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You walk into to a restaurant for carry out. You did not sit down to eat, you are not waited on. They hand you a bag of food that is it. When you sign the credit card receipt there is a place to tip. Do you tip? Who gets the tip?
I see two sides to it for sure. Sometimes it might not be a big deal. Like if I ordered $10 bucks worth of food, tipping $3-4 bucks might not be a big deal. What if I order $100 bucks of food. Should I tip $25 dollars?
And BTW, I always tip in this situation. I am just wondering if I am the only one haha.
I would tip if:
The order was delivered to me, but not if I pick it up. And it is very appropriate to tip the person if you dine in, and the waitstaff takes your order, brings you items for your meal and clears your dishes. All that deserves a tip, and good one if the waitstaff did a good job of taking care of what your table needed.
But carryout, I don't see the reason for tipping, unless they did something special for you, like put extra portions of your favorite ingredients, or carried it out to your car, something like that.
Let's say you go to Starbucks. There is a tip jar there. If you want to be nice and leave a tip they would appreciate it, but it's not expected. They aren't going to cuss your name after you leave. They aren't making less than minimum wage.
My thread is not about a take out place or tipping cashiers in a take out place.
I agree like I stated earlier I work at Subway and we have a tip jar, it does not say on the jar tips are mandatory. If you want to tip me I would appreciate if not it's ok. Fortunately we have very generous customers and we do gets tips daily. No one is twisting your arm to tip. It's a personal choice.
I have worked in several restaurants and I only tip if I know who does the packing - in the last place I worked, we (the servers) had to pack the to go orders, and ring them up, which means that the IRS is counting those to go orders as part of our sales, in order to determine what we get taxed. I would tip if that were the case. If the hostess does the to go orders, I would not tip, because they usually get paid more than the servers and will not be taxed on to go orders.
The order was delivered to me, but not if i pick it up. And it is very appropriate to tip the person if you dine in, and the waitstaff takes your order, brings you items for your meal and clears your dishes. All that deserves a tip, and good one if the waitstaff did a good job of taking care of what your table needed.
But carryout, i don't see the reason for tipping, unless they did something special for you, like put extra portions of your favorite ingredients, or carried it out to your car, something like that.
How much do you folks tip for buffet service, where you fill your own plate and wait staff just bring drinks and bus tables? I usually leave 10% or a minimum of $1 per person.
Do you tip more if your group keeps a table for a sit down meal longer than average --- say if it is a special occasion meal?
You walk into to a restaurant for carry out. You did not sit down to eat, you are not waited on. They hand you a bag of food that is it. When you sign the credit card receipt there is a place to tip. Do you tip? Who gets the tip?
I see two sides to it for sure. Sometimes it might not be a big deal. Like if I ordered $10 bucks worth of food, tipping $3-4 bucks might not be a big deal. What if I order $100 bucks of food. Should I tip $25 dollars?
And BTW, I always tip in this situation. I am just wondering if I am the only one haha.
I have, but it depends. When I used to order out, I always tipped. It is likely one of those grey areas in etiquette.
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