Do you tip when picking up takeout?

[Pineapple]

I knew I tasted something fishy...

[Othello Harrington]

No, silly thats the leftover taste from your mother.

[Rhydant]

If there is a tip jar on the counter, and I have a buck or two in the wallet (i nearly always use my debit card), I'll toss it in. If I go there often enough, maybe I'll give 'em a little more. But in the big scheme of things, I dont fucking care. Its a goddamn dollar. If that single bill makes the guy behind the counter happier, so be it. It's not a big deal.

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

This isn't true. You cant be taxed for monies that are not directly reported or earned. Lets assume a waiter was taxed for 15% of their total bills at the end of the week. But that waiter actually pulled in about 20% tips (cause he's good or whatever). This would mean that the waiter wouldnt be taxed for those monies earned. And if the same waiter the following week only earned %5 tips (bad week), that waiter would be forced to pay more in taxes for money that he didnt earn. It doesnt always even out in the end.

This is why waiters are told to report the amount of tips recieved to their managers. The managers fill out whatever forms, and the base salary plus the tips recieved are reported on their paychecks. Then, depending on their W2 claims, they are taxed accordingly for all wages.

When they dont report tips, its zomg tax fraud.

[Pineapple]

I've never met a corpse I won't eat.

[Othello Harrington]

Damn, you went there. Now I feel all bad.

[Pineapple]

Really, you should.

Shame on you.

Hey there's still more sesame shrimp!

[SpoDaddy]

It depends on where you go. I worked at TGIF and when we were assigned to carryout for the night, we did quite a bit more to get that food to you than just stick condiments in the bag. Usually we had to prepare desserts and salads ourselves, on top of all the extra duties we got that the normal servers didnt. We were also expected to be earning tips and were only guaranteed like minimum wage by the restaurant. Outside of a few drink refills, the carryout person has to do all the same shit for you as when you eat at the place.

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.

[Cowutopia]

Well Rhydant, you're technically correct. That's how it should work.

Instead, everyone remember that waiters make...I believe 3.15 an hour. Probably varies by state (minimum) and establishment.

http://career-advice.monster.com/sal...Tips/home.aspx

[Anthony]

I didn't get many tips when i was doing take out, and didn't begrudge anyone for it. I didn't think I did anything to deserve it.

[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.