Current Events > Do you tip for takeout?

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If so, how much is considered normal?

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Generally not. And I find it really annoying when restaurants add a tip by default to the online orders and make you specifically have to remember to take off the tip.

Yes, usually 15%

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Unfortunately yes. Out of habit since the option is on the receipt I have to sign.

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Mostly ya. Sometimes no. Don't tip as much as at a restaurant

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Tipping culture is shit.
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lol No. They didn't fill my water cup. They just put my food in a bag.

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if you can't afford to tip at least 95% then you couldn't afford the food in the first place

checkmate vegans

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No only when i dine in, the wait staff dont handle to go orders they are handled by people that already make min wage or more

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IdiotMachine posted...

If so, how much is considered normal?

nothing is normal

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sometimes

Usually if I go to a place really late/close to closing time.

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skermac posted...

No only when i dine in, the wait staff dont handle to go orders they are handled by people that already make min wage or more

This one most closely resembles how I view it.

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Yes
200%

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Sometimes.

Hardly ever but I did tip last Friday at Papa Johns( the OG Lansing, MI location, not the national chain) since its a local place and a lot of restaurants have been closing around here cause of COVID
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If i have to leave my house to get it no

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Usually at least a little bit - even if they arent bringing the food to you like normal service theres still some extra labor involved (for example, I had a gf who worked at a restaurant where the servers were the ones who put together the salads for to-go orders, along with all the other little things like double checking that the order was correct, that there was plastic flatware/napkins/straws etc.)

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my rule of thumb:

is my order being carried through a door to me? yes? tip. no? don't tip.

same would be true of a special delivery was made to my home.
or my luggage being removed from a taxi, or bus. or moved into a hotel room.

....but for takeout? heck no. why?

I put yes since I normally do to support local businesses. However, if it's like a drive thru, it's an obvious no.

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I didn't used to, but with the pandemic, I've started tipping like 10%. For dine-in I give around 20%

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Yeah. I give a few bucks, especially if its a place I like and order from often.

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You're talking about picking up food in person from a restaurant? I didn't even know that people tipped for that. Delivery or a sitdown restaurant would be one thing but there's no reason to tip if you're just picking it up
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if im picking up no they didnt do anything besides cook the food delivery 15-20 % tip

Like a buck or two

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Dreepapult posted...

Mostly ya. Sometimes no. Don't tip as much as at a restaurant

Me too. A couple bucks or so. I'm the generous type, though, so tipping has never bothered me.

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For takeout where I have to drive to the place and pick up food that was just sitting in the kitchen?

No...fuck no.

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CommonGrackle posted...

my rule of thumb:

is my order being carried through a door to me? yes? tip. no? don't tip.

same would be true of a special delivery was made to my home.
or my luggage being removed from a taxi, or bus. or moved into a hotel room.

....but for takeout? heck no. why?

So what about curbside pickup?

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I a big believer in tipping for delivery or sit down but never tip for takeout.
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Usually, But I factor it in mentally and sometimes it's the difference between me just cooking at home instead and saving more money overall.

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Nah, the food is what I'm paying for already. If they're not serving me at the table or making a delivery, there's nothing to tip for

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I hate how the machine asks for a tip. I feel weird putting nothing so I do 10%.

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Yeah.

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Tips are for dine in or delivery only.

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Only if I'm paying cash and there's a tip jar, I'll leave the coins and ones

Tips are for dine in or delivery only, i don't tip if I'm going to pick it up myself.

CoasterFan1990 posted...

Tips are for dine in or delivery only, i don't tip if I'm going to pick it up myself.

This. If I'm gonna put pants on and drive all the way to the restaurant and go inside and grab the bag, no tip. It doesn't even cross my mind. But I always tip for dine-in and delivery.

IdiotMachine posted...

So what about curbside pickup?

If i'm in the mcdonalds drivethrough and they tell me to pull around cause the food will take a minute longer, i'm not gonna tip them. I'm not tipping curbside pickup either.

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Yup.

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These days, I do 20ish percent

used to not tip for pickup orders, and give a10%/a few bucks for deliveries, but these days with how shitty it is to work in restaurants and service jobs, I think they deserve all the extra tips they can getand the end difference in cost to me is only a few bucks so why not?

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Yes.

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Yes, 20%.

I work in the food industry. I know how it is.

Edit: In the US, do you see a server? Host? Cashier? Bartender? Anyone who isn't the chef or cook at a food place? They aren't making a living wage. Hell, they aren't making minimum wage. All of your tips are the salary they use to literally survive on. Full stop. Tip or cook at home.

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Lol @ tipping for takeout

Cmon now


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Yeah. Usually 15% or $2, not as much as I'd tip normally. But as someone who works food service I know the bullshit workers put up with for the little pay they get, so I try to give back.

Also helps people remember me and I've gotten the hook up on extra food.

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Tipping on takeout removes the point of picking it up yourself. No.

Obviously if it was some big catering order Id reconsider though

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CommunismFTW posted...

Anyone who isn't the chef or cook at a food place? They aren't making a living wage. Hell, they aren't making minimum wage. All of your tips are the salary they use to literally survive on. Full stop.

not the customer's problem. no one forced them to sign up for the job.

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