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Even though this particular order was big, it was to go to many people, so in other words, rather than these many people each individually ordering take out, it was lumped into one big order. I dont think that changes anything just because all those people got take out in one lump order.
I don't get why a lot of people are not thinking about this? One person picks up a large order for whatever amount of people. That one person should NOT be responsible for the gratuity. While the other people could give the money to the person picking it up, still, it basically is lumped into one order all at once rather than 25 orders for example spread out throughout the day. I agree with this. What is the difference in 25 people during the server's shift getting 1 order to-go each vs. 25 in one order? If anything, she had to walk 24 times LESS, yet, she would have NEVER thought about complaining about each person ordering 1 at a time, would have she? She had it easier to do it this way and yet she complains she didn't get tipped, WTH???
I don't get why a lot of people are not thinking about this? One person picks up a large order for whatever amount of people. That one person should NOT be responsible for the gratuity. While the other people could give the money to the person picking it up, still, it basically is lumped into one order all at once rather than 25 orders for example spread out throughout the day. I agree with this. What is the difference in 25 people during the server's shift getting 1 order to-go each vs. 25 in one order? If anything, she had to walk 24 times LESS, yet, she would have NEVER thought about complaining about each person ordering 1 at a time, would have she?
Right, and which is why you dont tip for take out. Tips are for in-house waitstaff service. Tipping is getting out of hand when it goes to these expectations that the tip was not originally meant for. Now i do feel the need to tip waitstaff, pizza delivery, and Peapod grocery delivery and movers and the maintenace guys, when they go out of their way to do me a favor outside their job description like when i asked a maintenace guy to move some heavy stuff to the trash for me, they did me an extra favor and saved me trouble, so i gave him some money to thank him. But i have seen where tip jars are in places that we never used to see before, and now it becomes an entitlement and a burden to the public.
This is a symptom of a system that exploits servers and leaves them in limbo in such situations. If servers instead got a normal hourly wage and everything was built into the price of the food, everything would have been fine.
This is a symptom of a system that exploits servers and leaves them in limbo in such situations. If servers instead got a normal hourly wage and everything was built into the price of the food, everything would have been fine.
Servers should get paid the same as the rest of the staff and if they do a good job it then should be up to the customer to tip or not.
Pay a waitress more. I'll still tip if she keeps my glass filled and the plates cleared.
A lot of places do this. Catered events have to be booked in advance. Many places have lunches where it can't be planned that far ahead.
According to the news article, they were having a "big conference."
This was not a last minute Bible study where fifty some people decided to order out at the last minute.
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