OT - tipping for takeout food
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A few bucks - I don't know that there is a standard. But, someone packaged everything together and got it ready for you, so a little extra is warranted I think. If it's a ton of food I'd add more. If it's one or two entrees, keep it smaller.
If it is a restaurant that is not required to pay minimum wage because of tips, then you should tip the full amount. Just because someone did not walk the food to you does not mean they should only be paid some nominal amount ($4-5/hr) on your order only.
When you buy a shirt, the shirt is priced to cover all the costs of the making, shipping and selling th shirt. When you order food from a restaurant, they price with the qualification that people will tip. It is why non-tipping restaurants are 15-20% more expensive. I honestly hope you are not seriously comparing a shirt to food service.
Your right i never have. And when i post an honest question asking what is appropriate, I get a richard head response from you. You must have. You should tell me the name of the fine establishment where your employed so i can visit and make sure i stiff you with the big old zippy.
For the record, I never ever tip less than 20% in a real restaurant. I don't tip at McDonalds. I have not tipped when I pick up food for take-out. The argument about low wages/tipping was that it encouraged good service. I think that system sucks, but I also don't think I need to pay the overhead of the restaurant owner when I am merely picking up. If that makes me appear cheap to some of you, so be it.
I do because I tend to frequent the same bar for, say, fish sandwiches, and the people there remember that I've tipped. That often means, when they're very busy, I get my food ahead of others, or they give me an extra large portion, etc. Besides, I can afford it and a lot of these folks are just scrapping by, so I feel good doing it.
Can you afford to send me on a slow boat to China fair?
Those Chinese ladies KNOW how to please their man!!
A counter service place brings up the same question--to me. That's where you order at the counter and they bring it out. There, it depends. To me bringing out food--and that's it--is not worth a 20% tip.
Emily Post says:
Restaurants:
Wait service (sit down): 15-20%, pre-tax
Wait service (buffet): 10%, pre-tax
Host or Maitre d’: No obligation for greeting you and showing you to your table.
$10-$20 for going above and beyond to find you a table on a busy night or on occasion, if you are a regular patron
Take Out: No obligation; 10% for extra service (curb delivery) or a large, complicated order
Home Delivery: 10-15% of the bill, $2-5 for pizza delivery depending on the size of the order and difficulty of delivery
Bartender: $1-2 per drink or 15-20% of the tab
Tipping jars: No obligation; tip occasionally if your server or barista provides a little something extra or if you are a regular customer.
Emily Post says:
Restaurants:
Wait service (sit down): 15-20%, pre-tax
Wait service (buffet): 10%, pre-tax
Host or Maitre d’: No obligation for greeting you and showing you to your table.
$10-$20 for going above and beyond to find you a table on a busy night or on occasion, if you are a regular patron
Take Out: No obligation; 10% for extra service (curb delivery) or a large, complicated order
Home Delivery: 10-15% of the bill, $2-5 for pizza delivery depending on the size of the order and difficulty of delivery
Bartender: $1-2 per drink or 15-20% of the tab
Tipping jars: No obligation; tip occasionally if your server or barista provides a little something extra or if you are a regular customer.
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Depends on who brings you the food. Bartenders and other restaurant workers (non wait staff) make at least minimum wage.
Because the store clerk makes minimum wage. Servers in a restaurant or bar typically make $2.83 an hour.
I guess we better start tipping for dollar menu purchases at the McDonalds drive through.
Waitresses will tell you tip them 20 percent. But it is up to the buyer on what to tip. I agree that tipping and tip jars have gotten out of control. I started tipping much less when I talked to the brother of one of my friends and he was making $80,000 as a bartender working 4 days a week when I was making 55,000 as a degrees engineer.
Agreed. I tip 10 - 12%.
The real crime is that the minimum wage for waiters and waitresses has not gone up in 23 years.
They, I think, are at $2.30 an hour. That is the real crime here. You should not expect the customer to make up industry short comings regarding pay.
