Tipping when picking up take out

[Schnit Dick]

So I recently picked up food take out from a resturuant and someone questioned me as to why I didn't tip. I never had really thought about it before...I always thought that when you pick up food to go that you wouldnt tip, because you really didn't get waitress service. But they said that I should tip because someone obviously packaged up the food for me and stuff. Does anyne here tip for take out?

[GoatAss]

I don't. I believe that whoever is packaging up the food, it's their job and they are getting paid atleast the minimum wage. Waitstaff get paid a minimal per hour charge and count on the tips for their income.

[rustytrombone1]

So I recently picked up food take out from a resturuant and someone questioned me as to why I didn't tip. I never had really thought about it before...I always thought that when you pick up food to go that you wouldnt tip, because you really didn't get waitress service. But they said that I should tip because someone obviously packaged up the food for me and stuff. Does anyne here tip for take out?
No, never. I made the call. I drive there. They incur less costs with take out than if I ate there, dirtying their dishes, glasses & utensils. Not to mention having to clean my slobber off the table and the crumbs off the floor...oh...the the inevitable clogged shitter (I have to leave my mark).

[roche]

I don't. I believe that whoever is packaging up the food, it's their job and they are getting paid atleast the minimum wage. Waitstaff get paid a minimal per hour charge and count on the tips for their income.

Not always. When I was a waiter, we had to package up the food. They didn't have someone else to do it. Unless things have changed, they only make $2.12 an hour.

[Coffee Diva]

Tipping for pickup? Never. Service is about, you know, being served. Being seated, asking for things, etc. Just as you don't tip the guys in the back actually cooking the stuff, you don't tip someone who just shoves it in a bag and says "$11.57."

[HummerTuesdays]

I never tip for take out. How are you supposed to know if it's a waitress, a hostess, or a cashier taking your money? Plus, isn't it the kitchen staff packaging up the food, and not the wait staff? (Edit: Sorry, Roche, was still writing when you posted. I stand corrected.)

I also never tip at fast food restaurants, like Dunkin Donuts, McDonald's, etc. It irks me that they expect tips. It's their FUCKING JOB to work fast, hence the term "fast food."

And that said, Roche, what would be an appropriate tip? I tip 18-20% or more for taking my order, bringing drinks, checking up on the table, etc. So what percentage do I tip for picking up food you might have spent 1 minute throwing into containers?

[flyerfan116]

But they said that I should tip because someone obviously packaged up the food for me and stuff. Does anyne here tip for take out?
hell no thats part of the preparation, you tip for service...waiting, delivery etc....besides when you get it delivered do you tip the driver then give him more to pass along to the person who bagged it up cause the delivery guy didn't prep or bag it he/she just picks it up and delivers it

[EveryoneHasAIDS]

Fuck no! Should we start tipping convience store cleks for ringing us up? How about full serve gas station attendants, dry cleaner, Blockbuster employee, etc. NO WAY! And if they have a lil tip jar somewhere that a tip is not normally given, even more reason not to tip.

Just a side note, I am an excellent tipper having worked for tips before, but it's getting to the point where everyone expects a tip for doing their job.

F'ing ponderous!

[DoughBoy]

That's incorrect Goat. Usually the person bagging to-go stuff has that job specifically and relies on tips almost as much as the wait staff.

I throw them a buck or two.


Tipping is about service. They're cooking it, they're packaging it, and they're making sure everything is correct. That's what I'd call service.

Any of you people bitching about tipping have never worked in the food service industry.

[JoeyDVDZ]

I never tipped for take-out, although I can see the point of the $2.25 person who may be bagging up my order. Frankly, tipping is dependent on getting service. Taking a bag of food to hit the road isn't being served. It's almost self-service, IMO.

Besides, I over-tip when I'm sitting there, so that has to balance somewhere! :)

[roche]

And that said, Roche, what would be an appropriate tip? I tip 18-20% or more for taking my order, bringing drinks, checking up on the table, etc. So what percentage do I tip for picking up food you might have spent 1 minute throwing into containers?

No need to tip that much since they aren't really waiting on you. A dollar or two is just fine.

Keep in mind the server that rang up your order has to claim a certian percentage of their total sales as tips to the IRS.

[Coffee Diva]

If the girl behind the counter is cute, I might offer her a chance to make fourteen dollars the hard way.

[HummerTuesdays]

Tipping is about service. They're cooking it, they're packaging it, and they're making sure everything is correct. That's what I'd call service.

Any of you people bitching about tipping have never worked in the food service industry.

I agree, but don't you think it's getting out of hand when my local bagel shop wants tips, and Dunkin Donuts, and McDonald's, etc? Someone else mentioned it...where does it stop?

However if an extra buck or two will get the gas attentant to my car quicker, I'm all for tipping them. How I wish here in NJ I could pump my own gas!


No need to tip that much since they aren't really waiting on you. A dollar or two is just fine.

Keep in mind the server that rang up your order has to claim a certian percentage of their total sales as tips to the IRS.

And what if that person is nothing more than a hostess/cashier? Like at diners and some Chineese restaurants I've been to? (I've never worked in the food industry...I really have no idea.)

[BCH]

You haven't been Served in my opinion. No one's bringing you anything or cleaning up after you. They're handing you a bag. What's that worth as a percentage of the bill 1 or 2% I pick up takeout regularly and never tip except in the Diner where they make a spectacle of bagging up your order in front of you. Then I feel compelled to drop a buck or 2.

[EveryoneHasAIDS]

Keep in mind the server that rang up your order has to claim a certian percentage of their total sales as tips to the IRS.


So by not tipping, I'm helping this person out. I'm lowering their taxbale income.

[roche]

I agree, but don't you think it's getting out of hand when my local bagel shop wants tips, and Dunkin Donuts, and McDonald's, etc? Someone else mentioned it...where does it stop?

I will not tip those people because they are not making $2.12 an hour. They do not rely on tips to survive.

[roche]

So by not tipping, I'm helping this person out. I'm lowering their taxbale income.

No, it is the other way around. No one in the service industry reports their tips as they receive them. They report a percentage of their sales, but its been so long, I can't remember the exact number.

[Milwuakee Cop]

I never do. I just never thought you were obligated to tip on pick up...

[GoatAss]

That's incorrect Goat. Usually the person bagging to-go stuff has that job specifically and relies on tips almost as much as the wait staff.

I throw them a buck or two.


Tipping is about service. They're cooking it, they're packaging it, and they're making sure everything is correct. That's what I'd call service.

Any of you people bitching about tipping have never worked in the food service industry.

I helped put myself through college by being a cook at a bar and grill at school for 2 out of my 4 years. It was my job to put together the to go orders. I was in the back. I would then hand the food to the hole waitress and she would give it to the customer who would then pay for the food and leave without tipping. I never expected a tip.

I guess it depends on the size of the place. Larger establishments might have the person who does everything associated with takeout. Then I could possibly see tipping that person if I knew that was their only job.

[EveryoneHasAIDS]

I never do. I just never thought you were obligated to tip on pick up...

You're not maaaaaaaaaaaaan. It's society's fault maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!

[KneeKnee]

It is a place you frequent?

I would especially if it is at a place I go to often. Money talks people, I don't throw $20 bills around, though if I could, I would. People take note of this, and appreciate it. Even if it is a couple of bucks. You will notice better treatment when you give a little more. It shows that you are appreciative of the work someone did for you. How would you feel if someone came to your job and made their appreciation known to you.

When I pick up, I always toss a few extra dollars in.

[kloraferm]

I only tip when they bring the food to me or if I'm there and actually eat at a table. I don't know if that makes me look cheap, but come on

[DoughBoy]

It is a place you frequent?

I would especially if it is at a place I go to often. Money talks people, I don't throw $20 bills around, though if I could, I would. People take note of this, and appreciate it. Even if it is a couple of bucks. You will notice better treatment when you give a little more. It shows that you are appreciative of the work someone did for you. How would you feel if someone came to your job and made their appreciation known to you.

When I pick up, I always toss a few extra dollars in.

Places that I fequent get higher tips than normal becuase I've usually developed a 'relationship' of types with them. I also understand that one hand washes the other. Good tips = no waiting, perfect meals, extra portions, and free shit.

[IDontCare05]

I recently got take out from Chili's. My family and I spent $75 dollars and gave the girl a $10 tip....I figured since there was so much to make and package so deserved at least something.

[EveryoneHasAIDS]

I fail to see how tipping the person who hands you your food will make the service better. It's not up to them, they're just the end product. If that were the case, then wouldn't you want to tip the cook?

[KneeKnee]

Places that I fequent get higher tips than normal becuase I've usually developed a 'relationship' of types with them. I also understand that one hand washes the other. Good tips = no waiting, perfect meals, extra portions, and free shit.


Exactly. It amazes me how many people do not realize how much of an impact tipping has on your service as a whole. (and I'm not talking about take out tipping, i am talking about overall).

You tip the wait staff, you get better service. You tip the bartender you get drinks faster and stronger and buy backs. You tip the Valet you get a better spot and more attention paid to your car.

If you are going out, and want to have a better time, and and not have to worry about stupid shit, liek getting the wrong drink or a messed up food order, when they see a good tipper, they know to give you the best possible service.

[Bill]

If it's a place that not primarily intended as a take-out restaurant and has waiter service, I will typically give a tip when I pick the order up. However, if it's a counter service restaurant, regardless of whether there are tables or not, I don't tip.

One exception to the first rule is if I'm picking the food up at the host/hostess stand, a tip could go either way. If it appears that the manager or owner is tending the stand, I won't tip. If it's someone who's apparently working on a hostess salary, I will tip.

[DoughBoy]

Exactly. It amazes me how many people do not realize how much of an impact tipping has on your service as a whole. (and I'm not talking about take out tipping, i am talking about overall).

You tip the wait staff, you get better service. You tip the bartender you get drinks faster and stronger and buy backs. You tip the Valet you get a better spot and more attention paid to your car.

If you are going out, and want to have a better time, and and not have to worry about stupid shit, liek getting the wrong drink or a messed up food order, when they see a good tipper, they know to give you the best possible service.

That is correct, sir. Case in point. I used to park my truck in a small lot on 33rd between 5th and Madison. It usually cost my company around 60 bucks for me to park for the day. I used to throw in 7-10 bucks out of my own pocket.

One day I came back to the lot and he was buffing my truck. He had washed it, waxed it, sprayed the wheels, windexed the windows, and was buffing it to a shine.

[ROONT]

this deserves the caps: NO FUCKIN WAY

[DoughBoy]

I fail to see how tipping the person who hands you your food will make the service better. It's not up to them, they're just the end product. If that were the case, then wouldn't you want to tip the cook?

Like I said, then you fail to have worked in the food service industry.

The person that is handing your food either prepped it, Expo'd it, and most likely shares a tip pool with all people involved.

Oh, and to you people who think you don't need to tip or say "fuck 'em" to the people serving you/waiting on you/helping... don't think they don't remember you just as well as they remember me for giveing them a 10-spot. You just get the inverse response that I do.

[Schnit Dick]

Exactly. It amazes me how many people do not realize how much of an impact tipping has on your service as a whole. (and I'm not talking about take out tipping, i am talking about overall).

You tip the wait staff, you get better service. You tip the bartender you get drinks faster and stronger and buy backs. You tip the Valet you get a better spot and more attention paid to your car.

If you are going out, and want to have a better time, and and not have to worry about stupid shit, liek getting the wrong drink or a messed up food order, when they see a good tipper, they know to give you the best possible service.

Very true...the dinner by where i used to live would give me the best service because i went often and tipped well. My total for two people would be like 8 bucks and would still tip 2-3 and always got great service

[EveryoneHasAIDS]

Like I said, then you fail to have worked in the food service industry.

The person that is handing your food either prepped it, Expo'd it, and most likely shares a tip pool with all people involved.

You couldn't be more wrong about me. I have worked in food service, but when I pick up a take out order at Applebees, the person who hands me my food had nothing to do with the preparation of the food. I'm sure there are places where this is not the case, but in a world of Applebees and TGIFridays, that's not how they operate.

As far as the tip pool, that just fucking blows! If I did receive good service, I want my tip to go to the preson who served me, not the Mexican in the back washing the dishes.

[DoughBoy]

Also... because I worked in 'the business', I expect good service or the tip WILL reflect it.

"normal" service will get 15-20% tip
"good" service will get 20-30% tip
"Excellent" service will get 50+% tip
"poor" service will get 5-10% and I will speak to a manager
"horrible" service will get 0 tip and will result in me speaking to a manager

[DoughBoy]

You couldn't be more wrong about me. I have worked in food service, but when I pick up a take out order at Applebees, the person who hands me my food had nothing to do with the preparation of the food. I'm sure there are places where this is not the case, but in a world of Applebees and TGIFridays, that's not how they operate.

As far as the tip pool, that just fucking blows! If I did receive good service, I want my tip to go to the preson who served me, not the Mexican in the back washing the dishes.

I used to work at Fridays... that is EXACTLY how it works. I worked at one through highschool and college and a friend of mine is a GM for a few fridays.

The Cook makes the food, the expo dumps it to the 'dub' (waiter/waitress) that is on 'take out duty), and the SPG (smiling people greeter) or bartender will ring it up and hand it to the customer. Tips are shared between the SPG and the dub.

[wakeboardfit]

I tip when i pick up sushi and that's it. I figure it's a kind of hard thing to make and I would like my sushi place to have money to get good fish so i don't get sick. plus they know me by name when i call, all the little asian girls smile and say hi when i walk in, and the manager talks to me for a while when i'm there. other than that, no tip for pickup.

[Bill]

The problem with tipping to ensure better service is that, for the most part, it only helps service if it's a place that you go to on a pretty regular basis. The fact that I gave a $50 tip on a $190 meal the other night isn't going to make any difference to the service that I get the next time that I go to this same restaurant because I won't go there for another 2 or 3 months and even if the same waitress is working there, the likelyhood of being served by the same waitress is small.

On the other hand, there are some situations where a tip can be given ahead of time and can virtually guarantee good service. On Saturday, I went to a birthday party at a bar (that was closed for the party). I gave the bartender a $20 tip with my first drink saying something like "Let me take care of you now, so I don't forget later. That night, I didn't wait for any drinks (it didn't hurt that I was at a party with a bunch of cheapskates either).

[ih8Uboo-boo]

Someplaces like Outback will run your take-out order to your car, in those instances, I will tip. But if I have to go in and pick it up, no tip.

I don't see any difference between getting take out from a restaurant and ordering fast food.

And yes, I worked in the business.

[GreatAmericanZero]

i only tip with sit down service or delivery

[Douchebag Listener]

I'd never think to do it at a pizza joint or something like that, but have questioned whether or not I should at like an Olive Garden or some other restaurant like that. Haven't in the past, but might toss 'em a buck or two in the future.

[Screwtape]

if the guy/gal is a regular i know and is on time, i tip. And if you dont tip, your scum (at least in their eyes). so dont ever hope you have him/her again.

[TreeFortRichard]

Fuck no! Should we start tipping convience store cleks for ringing us up? How about full serve gas station attendants!...
I tip full serve gas...if the guy isn't a dick, or if it is bad weather. I give em $.50 or whatever, but i will tip them.


As far as the tip cup shit. A lot of places have corporate policies prohibiting them...You should NEVER see one at BK, McD's or Wendy's. They don't allow them. IF you do see one ask to see the manager and rock their world :)

[Beeman99]

The only time I tip is when I'm in a nice sit down resturant. When I pick up an call in order, I just pay the bill. There is no waitress involved, just a cook and the dumbass at the counter to deal with.

[ChrisC_EIT]

Places that I fequent get higher tips than normal becuase I've usually developed a 'relationship' of types with them. I also understand that one hand washes the other. Good tips = no waiting, perfect meals, extra portions, and free shit.

Good point. I tip (fairly lightly, though) the take-out chinese place around the corner from me, but then I'm there about once a week or so. As soon as I give my name on the phone, they instantly know who I am. They remember my name, they remember that I like extra pepper sauce (it’s in the bag when I get there), and they’re friendly the moment I walk in the door.

The Mexicans across the street get nothing and like it.

As far as bad service is concerned, forget the tip - the restaurant would be lucky to ever see me again.

[Nitetrane]

The problem with tipping to ensure better service is that, for the most part, it only helps service if it's a place that you go to on a pretty regular basis. The fact that I gave a $50 tip on a $190 meal the other night isn't going to make any difference to the service that I get the next time that I go to this same restaurant because I won't go there for another 2 or 3 months and even if the same waitress is working there, the likelyhood of being served by the same waitress is small.

On the other hand, there are some situations where a tip can be given ahead of time and can virtually guarantee good service. On Saturday, I went to a birthday party at a bar (that was closed for the party). I gave the bartender a $20 tip with my first drink saying something like "Let me take care of you now, so I don't forget later. That night, I didn't wait for any drinks (it didn't hurt that I was at a party with a bunch of cheapskates either).
This is so true, if its only a place you frequent it really matters, I can only afford to go to these "sit-down" restaurants every now and then, so yeah, they should be happy when I do sit down, I tip, but for taking out! Puuuhh-leeeze!! I think it was mentioned before, I believe I incur less costs to them for having to wash the dishes, clean my space, use of water for using their restroom, etc.
Bravo to you, EveryoneHasAIDS! This thread reminds of the many reasons to love and be necessary to watch Resevoir Dogs

[Nothing Sound]

Tipping always pays off. Not only in the food industry but others as well.

Although I'm not a Letter Carrier I've worked for the Postal Service for 9 years and deal with many.
The customers who take care of their carrier will get nice dry mail and packages on those rainy days.
Those that don't may get soggy mail and if there's the least bit of snow left on their walkway, no mail at all.

[Exanimate]

I always tip really well. When I was in college, I was a bartender for 2 years, and I knew how to take care of my regs, and big tippers.

I had a guy that would order 4 Heinekins each time he came to the bar. He would hand me a 20 each time, and tell me to keep the change. That was a 10 buck tip each time he came to the bar to order (this was back in 95, so it was cheaper to drink in a bar). I don't care how deep the crowd for the bar was, if I saw him, I would wave him around to the side of the bar, and hook him up. When he would order a shot, it would be on the house. If he ordered a well drink, it would be mixed strong.

If I am out to dinner, and I have a few drinks from the bar, I will go over to the bar after I am finished, and tip the bartender a few bucks as well.

I tip when I get takeout, but I usually get takeout from a place that I pull up, and they bring it out to the car.

[soiled pj's]

I'll tip a couple of bucks for take out, most of the places I eat at the entire staff shares the tips, this realy sucks because if you leave a good tip for a good waitress the cunty waitress that you can't stand gets an equal amount of her tip.

[BCH]

this deserves the caps: NO FUCKIN WAY

Thank You Scotty. The Man's absolutely right folks. Somebody who puts some shit in a bag and hands it to you is not deserving of extra money for doing it. Do you tip the kid behind the CVS counter for bagging your shit and handing it to you? NO! Stop feeling entitled to tips foodservice workers. Handing me a bag full of shit does NOT constitute serving me a meal.

[Taso]

So I recently picked up food take out from a resturuant and someone questioned me as to why I didn't tip. I never had really thought about it before...I always thought that when you pick up food to go that you wouldnt tip, because you really didn't get waitress service. But they said that I should tip because someone obviously packaged up the food for me and stuff. Does anyne here tip for take out?
Im sure we all really know the reason you didnt tip, ::cough:: ::cough:: insert jew joke here ::cough:: ::cough::

But seriously, at all these chinese food places I never tip them when I do a pickup. Most of the time these chinese restaraunts are all family owned and family employed so the tip to the delivery boy and all money stays in the same place. There is one place in particular that I do tend to tip at, a sandwich shop here in my neighborhood and that is only because they put a shitload of meat in a sandwich which they charge nearly next to nothing on. There is a bar by my house at though, which i do tend to in my opinion overtip, but that in turn gets me free drinks whenever i just pop in for a beer after work, so in the end it kind of balances out.

Overall you shouldnt have to tip when you go somewhere to pick stuff up, Diners here usually have the register clerk bag the food up and they get paid a decent wage as opposed to living off of tips.

[click]

I've noticed more and more of those tip jars at take-out places. I'm with BCH and others. No way. I didn't read the whole thread, I'm sure it took a few twists and turns.

[Amazingkaddycap]

Fuck that, you don't tip when you pick shit up. and whoever ask why you didn't is a Faggot.

[ferrallafag]

I don't. I believe that whoever is packaging up the food, it's their job and they are getting paid atleast the minimum wage. Waitstaff get paid a minimal per hour charge and count on the tips for their income.
someone who gets their food spit in(thats all if your lucky) every pickup order.

also someone who never worked for tips...

heres the scoop, its like velentines day, if you have a girlfriend, you get her something, anything, just dont get hre nothing, its insulting. and the 2.25 thing, no ususally people who get the to go shift get paid a host/hostess wage, which is more like 5 or 6 bucks an hour, plus a small tip out from the waiters, and i do mean small. $5 from each wat staff, which even at a large resteraunt is like 10 people. they take the order on the phone. put it in the computre like if you were at the resturaunt, and get it all together for you.
dont be a cheap jew motherfucker. let a couple of those dollars go.

ps come find me working the applebee's to go shift sat night

[OnA latina fan]

I hate to be a bitch but if you don't tip me, next time you put in that call for take out, your food is going to come out fucked up. You're allergic to mayo? Well here is a big glob of mayo on your burger Miss! Now choke on that!

It doesn't matter if it's only a dollar its that fact that the waiter feels appreciated in this fucking shithole of a job. It's especially important to tip if you go for the newest "curbside take out". This is American Society at its best, too fucking lazy to get out of the car and pick up the food, noooooo the waiter runs the food out to designated parking spots, then runs back inside to get your fucking change. You fat fucks get up and get your own food!

[GoatAss]

someone who gets their food spit in(thats all if your lucky) every pickup order.

also someone who never worked for tips...

heres the scoop, its like velentines day, if you have a girlfriend, you get her something, anything, just dont get hre nothing, its insulting. and the 2.25 thing, no ususally people who get the to go shift get paid a host/hostess wage, which is more like 5 or 6 bucks an hour, plus a small tip out from the waiters, and i do mean small. $5 from each wat staff, which even at a large resteraunt is like 10 people. they take the order on the phone. put it in the computre like if you were at the resturaunt, and get it all together for you.
dont be a cheap jew motherfucker. let a couple of those dollars go.

ps come find me working the applebee's to go shift sat night

Did you happen to notice my earlier post in this thread? That would be post # 19. I did not work for tips but I understand how it works. I hope that someone in turn spits in your food with a big swig of AIDS blood mixed in.

[HummerTuesdays]

Too lazy to get out of the car? Maybe some. But try "too busy." Have you ever thought that maybe it's a working mom and she's got a car full of kids, and it's easier to have the food brought to her, than to get her 3 kids out of the car, one of them screaming, and stand in your restaurant to wait for her food, and then attempt to carry dinner back to the car while holding the hands of her toddlers? Nope, didn't think you ever considered that side of it.

After your post, I am no longer going to give the staff the benefit of the doubt when they fuck up my order. I'm going to assume it's some ass hat with an attitude that thinks I wronged them in the past, and instead of sucking it up *I* will be the one bitching. :)

Lucky for me I rarely do take out. I'm fancy, and I have my food delivered to me.

[TreeFortRichard]

Too lazy to get out of the car? Maybe some. But try "too busy." Have you ever thought that maybe it's a working mom and she's got a car full of kids, and it's easier to have the food brought to her, than to get her 3 kids out of the car, one of them screaming, and stand in your restaurant to wait for her food, and then attempt to carry dinner back to the car while holding the hands of her toddlers? .....
Don't forget about the friggin car seat, esp if the easy click base is in your other car and you have to thread the seatbelt through...Pain in the ass and now your food is cold!

[fandango86]

I don't, unless something about the pick-up showed extra care or attention. Tips do not go to the cooks, the only person who is handling your order. Any tip would likely be kept by the person cashing you out, and I don't tip retail store cashiers, so restaurant cashiers should also not be tipped. But you have to keep in mind that I generally only pick up food from pizza and sub places. To me this is no different than picking up fast food. The cooks package the food in the majority of those establishments. If you're ordering take out from a restaurant that does not deliver and that has a wait staff, you should probably tip, as the wait staff is likely the one packaging the food. A dollar or two should suffice, as this is a 2 minute job.

Doughboy - Are you fucking rich or something? 50%?!?!? I almost always tip 15%, even if the service is bad. I just can't bring myself to tip badly. I show my displeasure by not going to that restaurant again. Or if the service is bad along certain lines,(rudeness, intolerable lack of attention) I sic my wife on the manager, but this is rare. Even great service will only get you an extra few percent. Probably the highest I've ever gone is 25-30%, and that was at Hooters, where the girl was a friend of mine and absolutely gorgeous, and flirted with us all night and made us feel that in some reality we'd have a chance with her.

[Multiple Miggs]

Probably the highest I've ever gone is 25-30%, and that was at Hooters, where the girl was a friend of mine and absolutely gorgeous, and flirted with us all night and made us feel that in some reality we'd have a chance with her.
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[hillarythegreat]

If we get something delievered like pizza or other food, yes tip! IF we get something like a sandwich or pick up chineese food, no tip! It's really that simple. The people inside the store have to be there for the food to be cooked and prepared. People delivering are most likely using their own cars and gas, though the store will usually pay some of the costs for using their cars. Also remember that if a place has a delivery charge, the delivery driver most likely doesn't get that whole amount charged, sometimes it's only half and the store gets the rest.

[Lil'GlubGlub]

I only tip at sitdown and delivery places.

I am a cook, and every place I've worked the cooks are the ones who package the food, and the server just take it out to the customers and ring them up.

I do tend to tip well at bars too.


especially when the bartender gives 3 free drinks out of the 4 I ordered.

then I give at least the price of the drinks.

[Jim Beam]

buncha CHEAP BASTARDS around this place. you may claim to know how it works, but you dont. it's not a question of whether you should tip or if they deserve a tip. it's the fact that people remember this shit, and your service will be affected. when I drove pizzas I always knew who my tippers were, and they got their pizzas alot faster and fresher than the cheapskates. they also didnt get theirs stuck on the bottom of the pile so the lid get's smashed into the cheese. the two places I get take-out from, I tip a buck or so every time, and I get hooked up. faster service, bigger portions, rarely get charged for extras (a sauce or an eggroll). it MATTERS people.

[DeltaPin]

If we get something delievered like pizza or other food, yes tip! IF we get something like a sandwich or pick up chineese food, no tip! It's really that simple.

Delivery = Tip
Pickup = No Tip

[Boba Dousch]

I don't tip when I go and pick it up, that just seems rediculous, you don't tip when you go to a fast food place.

[Farm Flufer]

No tip on pick-up.

[OnA latina fan]

Too lazy to get out of the car? Maybe some. But try "too busy." Have you ever thought that maybe it's a working mom and she's got a car full of kids, and it's easier to have the food brought to her, than to get her 3 kids out of the car, one of them screaming, and stand in your restaurant to wait for her food, and then attempt to carry dinner back to the car while holding the hands of her toddlers? Nope, didn't think you ever considered that side of it.

After your post, I am no longer going to give the staff the benefit of the doubt when they fuck up my order. I'm going to assume it's some ass hat with an attitude that thinks I wronged them in the past, and instead of sucking it up *I* will be the one bitching. :)

Lucky for me I rarely do take out. I'm fancy, and I have my food delivered to me.


It's sad when basic parenting principles become an inconvenience. If a woman must rely on the assistance of a fucking minimum wage restaurant worker to feed her children because she is just "too busy" to do it herself, she should probably stop popping out kids--especially since the spoiled little brats she already has are screaming because she has too many meetings and cannot find time to discipline them. Ahhhh...the harsh realities of life for middle class working moms. Thank god for curbside food service. Nobody wants to inconvenience you any more than you already are, you know, as a working mom. What a radical concept.

[GoatAss]

It's sad when basic parenting principles become an inconvenience. If a woman must rely on the assistance of a fucking minimum wage restaurant worker to feed her children because she is just "too busy" to do it herself, she should probably stop popping out kids--especially since the spoiled little brats she already has are screaming because she has too many meetings and cannot find time to discipline them. Ahhhh...the harsh realities of life for middle class working moms. Thank god for curbside food service. Nobody wants to inconvenience you any more than you already are, you know, as a working mom. What a radical concept.

Hope you're strapped in.

[AJellyDonut]

It's sad when basic parenting principles become an inconvenience. If a woman must rely on the assistance of a fucking minimum wage restaurant worker to feed her children because she is just "too busy" to do it herself, she should probably stop popping out kids--especially since the spoiled little brats she already has are screaming because she has too many meetings and cannot find time to discipline them. Ahhhh...the harsh realities of life for middle class working moms. Thank god for curbside food service. Nobody wants to inconvenience you any more than you already are, you know, as a working mom. What a radical concept.


Damn...those are fighting words....:icon_eek:

Nice post!

And I agree

[HummerTuesdays]

It's sad when basic parenting principles become an inconvenience. If a woman must rely on the assistance of a fucking minimum wage restaurant worker to feed her children because she is just "too busy" to do it herself, she should probably stop popping out kids--especially since the spoiled little brats she already has are screaming because she has too many meetings and cannot find time to discipline them. Ahhhh...the harsh realities of life for middle class working moms. Thank god for curbside food service. Nobody wants to inconvenience you any more than you already are, you know, as a working mom. What a radical concept.

BASIC PARENTING PRICIPLES??? What fucking principles? Please, enlighten me how being a productive member of society and raising kids right is A FUCKING PROBLEM???? Saving time in the kitchen every now and then so she can attend their soccer game? Run them to dance class? Spend time helping them with homework? Yeah, God forbid she inconvenience YOU because she wants to BE A GOOD PARENT and spend more time with her family.

If you're so unhappy with the customers you serve, you might want to think about getting out of the customer service industry.

[Stormrider666]

Usually its an expo putting the food together. Its already in the take out container, so they just have to the lids on it, add condiments, and to go silverware etc. They make good money, so I would say no tipping out when it comes to take out food.

[HerkyJerkyLiz]

if i go to a chain place chilis, applebees etc.. and it is a pickup order i do not tip. its their job and i know that they just slap it together.. its not like theyre doing anything special for you..

if i go to a local type place or family run small business type place i will usually throw in a few extra dollars because i frequent them, you get to know them and you know theyre making your shit right, a little more goes into it.

i have definitely noticed that northerners are much more aware and giving when it comes to tipping. when i sit down at a place unless i get bad service theyre getting atleast 18% and when theyre good i have no problem giving extra. everyone i meet down here is a tight ass when it comes to tipping. to me if you dont have the money to go out and have a good time and throw a few extra bucks out for your service you should just stay home cheap-o.

[HerkyJerkyLiz]

this deserves its own post:

Nice Guy Eddie: C'mon, throw in a buck!
Mr. Pink: Uh-uh, I don't tip.
Nice Guy Eddie: You don't tip?
Mr. Pink: Nah, I don't believe in it.
Nice Guy Eddie: You don't believe in tipping?
Mr. Blue: You know what these chicks make? They make shit.
Mr. Pink: Don't give me that. She don't make enough money that she can quit.
Nice Guy Eddie: I don't even know a fucking Jew who'd have the balls to say that. Let me get this straight: you don't ever tip?
Mr. Pink: I don't tip because society says I have to. All right, if someone deserves a tip, if they really put forth an effort, I'll give them something a little something extra. But this tipping automatically, it's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned, they're just doing their job.
Mr. Blue: Hey, our girl was nice.
Mr. Pink: She was okay. She wasn't anything special.
Mr. Blue: What's special? Take you in the back and suck your dick?
Nice Guy Eddie: I'd go over twelve percent for that.

[PrncssNikki]

BASIC PARENTING PRICIPLES??? What fucking principles? Please, enlighten me how being a productive member of society and raising kids right is A FUCKING PROBLEM???? Saving time in the kitchen every now and then so she can attend their soccer game? Run them to dance class? Spend time helping them with homework? Yeah, God forbid she inconvenience YOU because she wants to BE A GOOD PARENT and spend more time with her family.

If you're so unhappy with the customers you serve, you might want to think about getting out of the customer service industry.

You could also argue the point that if it didn't exist, people wouldn't take advantage of it. LatinaFan - I suggest you complain to your management/corporate about your problem than the people who are just using what is available to them.

As for tipping, I will tip the "Curbside Pickup People," any sort of deliveries and I'll even tip people who make my food in front of me, ie Subway or Coldstone Creamery (and I don't just do it to make them sing some gay song :icon_wink) along with tipping for restaurant service. I don't normally tip restaurant pickups though because if I were to, I highly doubt it would get to the right person since the restaurants here give the pickup orders to the bartender. If I pickup from the hostess who runs from the kitchen to get the order, I'll tip.

[Halo Five]

I tip big... I always have. I think once I left no tip when the service was absolutely horrible. I know too many people who live off of tips not to give big.

[BeezerBlanks]

DELIVERY= TIP (they make the drive out and brave sometimes bad weather)

SIT DOWN = TIP (bring food to you and get you drinks)

BAR = TIP (they give you a little extra in your drinks, sometimes drinks on the house and even yummy bar food)

CARSIDE TO GO (even though I've never done it) = CHANGE FROM ORDER (22.00 order, give em $25 and let em keep the couple bucks for walking it to you)
PICK UP =WTF NO GODDAMN TIP (put food in bag taking no effort at all)


I have worked for service (KFC) as cook, counter and asst mgr. Never got 1 goddamn tip in any position even with catering orders. I didn't expect it and it was never a issue. Packing up the food is part of your job if your place of employment offeres pick up as a service. I mean its fucking retarded to tip at a pizza place if you spend your gas to go pick up the pie. All the person at the counter is doing is handing you your pizza. I've actually never heard this concept of tipping for pickup before from anyone and almost everyone I know has worked food service at some point in their life.

[cat_smasher]

the only tip i've ever gave was for some kid working at the boston beanery to find a better job:rolleyes:

[Nitetrane]

BeezerBlanks,(or anybody who has worked at a fast/major food chain place ex., Applesbee's, Olive Garden) can you clear this up for me, is it Policy that theyre not allowed to ask or leave a tip jar? I've seen posts where they said its a no policy, then I see a post that they tip...at a Subway?!
Are we to tip...NO MATTER WHAT... at ANY food service place? I thought tips stood for, To Insure Prompt Service. You were to give them a tip Before the service, bar to get good/faster drinks, restaurant to get ahead of line/better table placement. This I see and agree to tip on. But to expect a gratuity after everything that your job description says youre suppose to do? Take out = no tip, delivery/curbside = tip, usually their car and especially if its crappy weather, sit in = you'll earn your tip based on my overall satisfaction from the eating experience, no automatic 15% bullshit.
Your "reward" is based on a percentage of whats at the end of the bill? What the hell is that? You Get a little extra if you Do a little extra.

[ray16309]

Better Safe than sorry.... A few bucks will not break you and the next order will come quicker or with a freebie... maybe.... It works for me so I will always throw in a few bucks regardless.

[ChrisH]

I rarely pick up take out, but when I do, I *never* tip. However, whenever *anything* is delivered (food, dry cleaning, movers, etc.), I always leave a tip. That also includes when they come to pick up drycleaning (I live in NYC, where everything can be delivered and picked up).

[Ploppy]

Well, the world needs ditch diggers too...and I'm not tipping them either.

[ShaunC1000]

I don't get tipping.. why should we pay more because their employers pay shit.. gives them more of a reason to keep paying them shit

[Jimmymakesmewet]

That's incorrect Goat. Usually the person bagging to-go stuff has that job specifically and relies on tips almost as much as the wait staff.

I throw them a buck or two.


Tipping is about service. They're cooking it, they're packaging it, and they're making sure everything is correct. That's what I'd call service.

Any of you people bitching about tipping have never worked in the food service industry.

At one point in my life, me and my ex practically relied on his tips (pizza delivery) to survive, and people would toss him a penny or two after he took their call, packaged their pizza a drove the food to their front doorstep, yeah, that deserves a tip...funny how he never complained if he didn't get a tip from the guy who got off his ass and came to the store.

Also, I am IN the food service industry and I have NEVER heard of tipping for pick up...first how the hell do I know who packaged it for me? Second, if you're doing your JOB you don't deserve a tip. I tip waiters and waitresses because most do a little more than take my order and bring the food to the table...if they don't I don't tip, or tip the "normal" 10-15% When they fill my glass and put on a smiling face even though they know that I know theeir job SUCKS, then I go above and beyond, I've tipped guys more than my bill at times, if they make my meal pleasant...nobody at a pick up carry out place has ever really made a difference in the enjoyment of my meal....(aside from packagind it...which, again is THEIR JOB).

[BeezerBlanks]

BeezerBlanks,(or anybody who has worked at a fast/major food chain place ex., Applesbee's, Olive Garden) can you clear this up for me, is it Policy that theyre not allowed to ask or leave a tip jar? I've seen posts where they said its a no policy, then I see a post that they tip...at a Subway?!
Are we to tip...NO MATTER WHAT... at ANY food service place? I thought tips stood for, To Insure Prompt Service. You were to give them a tip Before the service, bar to get good/faster drinks, restaurant to get ahead of line/better table placement. This I see and agree to tip on. But to expect a gratuity after everything that your job description says youre suppose to do? Take out = no tip, delivery/curbside = tip, usually their car and especially if its crappy weather, sit in = you'll earn your tip based on my overall satisfaction from the eating experience, no automatic 15% bullshit.
Your "reward" is based on a percentage of whats at the end of the bill? What the hell is that? You Get a little extra if you Do a little extra.

I think it depends on the place. I know one of my counter girls at the time put one up and I didn't care, but the district manager came in one day and said to take it down. I only saw it as a way for cute girls to get money from old men just for food+flirting. I'm so glad I'm out of food service.
One place that I do tip is when I used to get coffee on my break at Dunkin Donuts. Alot of times I'd have a pleasant conversation while my coffee was being made and if it was made great I'd give the $2 and just toss the change into their "tip cup". When a person didn't make good coffee (always take a sip while they cash you out) they dont' get a tip.