Justice, in which any cyborg equipped with a rocket hand could launch it at their opponents to inflict massive damage. *Retrieval* of said hand was notably more difficult, particularly if the hand flew into a bottomless pit.

    And I would still today hand over a wad of cash, were I not insistent on driving to the pizza shop to pick up the order myself.

  2. grapy says:

    another way to do this is set up a hot dog stand or any other small buisness next to an atm

  3. grapy says:

    count down to 1100 biff the 1100 is 9 biffs away

  4. Church says:

    Man I hate it when my rocket hand goes off on accident. Whats more annoying is when the jetpack wings of my back pack extend when I don’t want them too. I’ll be sitting in the car and suddenly WHOOSH it takes off without me. It’s just one of those “Really?” moments…

  5. wannabeelf says:

    or, you could just pay cash…

  6. PTTG says:

    Is it just me, or does Biff look kinda skinny in this one?

  7. Space Butler says:

    He does seem a bit emaciated…hence the pizza!

  8. i.half4 says:

    Or maybe his rocket hand has already gone off on that many delivery people, hence the emaciation.

  9. Wizard says:

    Before I scrolled down far enough to read the caption, I thought maybe the pizza was just really hot.

  10. Oarboar says:

    Mini credit card machine? Where I work, we just need to get the last four digits imprinted on our copy of the slip. I like to joke that we’re using the very latest in pen-and-paper technology when I’m doing the rubbing. If I’ve lost my pen, I joke about using the very latest in biotechnology as I do the rubbing with my fingernail while they look for a pen.

  11. MaskedMan says:

    Big trouble is tracking down your hand and refurbishing it every time it goes off.

  12. YukiYukimura says:

    To make this easier, I installed the rocket launcher on my leg instead!
    Kind of sucks when you play (*british*) football though…
    Anyway, I am VERY upset.
    Camping on England’s south coast + Living on the northern coast of Wales = A SEVEN HOUR JOURNEY!!!!
    Luckily, I shall be able to read Biff while down south.
    To use a phrase used a lot by harvest sprites in Harvest Moon DSCute (*my current game of choice*) …
    BYEONARA!

    ~~Yukimura~~

  13. YukiYukimura says:

    DOUBLE POST!:
    Atleast he got the pizza for free…
    Then again, maybe it isn’t a good thing… (*http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2007/03/16/204-stale/*)

    UNRELATED MOMENT!:
    How could I forget this?!

  14. YukiYukimura says:

    TRIPLE POST!:
    End of second comment was cut off…
    it said:
    How could I forget this?!
    Anywayz…
    On the day I come back from camping, 25th of August, The latest Harvest Moon game comes out in America. I will be getting it shipped to me from there, because a bit of money wasted on P&P is worth the speedier arrival. I cannot be bothered to wait a year for the European release.
    If you read this all, you are a Weegee.

    ~~Yuki “Weegee” Yukimura~~

  15. Eric M says:

    As a profession Pizza Relocation Expert, my employer or any in the city in which I live have yet to get the mini readers yet. Kind of a back woods college town, so I find it funny when I get to a house and someone hands me a credit card. I just kinda look at them funny and go where do you expect me to swipe this as I perk out my rear…

  16. Seraphine says:

    i’m surprised anyone is still delivering pizza to your house, since the rocket-hand accident. i hope you left a very big tip.

  17. thunderstorm101 says:

    Huh…I always just pay over the phone and give a cash tip when I get the pizza.

  18. Rex says:

    It seems biff’s artwork is starting to take another step into evolution.
    So much evolution but still biff can’t recieve his pizza without catastrophic unforeseen consequences.

  19. Grug says:

    Biff is looking a little emaciated there. Eat something, noodle man.

  20. taber_man says:

    That’s why ordering online is awesome, because they just give you a slip to sign and tip figure, as the card was already approved.

    Also, @tekaramity, I have Cyborg Justice! One of my favorites on the Genesis. I prefer the circular saw hand over the rocket fist any day.

  21. patrick says:

    Domino’s Canada’s credit/debit machines no longer require signatures (under $25), and the tip can be added right on the machine. No more cash necessary.

    Also, the new chip credit cards are really easy. You put your PIN in, and you’re done. No signature required at all.

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