Tipping Etiquitte

[indamixx99]

Now I'm not talking about a fast food joint, but carry out from a regular restaurant. I just picked up Chilis To Go today for the first time and wasn't sure what to put (if any) on the tip amount of the receipt. So I just gave $3 for a $30 order. What's your guys' take on this?

Tip, or no tip?

 

[Farang]

No tip.

 

[Brainonska511]

no.

 

[PottedMeat]

no tip. you drove your ass out there to get a bag of food.

 

[BigJ]

No tip unless they bring the food out to me.

 

[RichieZ]

nope

 

[SoulAssassin]

few bucks, someone has to take the order, put it together and bring it out to my car. For that I can throw the guy a few bucks. I look at it as a discount vs going in and sitting down and waiting while still getting the same meal.

 

[Aluvus]

If I drove my own car there, who am I tipping and why?

 

[panipoori]

Why the hell would you tip

 

[Quasmo]

*Note: Quasmo's friend postingunder his name*

I'm a 20-year old restaurant manager who's been at the bottom of the food chain. Restaurant service is the most degrading thing you can possibly do for a living. Being asked to cater to a hundred or so individual's tastes, demands, expectations, and neuroses daily, five days a week pays like dick. People are whiny, insatiable, and rarely considerate or understanding of what is demanded of you by both the customers and staff. Tips are all you get.

I've worked all day for a week straight and your check looks like a gift check on Christmas. The money in-hand is what counts and the government even lays the taxing hammer down on those, which are pure cash handouts to you, personally, based on your performance. Then, after you've busted ass to make that money for yourself, you have to tip your cook staff a percentage for their performance. Some would say, "It's an easy job", which I'll admit it is, physically. Mentally? It's a taxation of your person. You are charged with cleaning up after people with no manners, couth, or class for hours and hours a day. You are charged with making people, with no regard for, interest in, or obligation towards you, happy and fat for hours and hours a day.

Final verdict: If you have the money to pay for whatever over-priced, renamed food you are eating, then you have the money to offer to someone who bends over backwards to bring you anything you ask for, refill your drinks after you suck them down in seconds, clean your table for you, attend to your dishes, clean up your trash (restaurant-based or otherwise), clean up your shit (literally), and prepare everything you eat. <b>If you're a cheap fuck, go to a fast food joint like all the other cheap fucks.</b>

*2nd note* Pick-ups should be tipped as well, because those orders are generally prepped and garnished by servers or delivery drivers who could have been working for tips, but instead had to take on extra duties to insure that order was completed.

 

[BlackTigers]

I really hope I'm not supposed to. I've picked up so much food and pizza without tipping. o_0

 

[Crucial]

Hell no. I can't stand the entire philosophy of tipping and wish it would die in a fire. The whole premise of tippping more based on the cost of the food you order is also completely wack and makes no sense to me. If I order a fillet and the guy next to me orders a burger and fries we get the same exact level of service. Why should I pay more of a tip for that?

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Quasmo
*Note: Quasmo's friend postingunder his name*

I'm a 20-year old restaurant manager who's been at the bottom of the food chain. Restaurant service is the most degrading thing you can possibly do for a living. Being asked to cater to a hundred or so individual's tastes, demands, expectations, and neuroses daily, five days a week pays like dick. People are whiny, insatiable, and rarely considerate or understanding of what is demanded of you by both the customers and staff. Tips are all you get.

I've worked all day for a week straight and your check looks like a gift check on Christmas. The money in-hand is what counts and the government even lays the taxing hammer down on those, which are pure cash handouts to you, personally, based on your performance. Then, after you've busted ass to make that money for yourself, you have to tip your cook staff a percentage for their performance. Some would say, "It's an easy job", which I'll admit it is, physically. Mentally? It's a taxation of your person. You are charged with cleaning up after people with no manners, couth, or class for hours and hours a day. You are charged with making people, with no regard for, interest in, or obligation towards you, happy and fat for hours and hours a day.

Final verdict: If you have the money to pay for whatever over-priced, renamed food you are eating, then you have the money to offer to someone who bends over backwards to bring you anything you ask for, refill your drinks after you suck them down in seconds, clean your table for you, attend to your dishes, clean up your trash (restaurant-based or otherwise), clean up your shit (literally), and prepare everything you eat. <b>If you're a cheap fuck, go to a fast food joint like all the other cheap fucks.</b>

*2nd note* Pick-ups should be tipped as well, because those orders are generally prepped and garnished by servers or delivery drivers who could have been working for tips, but instead had to take on extra duties to insure that order was completed.

I'd question the quality of any restaurant that has a 20 year old manager, unless it's Mickey D's, and I don't tip at Mickey D's.

 

[Captante]

If I'm getting a take-out meal from a restaurant that doesn't normally do take-out I'll give a 10% tip most of the time ... when I go to places that mainly do take-out I don't tip.

 

[SmoochyTX]

No tip

 

[Quasmo]

Originally posted by: Crucial
Hell no. I can't stand the entire philosophy of tipping and wish it would die in a fire. The whole premise of tippping more based on the cost of the food you order is also completely wack and makes no sense to me. If I order a fillet and the guy next to me orders a burger and fries we get the same exact level of service. Why should I pay more of a tip for that?

Because servers get payed something to the tune of $2-3/hour to attend to your needs so that you can sit and eat a nice meal.

Don't want to tip? Raise restaurant wages.

 

[Aharami]

yea. couple bucks depending on what kinda restaurant it is. If Im picking up pizza from dominos or papa johns, then no. But if Im getting to-go from Applebees or Olive Garden, then yea, couple bucks

 

[Quasmo]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Quasmo
*Note: Quasmo's friend postingunder his name*

I'm a 20-year old restaurant manager who's been at the bottom of the food chain. Restaurant service is the most degrading thing you can possibly do for a living. Being asked to cater to a hundred or so individual's tastes, demands, expectations, and neuroses daily, five days a week pays like dick. People are whiny, insatiable, and rarely considerate or understanding of what is demanded of you by both the customers and staff. Tips are all you get.

I've worked all day for a week straight and your check looks like a gift check on Christmas. The money in-hand is what counts and the government even lays the taxing hammer down on those, which are pure cash handouts to you, personally, based on your performance. Then, after you've busted ass to make that money for yourself, you have to tip your cook staff a percentage for their performance. Some would say, "It's an easy job", which I'll admit it is, physically. Mentally? It's a taxation of your person. You are charged with cleaning up after people with no manners, couth, or class for hours and hours a day. You are charged with making people, with no regard for, interest in, or obligation towards you, happy and fat for hours and hours a day.

Final verdict: If you have the money to pay for whatever over-priced, renamed food you are eating, then you have the money to offer to someone who bends over backwards to bring you anything you ask for, refill your drinks after you suck them down in seconds, clean your table for you, attend to your dishes, clean up your trash (restaurant-based or otherwise), clean up your shit (literally), and prepare everything you eat. <b>If you're a cheap fuck, go to a fast food joint like all the other cheap fucks.</b>

*2nd note* Pick-ups should be tipped as well, because those orders are generally prepped and garnished by servers or delivery drivers who could have been working for tips, but instead had to take on extra duties to insure that order was completed.

I'd question the quality of any restaurant that has a 20 year old manager, unless it's Mickey D's, and I don't tip at Mickey D's.

It's a popular downtown restaurant/sports bar/venue that caters to a young crowd. Young crowd, young staff. $2 million in revenue in it's first year.

Sorry to get so heated. Touchy topic.

 

[ponyo]

I tip few bucks because it's actually more work for the workers to package to go orders.

 

[BarneyFife]

I never tip for carryout.

 

[Skeeedunt]

Originally posted by: Quasmo
*2nd note* Pick-ups should be tipped as well, because those orders are generally prepped and garnished by servers or delivery drivers who could have been working for tips, but instead had to take on extra duties to insure that order was completed.

This was my understanding, and why I usually leave a decent tip. Though I doubt it takes as much time to prepare a to-go order as it does to serve a table, so I don't know that a standard 15-20% is required.

Sucks though when you get home and realized they fucked it up and you have no (reasonable) recourse.

 

[CorCentral]

Originally posted by: Quasmo
*Note: Quasmo's friend postingunder his name*

I'm a 20-year old restaurant manager who's been at the bottom of the food chain. Restaurant service is the most degrading thing you can possibly do for a living. Being asked to cater to a hundred or so individual's tastes, demands, expectations, and neuroses daily, five days a week pays like dick. People are whiny, insatiable, and rarely considerate or understanding of what is demanded of you by both the customers and staff. Tips are all you get.

I've worked all day for a week straight and your check looks like a gift check on Christmas. The money in-hand is what counts and the government even lays the taxing hammer down on those, which are pure cash handouts to you, personally, based on your performance. Then, after you've busted ass to make that money for yourself, you have to tip your cook staff a percentage for their performance. Some would say, "It's an easy job", which I'll admit it is, physically. Mentally? It's a taxation of your person. You are charged with cleaning up after people with no manners, couth, or class for hours and hours a day. You are charged with making people, with no regard for, interest in, or obligation towards you, happy and fat for hours and hours a day.

Final verdict: If you have the money to pay for whatever over-priced, renamed food you are eating, then you have the money to offer to someone who bends over backwards to bring you anything you ask for, refill your drinks after you suck them down in seconds, clean your table for you, attend to your dishes, clean up your trash (restaurant-based or otherwise), clean up your shit (literally), and prepare everything you eat. <b>If you're a cheap fuck, go to a fast food joint like all the other cheap fucks.</b>

*2nd note* Pick-ups should be tipped as well, because those orders are generally prepped and garnished by servers or delivery drivers who could have been working for tips, but instead had to take on extra duties to insure that order was completed.

If picking up food..... Zero Tip.

But I agree when you sit down in a restaurant to tip well! If the bill's $100.? I tip $20.- $25. easily. I sometimes also tip the cook , if I'm ordering steak and it's perfect.
I also keep the table ready to go before paying. Meaning..... stacking the plates, cleaning up the mess, etc.
My wife set me straight on this because she was in the same field for awhile.

Remember people, if you go out to eat at the same place alot and leave crappy tips???? You deserve the crappy service you get each and every time!

My wife told me story where a group of 5-7 people would come in and eat full meals, stay for 2 hours and make a huge mess and only leave a $5.00 tip!!!! Now that's pure BS! I'd make them feel like shit if they were sitting next to me and I saw them only leave that much of a tip! I'd be loud so everyone would hear.

 

[Azurik]

Originally posted by: Quasmo

Originally posted by: Crucial
Hell no. I can't stand the entire philosophy of tipping and wish it would die in a fire. The whole premise of tippping more based on the cost of the food you order is also completely wack and makes no sense to me. If I order a fillet and the guy next to me orders a burger and fries we get the same exact level of service. Why should I pay more of a tip for that?

Because servers get payed something to the tune of $2-3/hour to attend to your needs so that you can sit and eat a nice meal.

Don't want to tip? Raise restaurant wages.

That's not my problem the industry is cheap and pays their worker next to nothing claiming high operating expenses. Have them raise their wages. If people complain they don't get paid enough and they're dependent on tips... then get a new job. No one is forcing you to be in this business.

 

[Quasmo]

Originally posted by: CorCentral

Originally posted by: Quasmo
*Note: Quasmo's friend postingunder his name*

I'm a 20-year old restaurant manager who's been at the bottom of the food chain. Restaurant service is the most degrading thing you can possibly do for a living. Being asked to cater to a hundred or so individual's tastes, demands, expectations, and neuroses daily, five days a week pays like dick. People are whiny, insatiable, and rarely considerate or understanding of what is demanded of you by both the customers and staff. Tips are all you get.

I've worked all day for a week straight and your check looks like a gift check on Christmas. The money in-hand is what counts and the government even lays the taxing hammer down on those, which are pure cash handouts to you, personally, based on your performance. Then, after you've busted ass to make that money for yourself, you have to tip your cook staff a percentage for their performance. Some would say, "It's an easy job", which I'll admit it is, physically. Mentally? It's a taxation of your person. You are charged with cleaning up after people with no manners, couth, or class for hours and hours a day. You are charged with making people, with no regard for, interest in, or obligation towards you, happy and fat for hours and hours a day.

Final verdict: If you have the money to pay for whatever over-priced, renamed food you are eating, then you have the money to offer to someone who bends over backwards to bring you anything you ask for, refill your drinks after you suck them down in seconds, clean your table for you, attend to your dishes, clean up your trash (restaurant-based or otherwise), clean up your shit (literally), and prepare everything you eat. <b>If you're a cheap fuck, go to a fast food joint like all the other cheap fucks.</b>

*2nd note* Pick-ups should be tipped as well, because those orders are generally prepped and garnished by servers or delivery drivers who could have been working for tips, but instead had to take on extra duties to insure that order was completed.

If picking up food..... Zero Tip.

But I agree when you sit down in a restaurant to tip well! If the bill's $100.? I tip $20.- $25. easily. I sometimes also tip the cook , if I'm ordering steak and it's perfect.
I also keep the table ready to go before paying. Meaning..... stacking the plates, cleaning up the mess, etc.
My wife set me straight on this because she was in the same field for awhile.

Remember people, if you go out to eat at the same place alot and leave crappy tips???? You deserve the crappy service you get each and every time!

My wife told me story where a group of 5-7 people would come in and eat full meals, stay for 2 hours and make a huge mess and only leave a $5.00 tip!!!! Now that's pure BS! I'd make them feel like shit if they were sitting next to me and I saw them only leave that much of a tip! I'd be loud so everyone would hear.

That's pretty galant of you, sir.

 

[Azurik]

Originally posted by: Azurik

Originally posted by: Quasmo

Originally posted by: Crucial
Hell no. I can't stand the entire philosophy of tipping and wish it would die in a fire. The whole premise of tippping more based on the cost of the food you order is also completely wack and makes no sense to me. If I order a fillet and the guy next to me orders a burger and fries we get the same exact level of service. Why should I pay more of a tip for that?

Because servers get payed something to the tune of $2-3/hour to attend to your needs so that you can sit and eat a nice meal.

Don't want to tip? Raise restaurant wages.

That's not my problem the industry is cheap and pays their worker next to nothing claiming high operating expenses. Have them raise their wages. If people complain they don't get paid enough and they're dependent on tips... then get a new job. No one is forcing you to be in this business.

I also think we should switch to a Euro-type of restaurant. Make the food prices a little higher and do no require a tip.