Do you tip when ordering take-out?

[torpid]

Depends on whether I think the restaurant pays the person living wages or not. Most restaurants have bartenders or wait staff giving you takeout. They are doing almost the exact same thing they would do if you sat down, except not pestering you a couple of times. They bring you food and drinks you order, wrap "leftovers" in a container, etc. Really the only thing they aren't doing is walking back and forth to where you are sitting. What exactly are you supposing that a waitress/waiter does when you sit down vs when you get takeout? The only thing is the actual act of waiting for you (as in, I'm waiting 15 minutes then coming back). Why does that deserve 15% but doing everything else involved in serving you except waiting around for you doesn't deserve any tip at all? Is your theory that a waitress earns all 15% by virtue of the fact that you are sitting at a table and the person interacts with you twice more to get the same effect?

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: jcuadrado
Looking to hear from people that do or don't tip when buying takeout at a regular restaurant?

Do you tip? If so, what percentage?

-j

I have never done that.

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: kyzen
I tip at some of the places that make you wait in the car while people bring your food to you (Texas Roadhouse, The Outback). But even then it's not a 15-20% tip, it's usually a buck or two, maybe more if the weater is cruddy.

Same here...usually 2-3 bucks. Somebodies got to put the order together and check to make sure it's right plus come out, get the money, and bring you back change. The luxury of not having to find a parking spot, get out of my car, walk back is worth 2-3 bucks.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: FilmCamera
hell no

QFT