Current Events > Do you tip when you get food to go?

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Or non sit down restaurant settings?

AKA sandwich shops, burger places, coffee shops, etc.

Lolno.

Yeah Ill throw them a buck here and there.

I did a lot during Covid. I still do now just not as much

I usually will tip them a $1, but lately I stopped doing it.

Yes, if even only a buck if there is a tip jar.

No.

Sometimes. And it's not based on anything, I just sometimes remember to and others don't.

I used to never tip on to gos, but I had some friends who were bartenders/servers are restos bitch about that, so I decided to start doing it during covid.

No.
I'm paying my own gas to get my food.
What the hell am I tipping them for?
I'm already paying them to make my food.

In my experience, places with tip jars at the register are generally expensive. At a local place a bacon cheeseburger will come to around $10 not including anything else and it's not exactly huge. I don't put anything in the jar, and who knows how the person emptying the jar actually divides it up.

It should be called a guilt jar.

Have you guys ever experienced that one tool who is friends with the owner who makes it a scene to put money in the tip jar to subtly gesture to you to do the same?

I just grab my food and state, "thank you and have a good day".

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do you count food to go as carryout?

If it is a halfway decent restaurant and we have a big order, then yes. Putting the whole thing together and making sure it is correct deserves a little something.

If its fast food... no

k1zzl3_82 posted...

do you count food to go as carryout?

If it is a halfway decent restaurant and we have a big order, then yes. Putting the whole thing together and making sure it is correct deserves a little something.

If its fast food... no

Thats the bare minimum expected of the job lol.

I usually get carryout to avoid tipping.

I do .50-1.00 every now and then. Kinda disrespectful they dont give thanks. Sure its not a big amount, but its extra to your salary.

I'm not tipping someone for doing their job.

$1 plus any additional change left over.

No.

No

JustMyOpinion posted...

No. Tipping culture is getting ridiculous. Zero tip for to go.

Way more goes into taking a delivering a Takeout order than you might think.
There is nothing wrong with throwing a Dollar in the jar.

pnut027 posted...

Thats the bare minimum expected of the job lol.

i mean I am not giving them 15% for putting it together, but a few bucks isnt a big deal

I very rarely tip anything, but I dont live in a country where its normal to tip.

No, with the sole exception being a restaurant that's owned by a family friend.

Hell no

It depends on how much work goes into putting the order together. If its Little Caesars, then I dont tip. They increased the price from $5 to $8 and grabbing a pizza takes no effort. Why would I add extra money into the price when they increased the price by so much?

SiO4 posted...

Way more goes into taking a delivering a Takeout order than you might think.
There is nothing wrong with throwing a Dollar in the jar.

Enabling employers to not pay their employees is wrong.

Ill round up to the nearest dollar and only if Im feeling generous.

Nope.

if it's a local joint sure.

If it's a place that dismantled their dine in service post-covid and now the same employees that used to make minimum wage plus tips now only make minimum wage because nobody tips togo, sure.

delivery chains naw, i am going out of my way to come to your store and pick this up myself specifically to save money on delivery.

full service dine in joints where a host that's paid substantially more than the servers handles most of the to gos? eh if i'm feeling generous.

Counter service joints where it all goes to the restaurant slush fund? laaaawlz EAD.

SiO4 posted...

Way more goes into taking a delivering a Takeout order than you might think.
There is nothing wrong with throwing a Dollar in the jar.

Until $1 becomes the new $0
And then $2 becomes the new $1
And on and on and on until tipping culture infiltrates something else that it has no business infiltrating.

SiO4 posted...

Way more goes into taking a delivering a Takeout order than you might think.
There is nothing wrong with throwing a Dollar in the jar.

You're right, it does. And most people do indeed not tip at all for it.

That's why while the servers at my work make 10.5/hr, the togo people make 16.5/hr.

When we DON'T have a to go person on? Maybe a server did it between tables. or the bartender. More often than not it's the manager on duty. Majority of the time it's a mix of EVERYBODY. A manager double checked each box was right as it hit the window, a server bagged it. the bartender saw you at the door and grabbed it for you. Your dollar likely went to the store slush fund.

I order carryout so I don't have to tip. Putting food together and into a bag is literally the bare minimum responsibility of doing the job. I'm not tipping someone just because all they essentially did was show up to work and clock in.

I used to but these same take out places charge $2-$4+ on the same food I got just one year ago so they get $0 tip from me on all take out orders. I gotta look out for my own money

Most of the time, no. I basically almost always tip some form of way when I dine in though.

I only do it to my local family own Thai food restaurants. The rest? Nah......

No. Even if I was inclined to, the prices having gone up at least $5 in the last few years would make me not.

pnut027 posted...

Enabling employers to not pay their employees is wrong.

Then don't shop there, and tell the owners why.

SiO4 posted...

Then don't shop there, and tell the owners why.

No.

Nope

pnut027 posted...

No.

Then shut the fuck up and quit pretending that your issue is a moral one regarding how the business operates.

"the REAL problem is how these luxury services are allowed to operate!"

"by the way i'm still going to make sure that business gets my money while the employee who's side i pretend to be on can't make rent this week because they rely on tips"

Gremlynn posted...

Then shut the fuck up and quit pretending that your issue is a moral one regarding how the business operates.

"the REAL problem is how these luxury services are allowed to operate!"

"by the way i'm still going to make sure that business gets my money while the employee who's side i pretend to be on can't make rent this week because they rely on tips"

No.

No.

No. They provided me with 0 extra service. Why should I reward that?

Priere posted...

No. They provided me with 0 extra service. Why should I reward that?

This. Unless I order curbside delivery, Im not tipping take out orders.

A correct order properly bagged with utensils is the bare minimum required of the job.