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Tipping on take-out
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May 22, 2023, 10:46 AM
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I know I'm El-cheapo. However, it seems like a number of restaurants are now giving the option of making you choose a tip or not when swiping your card. Even when just picking up a take-out order that has been called in or done online.
I always thought the tip was for the waiter/ waitress for giving good service. It looks like they're just trying to make it become an additional cost of the food.
Do you normally tip when just picking up a food order?
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Oculus Spirit [85317]
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Pre covid, I don't think I did
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May 22, 2023, 10:49 AM
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Then you could only do take out for a while, so of course.
Now....yeah, it's out of hand and I think I grew accustomed to it and continue to tip on takeout.
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GOOD MORNING.
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May 22, 2023, 10:49 AM
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Did you just get out of a cave?
Tipping on take out ain't some new concept bro.
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Oculus Spirit [85317]
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RELATIVELY NEW.
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May 22, 2023, 11:01 AM
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As in it was unheard of 5-6 years ago, and has become increasingly common since, most noticeable since covid.
No matter when it started, it SUCKSAZZ.
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All-In [34486]
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Tipping on a take-out order was unheard of
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May 22, 2023, 11:14 AM
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5-6 years ago? Lordy
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It wasn't unheard of. Just wasn't presented on a touchscreen***
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May 22, 2023, 11:16 AM
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CU Medallion [58411]
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True, I guess people always had the option, but I never
May 22, 2023, 11:23 AM
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heard of anybody actually doing it unless there was some special circumstance where the restaurant or person went above and beyond. Having it presented on a touchscreen, or otherwise suggested in such a way as if it was expected or commonplace was absolutely unheard of.
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Not a shot at any particular lunger...
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May 22, 2023, 11:30 AM
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but I do laugh when stingy tippers gripe about restaurant service going down, or wait times going up, as if the two don't go hand-in-hand.
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Both of my daughters do or have worked in restaurants
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May 22, 2023, 11:46 AM
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as hostesses, waitresses, bartenders, etc., (no pigs) and I get it. I have heard countless stories about cheapskates and rude, ungrateful customers. Personally, I always tip at least 20%, sometimes 30% or more when I dine in and someone brings food or drink to me. Somehow though, restaurants and their workers survived and thrived for many years without tipping for carryout, and if they can't do so now, it's not because people won't tip for carryout. People providing carryout should derive their income from a fair hourly wage. If not, they should quit and restaurants should go out of business. At least half of McDonalds and BK and so on are drive through/carryout, and nobody ever tipped for that, or at least I never heard of it. Why is it a thing now?
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All-In [42868]
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I would say tipping at a place with a drive thru is
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May 22, 2023, 11:51 AM
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different than tipping at a place with waitstaff. If a restaurant has waitstaff, they are probably the ones taking care of the to-go orders. Ask your daughters who did it where they work.
Also, there is a higher % takeout now than previously. So a waiter could be busy all night doing to-go orders and not have as many tables.
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CU Medallion [58411]
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I get it, I guess, and maybe I need to reevaluate my
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May 22, 2023, 12:14 PM
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thinking. Still, taking an order, putting the stuff in a bag and setting it aside is a far cry from actually waiting on customers who sit down in the restaurant; an entirely different level of service and skills required, so if the dine-in/sit-down server deserves 20%-25%, the call-in servers couldn't possibly deserve more than 5-10%, if time, effort, and skill has any bearing whatsoever.
But here's the one's that really get me, like at 5-Guys burgers or Jersey Mike's Subs; just a person behind a register or a counter, and you walk up, order, and they hand you the order; they still present you with the option to tip 15%. 20%, 25%, 30%, or NONE. I don't feel bad about hitting NONE, and shame on that restaurant owner or manager if he won't pay his employees.
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All-In [27108]
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QSRs likely have wages not based on tipping.
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May 22, 2023, 12:54 PM
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Waitstaff doesn't. Maybe the hostess does, and maybe the hostess does the take-out. But if she does, she probably does have a tip-based wage. The way I look at it, that $3-$5 on takeout is going to make much more of a difference for them than it is for me, particularly if their wage depends on it. And maybe they have to split with the kitchen, too.
But also restaurants are facing a much bigger labor shortage than before, and so increasing wages with tips is a way to keep the good folks at your favorite places.
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May 22, 2023, 3:21 PM
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Why should tipping be done on take out? Interested in your take…
Don’t the employees make at least min wage?
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All-In [43669]
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No. Normally it's waitresses that deal with it
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May 22, 2023, 3:36 PM
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and they are at like $2.13 per hour.
I'm about a 10% guy on take out, no more than that....mainly because it isn't like a lot of work/service they provide but at the same time 10% isn't really any biggie to give.
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Re: No. Normally it's waitresses that deal with it
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May 22, 2023, 3:51 PM
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I'm a standard 10% on take out as well. Unless they habitually mess up my order. Then I won't.
However, the non-tipping may be leading to the order mess ups - so it is a vicious cycle.
Perhaps I will tip next time even when my order is screwed up in hopes the process then rights itself.
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Oculus Spirit [97714]
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I don't tip on takeout. I tip for service while dining.
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May 22, 2023, 10:56 AM
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Might as well tip at Publix for the woman ringing up my order at the register. Nope. Don't do it.
Now if I eat there, it's usually 20%. Where some person had to walk to my table, take my order, deliver it to the kitchen, then bring out the food, fill our glasses, etc.
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Lot o points [163012]
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Yes. 20%***
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May 22, 2023, 10:58 AM
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Lot o points [163012]
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I should have also added I will tip more than 20% if I have
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May 22, 2023, 10:59 AM
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a small order. $5 min.
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Exactly. It's usually a $2 min for me.***
May 22, 2023, 11:20 AM
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I do tip on takeout. Its the waitstaff who is taking the
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May 22, 2023, 11:02 AM
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order (if you call), getting it boxed and bagged, adding all your sauce on the side, etc, checking you out when you show up and making sure you get the correct/all the food.
So unless you simply cannot afford it I think you should tip on takeout.
Obligatory: tipping system in the US is broken and should be abolished. But it's not. So it is what it is.
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No wonder restaurants are struggling with staffing
May 22, 2023, 11:28 AM
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problems and shutting down left and right. What a suckazz business model.
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The waiter that does to-go orders at a restaurant…
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May 22, 2023, 11:05 AM
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Gets paid the same as the servers waiting tables. So yes you are supposed to tip them around 10% for getting the order ready and bagged and checking to make sure it is correct. It’s not a new concept at all, I used to have a GF that did to-go at Carrabas in Asheville and 10% was customary (this was in 2004).
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I don't tip if I go inside and pick it up, or if I go
May 22, 2023, 11:10 AM
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through the drive through and pick it up. If somebody brings it to my car, I will tip them. A tip is strictly for people who provide a service but depend on tips for income since they don't get paid a regular wage by their employer.
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Oculus Spirit [83081]
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Yea. $1.00 if order less than $20. $2.00 if more.***
May 22, 2023, 11:15 AM
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I hate the tipping process completely. But I usually tip…
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May 22, 2023, 11:15 AM
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10% for counter service/ take out and 20% for table service. But I’d much rather they just do away with tipping and they pay their staff a little more.
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Re: Tipping on take-out
May 22, 2023, 11:19 AM
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10% for take out at restaurants that offer dine in service with waiters unless I feel stingy then have my Scottish ancestry wife pick it up.
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I think many of the payment processers they use (like stripe
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May 22, 2023, 11:19 AM
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have the tip screen automatically in the payment progression, which in my opinion coming up in food & bev, is a good thing. It guilts cheapos into tipping the appropriate amount.
For me, I usually tip around 10% on takeout.
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Absolutely, but now, self checkout line ?
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May 22, 2023, 11:19 AM
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Nope. Draw the line there
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Oculus Spirit [79199]
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I usually do a flat $5 no matter what unless it's like just
May 22, 2023, 11:24 AM
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for me and the meal is less than $10. But usually when picking up for the fam, it's 5 doll hairs.
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Europe
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May 22, 2023, 11:30 AM
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Has it right (except charging 2 Euros to pee).
No tipping, unless you want to add more. Interestingly, food seemed to be less expensive there as well.
The US could learn from this.
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Eh, that's a lesson the US ain't prepared for.
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May 22, 2023, 11:54 AM
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Wait staff in much of Europe are paid quite well (relative to base wages in the US) without tips. Same with trash collectors. Socialist principles at work.
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The cash app on these new machines
May 22, 2023, 12:25 PM
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default to ask for a tip. It doesn't know if you dined in or did take out.
Was checking out at a craft fair a couple of weeks ago and the square app on their phone asked it I wanted to tip.
To be fair the lady did say, "just hit no tip before you sign, it's part of the program"
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TIL
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May 22, 2023, 1:13 PM
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you all are cheap af
Wow
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Lot o points [163012]
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How much do you tip on take out?
May 22, 2023, 2:27 PM
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I think 20% is generous. I usually do 25% in restaurant.
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Re: Tipping on take-out
May 22, 2023, 2:40 PM
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I started doing some during COVID. I've kept doing it but not as much as I would if I were dining in. I dunno; I know it's not necessary but feels right given this economy.
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If you are picking up take-out and a place that
May 22, 2023, 2:42 PM
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one could possibly also sit down and have a meal with a server then some tipping should be done. Somebody had to take time away from their other customers to pack up the order and all that. Toss in an extra $5 for the trouble at least.
Now, all the quick service places where one stands in line, tells somebody what they want, then gets their own drink and such is kinda crossing the line. I may toss in a couple bucks if I'm feeling generous, but not always.
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are you talking about Jersey Mike's?***
May 22, 2023, 10:20 PM
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If they do that I am.***
May 23, 2023, 7:33 AM
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I can't believe this was the most exciting thread today.***
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