Tipping for carryout?

[Cloaca du jour 2,149]

When did this become a thing? I can see tipping delivery but now people are tipping for carryout??

 

Have you guys heard of such foolishness?

[cyclone24 1,913]

I've heard of it but I never do it.

 

I don't tip at buffets either. I'm not chipping you off 20% because you brought me two cokes.

[tanatastic 2,062]

Nope, never tip for carry out. Tip is for service, not the privilege of eating your food.

[Hardcore troubadour 15,429]

I might throw a dollar in the cup if they were nice.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,440]

10%. And a thank you. Goes a long way.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

That is why nobody answers the carry out phone at many restaurants. The servers don't want to put time ignoring the peope who will tip them to bag up your food.

[Bier Meister 1,710]

i tip the mom and pop places a dollar or two.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,440]

A show of hands of those who've worked in a reastaunt or bar who rely on tips.

[Hardcore troubadour 15,429]

A show of hands of those who've worked in a reastaunt or bar who rely on tips.

Washed dishes and tended bar for a short time.

[cyclone24 1,913]

I've never worked anywhere where I got tips...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On second thought maybe I just wasn't that good of an employee..

 

 

Shiit

[MTSkiBum 1,620]

Great thread, I have been wondering the same thing. I tip 10% for carryout, now i do not feel bad.

 

I order banh mi sandwiches from a Vietnamese shop every other week, and since I am such a regular I tip 15%, but they are the exception.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,440]

I tip thirty % no matter.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

A show of hands of those who've worked in a reastaunt or bar who rely on tips.

Me.

 

I was a waiter at Cracker Barrel. The chick would transfer to go orders to the back, and we would never answer, as they never tipped. Then they installed a freaking strobe light and a ships bell thing to the phone. Made it harder to ignore.

 

Waffle House automatically added a 20% gratuity to to go orders, which went straight to the servers pocket. They were all about taking to go orders.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,440]

Me.

 

I was a waiter at Cracker Barrel. The chick would transfer to go orders to the back, and we would never answer, as they never tipped. Then they installed a freaking strobe light and a ships bell thing to the phone. Made it harder to ignore.

 

Waffle House automatically added a 20% gratuity to to go orders, which went straight to the servers pocket. They were all about taking to go orders.

What the fawk was a smart guy like you working Cracker Barrel?

[shotsup 832]

What the fawk was a smart guy like you working Cracker Barrel?

Did you ever get passed one star ??

[wiffleball 4,790]

I've held just about every Service Industry job that didn't require a skirt and a push up bra.

I am a huge tipping proponent.

For example, even if the server is slow on bringing drinks - keep your eyes open -

Most of the time it's the slow-axx BT's that are holding her up. If so, tip her well anyway.

 

But this? Oh fock no.

• While takeout may not be a direct cash drop into his/her pocket, its the best thing for her employer - and often, her.
• There's no overhead on dishes, dishwashing,no tables to bus, no water to refill, etc.
• And with the mark up on food? It's damn near pure profit.
• Not to mention,it frees the server up to serve in-house, tip-paying customers.

There's a mindset in the service industry that if the money doesn't go directly to them, it somehow doesn't count. But, to the extent that it keeps the employer in business (and thus, you employed) with a minimum of work, overhead and time spent, it's a good thing.

 

If they put silver down, I'll drop that as a tip - but only bc I don't want it to rattle in my pocket.

 

Now, if they throw in some lagniappe, then it's a whole nother calculus.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

What the fawk was a smart guy like you working Cracker Barrel?

I was in college at the time.

[penultimatestraw 473]

I've heard of it but I never do it.

I don't tip at buffets either. I'm not chipping you off 20% because you brought me two cokes.

I think the etiquette is ~10% for buffets. In addition to bringing you drinks, they bus the tables at the minimum.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

Did you ever get passed one star ??

I think I was a two star when I left. It's amazing how corporatized that place is. They had a classroom in the back and a full time hr trainer. When you had been there long enough, you could take the test for a star.

[shotsup 832]

I think I was a two star when I left. It's amazing how corporatized that place is. They had a classroom in the back and a full time hr trainer. When you had been there long enough, you could take the test for a star.

It's the most generic food on earth.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

It's the most generic food on earth.

It's not my favorite, although there are a few things I like there.

 

But it was a town of 20,000 students, waiting jobs were hard to come by, as people with experience (I had none) and hot chicks tend to get the good restaurants. I took the job that called me back.

 

It wasn't bad. Tables turn fast, so that's good.

[wiffleball 4,790]

It wasn't bad. Tables turn fast, so that's good.

Besides, you don't have to serve Black folks, Amirite?

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

Besides, you don't have to serve Black folks, Amirite?

At Cracker Barrel we called them Canadians. Like you would yell at the hostess, "quit seating me with all the Canadians! I gotta make rent this week.

[shotsup 832]

What about when a bus load of silver haired Jew ladies showed up ? No rent was made that shift.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

What about when a bus load of silver haired Jew ladies showed up ? No rent was made that shift.

Jew ladies rarely wander into random Tennessee cracker barrell. Our other demographic that was a problem was the promise keepers and other Jesus freaks. They tip like sh!t, act like d!cks, and leave insulting little bible tracts, some of which are designed to appear to be a $20 bill.

[shotsup 832]

Yeah makes sense. Last year went to one in CT on I95 and got stuck behind a bus of said ladies. Probably a junket from NYC to Foxwoods Casino.

[Alias Detective 1,400]

A show of hands of those who've worked in a reastaunt or bar who rely on tips.

No thanks.

[Alias Detective 1,400]

Republicans take care of the less fortunate moreso than the libs who talk a good talk of helping out the lower income class.

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/07/10/restaurant-tip-best-tippers-20-percent/455374001/

[Alias Detective 1,400]

At Cracker Barrel we called them Canadians. Like you would yell at the hostess, "quit seating me with all the Canadians! I gotta make rent this week.

That is a prision term. Canadians!

[The PosterFormerlyKnownAs 78]

Plenty of food service experience, mostly with guaranteed gratuity from checks. Very generous tipper, including many take out occasions. Directly proportionate to the service ... was their a welcome, things packed and labeled well ... did they offer me a seat or drink while I waited ... timeliness ... was good made to order/special request? Appropriate amount of condiments/napkins/silverware? Did they make the experience pleasant? Happy ending? (Wait ... wrong establishment category.)

 

Don't be crass and stingy. If the place is a takeout joint, probably not, but if it's an eat-in place that accommodates take-out, support the staff who do a good job while getting stiffed out of tips by having you walk in and walk out with what is often a lower than average purchase (fewer drinks, upsells, etc.)

[Alias Detective 1,400]

One more pet peeve of mine around tipping. The buck for opening a beer bottle bartender guy. I pay 3 bucks for a 75 cent beer and then feel compelled to leave an extra buck for what again!

[Alias Detective 1,400]

Plenty of food service experience, mostly with guaranteed gratuity from checks. Very generous tipper, including many take out occasions. Directly proportionate to the service ... was their a welcome, things packed and labeled well ... did they offer me a seat or drink while I waited ... timeliness ... was good made to order/special request? Appropriate amount of condiments/napkins/silverware? Did they make the experience pleasant? Happy ending? (Wait ... wrong establishment category.)

Don't be crass and stingy. If the place is a takeout joint, probably not, but if it's an eat-in place that accommodates take-out, support the staff who do a good job while getting stiffed out of tips by having you walk in and walk out with what is often a lower than average purchase (fewer drinks, upsells, etc.)

If you were paid appropriately by the business owner, I, a PAYING CUSTOMER, would not be looked at as a lost tip opportunity because I ordered the food to go.

[shotsup 832]

One more pet peeve of mine around tipping. The buck for opening a beer bottle bartender guy. I pay 3 bucks for a 75 cent beer and then feel compelled to leave an extra buck for what again!

Don't drink cheap beer loser.

[frank 2,306]

One of my favorite threads ever was a tipping thread where I started quoting reservoir dogs and a couple of people didn't get it and thought I was being a jerk.

 

 

Don't tip for takeout. Definitely tip at a buffet. It's usually little old ladies busting their ass picking up gross used plates.

[Kopy 568]

Depends how I take it out. If I just grab it and go. Never.

But if I'm sitting at a bar having a beer while it's being made, then yes.

[shotsup 832]

It's been beaten to death here but I'll say it again.

 

Don't get me started with the tip cubs at Dunkin Donuts.

[wiffleball 4,790]

At Cracker Barrel we called them Canadians. Like you would yell at the hostess, "quit seating me with all the Canadians! I gotta make rent this week.

Yep. I've told the story here before.

 

I used to drink with this nice guy, but a goober - in other words, he was a canadian.

 

He always used to get all hurt when one of the servers would biitch about a table full of canadians.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

If you were paid appropriately by the business owner, I, a PAYING CUSTOMER, would not be looked at as a lost tip opportunity because I ordered the food to go.

I'm anti tip system, and I agree with you.

 

That said, since we have a tip system, why should the waitress get tipped for bringing the meal to your table, but not get tipped for putting it in to go boxes, bagging it up, putting sauces and condiments into to go ramikins. Putting the to go silverware in, and THEN bringing it to you?

 

It's more work for her, and she doesn't really give a Fock where you choose to eat it, other than the fact that you're not taking up one of the tables that pays her bills.

[kilroy69 1,250]

I am not tipping for take out. that is focking absurd. You put it in a box. Thats all it took.

[shotsup 832]

I am not tipping for take out. that is focking absurd. You put it in a box. Thats all it took.

Counter service and fast food. No. Regular Tavern or Italian Restaurant Yes. Pizza joint or Chinese takeout. No