Do you tip when picking up takeout?

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Originally Posted by Scourge

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If the hostess calls your cell phone 3 times to check on how you're doing after you've picked up your meal and she asks you if you'd like her to bring you another drink, and comes over and clears your plates from your coffee table when you're done, tip her.

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They invented busboys for a reason.
And most of them still don't get tips.
I did.

One time I went to
Fast Pizza - 923 Washington Blvd Baltimore, MD 21230 - (410) 576-2300

I ordered a steak and cheese. This other guy was waiting for his for his sub and in the meantime he swung the blade(no handle) of a large kitchen knife around and kept yelling "chop-chop, motherfucker" to the chef. He just kept waving that knife in the chef's face. In hindsight it was hilarious. I have since moved out of Baltimore.

also - carry out tip is a no unless I ask them to go out of their way

I still think a tip should be based on how your service was. I seriously don't think it should be mandatory and 15% no matter what. Why should you tip a bad waiter/waitress the same that a good one gets? And why should you tip a waitress that didn't do anything for you? Which one do you pick? Do you tip all the waiters and waitresses when you come pick up your food? So no I don't tip on pick up only when I'm dining in.

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Originally Posted by Scourge

I can't believe this has gone on for three pages. We had a whole thread about tipping before. It's like most of you guys don't understand it at all. Here's the deal:

Waiters don't make minimum wage. They make less than minimum wage, somewhere around the $3/hour rate (less I think actually). The rest of their earnings are from tips. Hostesses make minimum wage or above. You don't tip people who work in restaurants who make minimum wage or above except for delivery drivers because they pay for gas and deal with the wear and tear on their vehicles. This is the whole reason tipping for food service exists.

Some restaurants split the tips. That means that all the servers split the tips evenly at the end of the night (which I think is really unfair to excellent servers). Some restaurants include hostesses in this (maybe at a lower rate).

Point being: You don't tip the fucking hostess/cashier when you pick up take out. Fuck. If a restaurant is paying their hostess the same as a waiter, that hosting employee is getting screwed illegally and should take whatever action is necessary to fix the situation.

If you want to put a tip in the tip jar, go for it. But there's absolutely nothing wrong, and way more right about not doing so.

Bar tab tipping is a different animal completely.

If the hostess calls your cell phone 3 times to check on how you're doing after you've picked up your meal and she asks you if you'd like her to bring you another drink, and comes over and clears your plates from your coffee table when you're done, tip her.

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So you took 5 paragraphs to say "I'm a cheap fella with limited class"?

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Originally Posted by Cowutopia

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Tips are not tax free.

"I personally tip at restaurants - not for take out "

Your waiter is always being taxed on an assumed amount of tip based on your bill, regardless of whether you tip or not.

So, basically, if you don't tip, you're a douche. Unless the waiter is terrible, then you tip like a buck and hopefully they'll shape up.

Take out is different, they have to make minimum wage if they are dedicated take-out employees.

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The point I was trying to make is a lot of those guys aren't dedicated take-out employees, they're just regular servers taking their time out to make a run. Again, as I said, this can be far more difficult then you can imagine.

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Originally Posted by SpoDaddy

The bolded part is the real issue. Best Buy (as a random example) doesn't expect people to pay extra for the cashier's time, plus extra for the salesperson's time, plus extra for the guy that stocked the shelves, plus extra for the janitor that made the store clean, etc. The purchase price is supposed to take all that stuff into account already. If you need me to pay you extra on the side at your job you need to ask for a raise or find a better job. I'm not sure who started the whole tipping thing but I'd like to kick them in the face. I tip well when being served but I wish it was socially acceptable to only tip in cases of exemplary service.

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It doesn't work like that at all. You can eliminate the tipping system and start paying servers $8/hr+ but then you can kiss good service good-bye when nearly every restaurant/chain in the country cuts its budget.

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Originally Posted by Hubbitron

One time I went to
Fast Pizza - 923 Washington Blvd Baltimore, MD 21230 - (410) 576-2300

I ordered a steak and cheese. This other guy was waiting for his for his sub and in the meantime he swung the blade(no handle) of a large kitchen knife around and kept yelling "chop-chop, motherfucker" to the chef. He just kept waving that knife in the chef's face. In hindsight it was hilarious. I have since moved out of Baltimore.

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I remember being in there when someone did a drive by bottling. Broken glass exploding all over the place. I was always really nice to the guys that worked there, that job must have sucked SO bad. Of note: I LOVE Baltimore.

Lunch special: slice of pizza, can of soda, single Newport 100 - $2.00

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Originally Posted by Josh

Lunch special: slice of pizza, can of soda, single Newport 100 - $2.00

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LOL

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Originally Posted by Razor Ramon

I'm not but I don't like being bullied into tipping. You want to do that job, that's fine. Don't expect me to tip if I'm not dining in or for terrible service, though.

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Remember how I met you at that bar by NYU for all you can eat wings, and you were waiting like 45 to an hour for wings because you wouldn't tip the guy serving them even though the bartender told you to, and I walked up and gave the guy $5 and walked away with two plates of wings immediately? That was awesome.

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If you are picking up takeout from a chain restaurant like Chili's, Friday's, etc., you are a fat slob. If you insist on doing this, know that the person working the takeout window is probably a regular server who is fucked at the takeout window that night. You do not need to tip 15% or whatever you would normally tip for table service because 1) obviously you are not getting table service, 2) therefore you are not tying up a server's table and 3) that takeout server is serving a hell of a lot more orders than she could on the floor. But that server is still relying on tips that night, and if you can't throw her a buck or two knowing full well she relies on tips, you are not principled, you are a cheap douchebag.

Also, when you sit at a restaurant just bullshitting or whatever for an extra hour, you should increase the tip. This is especially true if the restaurant is busy and you're taking up a table a server could be otherwise making money off of, or if she's done for the night and looking to go home. If you want to tip the minimum or less, that's your right I guess, but at least get the hell out of the way so someone worth the table can sit.

I don't tip for takeout.