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I've noticed that restaurants apparently expect you to leave a tip for just picking up a take out meal. When you insert the credit card, the screen pops up expecting a tip; 15% or 20% or ??? Zero is not a pick.
WTF?
That annoys me. Does it annoy you too?
Do you tip the grocery store cashier or the the gas station clerk too?
I agree, this places the customer is an uncomfortable situation. I feel this takes away the true meaning of a tip. Also the counter help isn't doing anything extra trying to earn a tip. Still we have the option to check yes or no. Just for the record I agree with tipping just not in this case
You tip for the service the server provides. Handing me a plastic bag with take out food in containers is a business transaction. Not a dining experience. Does one tip the cashier at Safeway or Target? Question answered.
I am trusting them to take my order correctly, submit it to the kitchen for preparation, and follow-up to ensure it is ready at the time promised. Not as complicated as waiting on tables with its additional demands, so I tip half as much.
I've noticed that restaurants apparently expect you to leave a tip for just picking up a take out meal. When you insert the credit card, the screen pops up expecting a tip; 15% or 20% or ??? Zero is not a pick.
WTF?
That annoys me. Does it annoy you too?
Do you tip the grocery store cashier or the the gas station clerk too?
While paying for a take out order I was recently told at a Steak & Shake I could leave a tip or just press the Green button ( enter ),
Of course I pressed the Green button.
Can you imagine, tipping for take out.
I mentioned on another thread, during all my years working on electrical service calls to people's homes, I never was offered a tip, and didn't expect one.
Tips long ago were for exceptional service, not normal service you should expect from someone or any business. Somehow, the food service industry expanded this to be included with all meals and it's now expected and out of control. They might as well just raise the prices which is really what they did anyway.
Tips long ago were for exceptional service, not normal service you should expect from someone or any business. Somehow, the food service industry expanded this to be included with all meals and it's now expected and out of control. They might as well just raise the prices which is really what they did anyway.
It's expected because food servers do not get the same minimum wage as other workers. That's why we are expected to tip. Yes, I agree it's an old custom that should be fixed, but until the federal law is changed, I don't see restaurants raising anyone's wages. They will continue to depend on tips.
The United States of America federal government requires a wage of at least $2.13 per hour be paid to employees that receive at least $30 per month in tips.[4] If wages and tips do not equal the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour during any week, the employer is required to increase cash wages to compensate.[5] As of May 2017, the average hourly wage – including tips – for a restaurant employee in the United States that received tip income was $11.82.[6]
It's expected because food servers do not get the same minimum wage as other workers. That's why we are expected to tip. Yes, I agree it's an old custom that should be fixed, but until the federal law is changed, I don't see restaurants raising anyone's wages. They will continue to depend on tips.
Agree, and that's part of what I wanted to say. Restaurants learned they didn't have to pay a decent wage to their employees because customers did it for them.
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