Do you TIP when you pick up take-out food???

I will tip during a pick-up situation if the service is exceptional.

Quality customer service is a dying art. It should be acknowledged and rewarded every once in a while.

If i pay cash I will usually throw whatever change I have in their tipe jar. Thats about it.

* wrote:

I struggle with this question myself.

I do often feel inclined to give a little bit of a tip.

Here's why:

Take out does require a bit of service beyond just paying for the food.

Taking the order and bagging it all together.

Serving food on dishes is easier than bagging it up.

At a restaurant, their main business is dine in. So the take out portion is a little extra work for whoever they have doing that.

If a place is just takeout, then the service should be built into the cost and require no tip, as the takeout is the normal routine, not an extra thing above the norm.

Same with fast food. The whole job is getting food to you and is built in.

Tipping for takeout is one of those border line things. Can go either way.

This ^^^ for me too.

I always tip for take out at the couple of places where I'm a regular (nominal amount, like 10%). They get to know you and will give better, more consistent service over time.

Also any time the order is large or needs a lot of packing up.

I tip waiters and waitresses since they do not make minimum wage and depend on tips as their income. Generally, the guy behind the counter is making at least minimum wage and does not rely on tips. I sometimes will leave a dollar or so but do not feel it is mandatory. I will tip at pick up at places I go quite a bit and know the people that work there.

just the tip wrote:

Generally, the guy behind the counter is making at least minimum wage and does not rely on tips.

Often it's the bartender getting the to go's, who rely on tips. Or a server.

Sometimes in a wage worker, like a cashier doing it.

And sometimes a manager or owner.

So it depends on who you are exchanging money with - someone on a wage or someone making $2/hour, working for tips and helping with the to go's.

Sally Vixxxens wrote:

Sally Vixxxxxens wrote:

And here, fake Sally V., is a tip for you: Learn the difference between "verbal" and "oral." Because what you offer when you pick up food are "oral" tips and not "verbal" ones.

ver·bal [vur-buhl]

adjective

1. of or pertaining to words: verbal ability.

2. consisting of or in the form of words: verbal imagery.

3. expressed in spoken words; oral rather than written: verbal communication; verbal agreement.

4. consisting of or expressed in words (as opposed to actions): a verbal protest.

5. pertaining to or concerned with words only (as opposed to ideas, facts, or realities): a purely verbal distinction between two concepts.

Although the adjective verbal is sometimes used in place of oral to indicate that something is spoken rather than written, most linguists use verbal more specifically to mean

concerned with words only, rather than with content, ideas, or action

relating to proficiency in the use and understanding of words

Thus, verbal may refer to that which is written rather than spoken. It is, therefore, a good idea, in order to avoid confusion, to use oral to indicate that something is spoken rather than written.

I think giving oral as a tip is a bit much.

This is a weird thread.

1) Tip food delivery (pizza, etc.).

2) Do NOT tip if you are picking up to go.

3) Tip if you are served at a restaurant.

4) Tipping the checkout person at the grocery store is silly or showing off or stupidity or something.

5) Tip your barber.

6) Tip the skycap.

7) Tip the cabbie.

It is inappropriate not to tip wait staff. They make less than minimum wage because a tip is expected. That's just the way we do things in this country. You can't just say that the restaurant should pay them more. Restaurants work on a VERY slim margin, and if they had to pay the wait staff more, your bill would be noticeably nigher.

You're disagreeing with the dictionary?

Flagpole wrote:

This is a weird thread.

1) Tip food delivery (pizza, etc.).

2) Do NOT tip if you are picking up to go.

3) Tip if you are served at a restaurant.

4) Tipping the checkout person at the grocery store is silly or showing off or stupidity or something.

5) Tip your barber.

6) Tip the skycap.

7) Tip the cabbie.

It is inappropriate not to tip wait staff. They make less than minimum wage because a tip is expected. That's just the way we do things in this country. You can't just say that the restaurant should pay them more. Restaurants work on a VERY slim margin, and if they had to pay the wait staff more, your bill would be noticeably nigher.

Skycaps can make over $100,000 annually for a non-skilled job. But they can also make your luggage appear in Biloxi, Miss., while you are waiting for your clothes in NYC.

Say wha? wrote:

Sally Vixxxxxens wrote:

Although the adjective verbal is sometimes used in place of oral to indicate that something is spoken rather than written, most linguists use verbal more specifically to mean

concerned with words only, rather than with content, ideas, or action

relating to proficiency in the use and understanding of words

Thus, verbal may refer to that which is written rather than spoken. It is, therefore, a good idea, in order to avoid confusion, to use oral to indicate that something is spoken rather than written.

You're disagreeing with the dictionary?

Verbal means "words." So verbal can be both written and oral. But in law, you would never use "verbal" contract when meaning a "spoken" one. People need to learn to use "oral" instead of "verbal." It shows the person speaking has a clue.

i hope you never eat in the same place 2x with the same server because they will spit in your food. I have seen it happen when I served in college.

Will E wrote:

I don't tip anywhere, anytime for any reason. F*ck 'em. I've eaten in first class joints with a bill well over $100 for two people. I still don't tip. Everybody thinks they deserve a tip.

Employers need to pay their people and quit passing it on to consumers. Restaurants make enough money. They can share it.

Will E wrote:

I don't tip anywhere, anytime for any reason. F*ck 'em. I've eaten in first class joints with a bill well over $100 for two people. I still don't tip. Everybody thinks they deserve a tip.

Employers need to pay their people and quit passing it on to consumers. Restaurants make enough money. They can share it.

You not tipping doesn't hurt the restaurant at all you moron, it hurts the employees busting their a$$ who have a completely reasonable expectation of income from tips.

Flagpole wrote:

This is a weird thread.

2) Do NOT tip if you are picking up to go.

Thanks for once again over responding with 7 points when we addressing just 1.

And your response was wrong.

The answer is that it depends.

Here is a view that says you should tip:

Here is another guideline:

No obligation

10% for extra service (curb delivery) or a large, complicated order

Another view to tip 10% because the individual getting your order has to take time form other tipping customers to do this.

This sounds a lot like our old friend Hingle. Serves, bartenders and cooks all talk to each other Good luck with your next meal and dismal life.

Will E wrote:

I don't tip anywhere, anytime for any reason. F*ck 'em. I've eaten in first class joints with a bill well over $100 for two people. I still don't tip. Everybody thinks they deserve a tip.

Employers need to pay their people and quit passing it on to consumers. Restaurants make enough money. They can share it.

Mista T wrote:

I don't tip for takeout.

I do tip in the more usual scenarios (dine-in and delivery), but I think in general tipping is a pretty stupid system and think replacing as discussed in this article would make a lot more sense:

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2013/08/tipless_restaurants_the_linkery_s_owner_explains_why_abolishing_tipping.html

"I think the most notable opponent we encountered who wanted to cling to the tipping model was our local city attorney. In spite of our posted signs and check stamps and menu text and blog posts that outlined the service charge, his office accused us of trying to deceive consumers with it, and threatened me with fines and jail time. I thought this made me a special kind of outlaw, until this year when the same city attorney tried to stick one of my neighbors with 13 years in jail for writing protest slogans on the sidewalk using water-soluble children's chalk. In neither case did the prosecutor prevail. But the example illustrates, I think, the kind of person who will fight to save tipping culture: a person who lives in a world of offenses and punishment, someone invested in the idea of authority and the feeling of power. Incidentally, this kind of person is often a middle-aged white guy."

Yes blame the middle-aged crackers

Flagpole wrote:

2) Do NOT tip if you are picking up to go.

It is inappropriate not to tip wait staff. They make less than minimum wage because a tip is expected. That's just the way we do things in this country.

I think you're missing out take out works at a lot of restaurants. It's often done on a rotating basis by wait staff. If you're talking a counter order at a place with no table service (Subway) etc. I agree that a tip is not expected or necessary. However, at a sit-down restaurant where you are doing take out, someone is spending a good portion of their night putting together take-out orders. It's not as time intensive as table service, but it does take time to take orders, package everything up, put the bags together, etc.. Just like the wait staff you mention above, those people are making their pay through tips. If you get take out from somewhere like Red Robin etc., I think a 10% tip is about right and accounts for the time spent by the server to take and package your order.

Will E wrote:

I don't tip anywhere, anytime for any reason. F*ck 'em. I've eaten in first class joints with a bill well over $100 for two people. I still don't tip. Everybody thinks they deserve a tip.

Employers need to pay their people and quit passing it on to consumers. Restaurants make enough money. They can share it.

If the service is horrible, fine, but otherwise, the pricing on the menu accounts for people tipping the servers. Despite your uninformed comment, the restaurant industry is, on the whole, a low margin business. If everyone had your approach, your dinner would simply be priced higher. There is nothing to stop your approach, but if anyone is being greedy and not sharing money, it is you.

Yes. Always tip when you pick up a take-out order.

You should always take care of your paisanos!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svWjtDhGQFg