Do you leave a tip when you pick up a takeout order?
I usually do but not as much as I would if we were dining in.
I usually do but not as much as I would if we were dining in.
Do you tip for a takeout order?
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yes, usually, but about half of what i'd have left if I dined in.
I almost always tip 20%+ when dining in. Usually just take my bill, divide by 5, and that's it.
When getting to go I usually go with around 10%.
When getting to go I usually go with around 10%.
If it’s a little locally owned mom and pop place, yes. Otherwise no.
If I really like the restaurant, and I have been treated well in the past, I likely will leave a tip.
If the food is hot and ready when they say it will be and I have no waiting, I will tip a large amount.
If the food is hot and ready when they say it will be and I have no waiting, I will tip a large amount.
Usually not, but it depends. The only reason I get into my car and go pick it up is to avoid having to tip and pay a delivery fee. They should actually tip me for dragging my lazy butt off my couch and into traffic to give their place some business.
I usually throw a few bucks on for the tip. The few places I do get takeout from have the servers take care of the takeout orders. So I definitely don't do a full 20%, but I figure they are taking time from their normal routine to take care of my order, so I feel like they should get a little something.
Yes. Someone is putting the food in to-go containers, verifying the order, making sure you have napkins, utensils, etc. I'm not paying 20%, but it still takes time. The bartenders or wait staff are generally not paid very well and rely on tips.
That being said, I don't tip someone at a drive-through and they essentially do the same thing.
That being said, I don't tip someone at a drive-through and they essentially do the same thing.
Nah. I don't tip when i pick up an online order from a store either, which is often the way i order takeout as well.
I mean, if a 15-20% tip is based on providing an hour of service, what is one minute of service for grabbing my bag\box and handing it to me worth? Maybe a nickel on a $20 order?
I mean, if a 15-20% tip is based on providing an hour of service, what is one minute of service for grabbing my bag\box and handing it to me worth? Maybe a nickel on a $20 order?
Dwight Schrute:
Why tip someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can deliver food, I can drive a taxi, I can and do cut my own hair. I did, however, tip my urologist. Because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.
Why tip someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can deliver food, I can drive a taxi, I can and do cut my own hair. I did, however, tip my urologist. Because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.
Don’t tip for takeout. I kind of get tipping servers at a sit down place but really wish that wasn’t a thing. I will tip until society realizes it though. I’m paying a set price for a good. If you want more money then charge more for the item. We should just pay restaurant employees legitimate wages.
I'm normally a 20 - 25% tipper. I'm more like 15-20% for takeout. Especially so, since i usually frequent my take-out places a lot.
As a former bar tender/waiter, it was a very uncommon occurrence to be tipped on a to-go order. I never felt slighted, but I am sure some do.
Nope...but I also think tipping is dumb and some people have some sort of moral enjoyment from tipping a bunch. I also am not cultured enough to know that you should tip cabbies, hair cut people and what not.
Seriously I just paid you $15 to cut my hair for less than 15 minutes. Your material cost is nearly nothing. Also if I get great service at Hickory Park and then go to an upscale place and get the same level of service why should the person at the upscale place get more just because the food is more expensive?
Seriously I just paid you $15 to cut my hair for less than 15 minutes. Your material cost is nearly nothing. Also if I get great service at Hickory Park and then go to an upscale place and get the same level of service why should the person at the upscale place get more just because the food is more expensive?