[ws6ta]

okay so my brother and I got into this thing about tipping for take out. I usually leave about a 25% tip when dining in just rounded so it can be a few % more or less but you get the idea. its not about being stingy at all but I just NEVER tip for take out. do you guys tip when you get take out? I usually just leave the tip section empty sign the receipt and leave. to me tipping for take out would be like tipping a cashier at save-on-foods for bagging my groceries....makes no sense :confused:

[vafanculo]

I used to tip $2 or so. But then I stopped tipping all together (take out). Just today I picked up some food, got my 40 cents change and left. I looked for a tip jar and there was none. And I figured saying "keep the change" on that amount is a bit insulting.

But ya, takeout = no tip.

If we start tipping during takeout it pretty much enforces the idea that you HAVE to tip at a restaurant.
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[v.Rossi]

i don't, because you're not really being served when you're ordering take out. if i'm eating in the restaurant, getting served + my drink refilled, all that good stuff then of course i'll tip.

[.darlyn]

When I worked as a cashier at this restaurant, generally, customers that ordered take out does not tip... Except for those few rare ones(usually the regulars) that tip like 1 or 2bux..
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[TOS'd]

^ Yea if its a restaurant I usually go to and the people kinda know me. Then I'd leave the change or if the change is very little, I'd throw in a toonie or something. Other than that, no tip.

[TheSalesman]

I never tip for takeout.

[MR_BIGGS]

I've never tipped for takeout. There is no need, as they haven't really provided a service.

[ShanghaiKid]

I have this dilemma all the time, but I guess it makes more sense not to? After all, getting takeout from a restaurant is pretty much the same as buying fast food, the server is simply acting as a cashier... and I suppose its the norm to typically not tip fast food cashiers?

[WHEYsted]

tip n. 1. A small sum of money given to someone for performing a service; a gratuity.

Handing you food is not actually considered performing a service.

/thread.

[Vale46Rossi]

Hmm, I tip during takeout because for some reason it feels like its still a service to serve you and give you the menu and be nice.

Well also in my point of view if I was a server the most i will look forward to is the tip not the 8-10$ an hour.

But I also factor in that asian owned places keeps a big % of the tip where a Caucasian owned restaurant will split it with the other servers which seems more fair so I will usually tip more at a Caucasian owned restaurant

[TRDood]

Nope.

[winson604]

Hmm, I tip during takeout because for some reason it feels like its still a service to serve you and give you the menu and be nice.

Well also in my point of view if I was a server the most i will look forward to is the tip not the 8-10$ an hour.

But I also factor in that asian owned places keeps a big % of the tip where a Caucasian owned restaurant will split it with the other servers which seems more fair so I will usually tip more at a Caucasian owned restaurant

Do you tip when you go to McDonalds or BK? I don't tip when I order take out and like others have said it's because they didn't "serve" you. I called or walked in, ordered, grabbed my shiet and left. The only "serving" they did was taking my order and handing me my food which is no different from McDonalds. Sometimes I'll tell them to keep the change even if it happens to be $1 or $2 though.

[Vale46Rossi]

Do you tip when you go to McDonalds or BK? I don't tip when I order take out and like others have said it's because they didn't "serve" you. I called or walked in, ordered, grabbed my shiet and left. The only "serving" they did was taking my order and handing me my food which is no different from McDonalds. Sometimes I'll tell them to keep the change even if it happens to be $1 or $2 though.

I do understand this part and it makes sense, but do McDonald workers get tip overall from the restaurant? Where a restaurant has tip added to their pay?

and I look at it as... depends what kind of service you get, McDonalds have terrible service because usually its high school students who are just doing this as a part time where servers a lot of time are out of highschool.

But in the end it depends where you get takeout like pearl castle compared to Glowbal or something like that.

[Vale46Rossi]

btw actually I have tipped at BK before because there is a tip line if you pay credit card.

if the meal is $5.32 I would just round it up to $6.00

and McDonalds no because paying by credit card does not require signing.

[gars]

I hate going to Karaoke here because they automatically assume they deserve a tip - even if you don't have any food or drinks. Sorry, but setting up a karaoke room does not mean I should tip you.

[StealthFighter]

^yeah karaoke places can suck it. they think they deserve tip.

but for takeout, no tip.

[Not really racist!]

Never, if you're gonna tip for take out might as well tip the people working at McDonalds that work hard and only make less than what they deserve

[Gnomes]

I dont tip take out for the same reasons as above. I would hate it to see tipping in takeout to become a non-optional social gesture just like how so many things headed that direction

[Jgresch]

I don't tip someone for a job a can do myself, I can and do cut my own hair, I do however tip my neurologist, because I am unable to pulvarize my own kidney stones. (whoever sources quote gets a thanks)
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[Mugen EvOlutioN]

I hate going to Karaoke here because they automatically assume they deserve a tip - even if you don't have any food or drinks. Sorry, but setting up a karaoke room does not mean I should tip you.

never understood why karaoke deserves a fucking tip


i think 7 eleven cashier deserves a tip for getting me a hot dog and a pack of smoke


macdicks drive thru deserves a tip for bringing my food to the window so i can grab

[Not really racist!]

Karoke is pretty retarded..

Doesn't K-Mix recommend you to pay 10% tip or require you to or something. I think theres a paper taped on the front desk that says something on the lines of that

[Great68]

I wouldn't tip for takeout...

I mean the restaurant is already saving money by not having you take up a table and server's time for the meal...

[rslater]

The reason I never tip on takeout is because at any legit restaurant the servers will not tip out based on take out orders. The managers will wave the amount off their of their final bill even if a server rings the order through on their account. I could partially understand if a server had to tip out on take out orders, but they don't, so their restaurant is essentially telling you do not tip.

[Senna4ever]

I've never tipped for takeout. There is no need, as they haven't really provided a service.
Oh, so the hard working people in the kitchen did nothing? They just conjured your food by waving a magic wand?

I don't know about other places, but Japanese owned restaurants where I have worked gave about 30~35% of the tip to the kitchen staff.

Granted, I don't tip as much for take-out, but I will leave at least 10% when I do a take-out at my usual places.

[vafanculo]

Oh, so the hard working people in the kitchen did nothing? They just conjured your food by waving a magic wand?

I don't know about other places, but Japanese owned restaurants where I have worked gave about 30~35% of the tip to the kitchen staff.

Granted, I don't tip as much for take-out, but I will leave at least 10% when I do a take-out at my usual places.

They are doing their job which they are getting paid for.
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[Vale46Rossi]

They are doing their job which they are getting paid for.
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So why should we tip in this real world?

Everyone is doing their job and they are getting paid.

Why do we tip bellboys? Why do we tip servers? Why do we tip a pizza boy bringing over the pizza? Why do we tip Valet?

What you have said does not make sense, if they get paid you dont need to tip?

Then whats the point of having "tip" in the first place?

[muteki]

And if the service is terrible they deserve a tip? Why is that?
Keep tipping places that do little to deserve it and they'll think they're doing a good enough job to deserve getting more tips. Some may even make it mandatory. ;)

A lot of places elsewhere won't take tips that do a much better job than the lazy ass people in Canada, who tack on a mandatory tip to everything (karaoke, which most people see only before and after renting a room of which they paid for).

[hotjoint]

I don't get why people tip for take out

[muteki]

You people who are so insistent on tipping for take out sound like this guy I knew who worked in a crappy little sushi place. He would bitch about people not tipping and calling them cheapasses when they come in for takeout, and would purposely give them lower than average service or talk down to them in "discrete" ways as he would put it then laugh to himself about it afterwards.

Let me guess, you work in a restaurant or fast-food joint that does take out?

[vafanculo]

So why should we tip in this real world?

Everyone is doing their job and they are getting paid.

Why do we tip bellboys? Why do we tip servers? Why do we tip a pizza boy bringing over the pizza? Why do we tip Valet?

What you have said does not make sense, if they get paid you dont need to tip?

Then whats the point of having "tip" in the first place?

I dunno, you tell me. Personally I think tipping is stupid (and I used to be a waiter).

As a patron I don't care about the chefs. It's the restaurant owner's job to make sure the chef is happy and cooks well. If he doesn't, well guess what, they won't be in business for long. Also keep in mind that chefs, including other kitchen staff, get paid more than the floor staff upfront.

When I call ahead to pick up my food, I am paying for the restaurant to cook me the food as per the reason they are in business. I'm already paying above 300% markup too. What am I tipping for?
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[Greenstoner]

no tip for taking out ..

i hate those karaoke place always said "tips is not included in the amount" when they hand you the bill

so what ? who gives a shit, does that mean i gotta tip ?

[MR_BIGGS]

Oh, so the hard working people in the kitchen did nothing? They just conjured your food by waving a magic wand?

I don't know about other places, but Japanese owned restaurants where I have worked gave about 30~35% of the tip to the kitchen staff.

Granted, I don't tip as much for take-out, but I will leave at least 10% when I do a take-out at my usual places.

With that thinking, do you tip the person that bags your groceries, the person in the library that scans your books and so on? Everyone works hard and that is what they get paid to do.

If I'm eating at the restaurant, I'm paying not only for the food, but the experience so a tip is warrented if you enjoyed that experience and interaction. Also if you enjoyed the food, than tip a bit more.

Now for takeout, I don't know if the food will be cold or something is wrong with it until after I eat it, so that reason is enough for me not to tip for takeout. But moreso, I just don't think they have provided a service worth tipping for.

Maybe if I was a regular to a restuarant for their take out, and developed a repore with the person always handing me my food, I may tip a bit each time.

[Great68]

So why should we tip in this real world?

Everyone is doing their job and they are getting paid.

Why do we tip bellboys? Why do we tip servers? Why do we tip a pizza boy bringing over the pizza? Why do we tip Valet?

What you have said does not make sense, if they get paid you dont need to tip?

Then whats the point of having "tip" in the first place?

Tipping is a custom evolved from paying extra to ensure preferential service, better quality service, or a gratuity for good service.

Now it seems it has just become an expected practice by most people employed in the restaurant/service industry. It pisses me off that those employees feel they are automatically "entitled" to a tip, regardless if they provided exceptional service or not.

I'm unsure how much kitchen staff contribute to the service experience. I usually tip based on how the server serves me, if she made sure my beer wasn't empty, if she got to me before other customers etc...

There are a lot of countries where tipping is not practiced.

[Gnomes]

Tipping is a custom evolved from paying extra to ensure preferential service, better quality service, or a gratuity for good service.

With that, I tend to think tipping = borderline corruption. A co-worker of mine told me he went to vietnam. In the airport he is waiting in line for viet custom people to stamp passport and crap. He sees fellow canadian travelers in front of him taking a long time to "process". When it is finally his turn, he recalls his travel agent telling him to slip in a few bucks in his passport. Low and behold, he went through in less than 1 minute. Better preferential service and better quality service? Yes. Corruption? You be the judge.

[muteki]

^ They only do that to fob Vietnamese people. Speak proper English and you get through in seconds.

[BaoXu]

some places like western restaurants where they kiss-ass and make your dining experience as comfortable as possible deserve tips.

if you go to a chinese restaurant where they greet you with the typical "HARRRLOW!" aren't looking for tips. they just want to you to eat and then get the fuck out. and then come back again when you are hungry

[mhui]

Nope, don't tip for take out.

[milkmilk101]

^yeah karaoke places can suck it. they think they deserve tip.

but for takeout, no tip.

Thats why you should ask for as much service as possible since you are tipping them.. such as tuning the mic, give u snacks or even holding your mic and keying in the song for you!! hahaha

[milkmilk101]

I think tipping is a way to show appreciation for the service provided. Yes the waiter get paid for serving you, that's like their basic job requirement. But when they do a good job at what they do and went for that extra mile, tips come in as a motivation.
It's the same when teacher give students candies when they get high scores in tests and exams.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

I don't get why people tip for take out

pff i dont even get why the fuck tipping is required in the first place.


gas attendant needs to be tipped by the way, because they are providing you a service. A service to make sure they dont over pump or drip gasoline on ur paint


:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

[Audi-Quattro]

So, why do people tip for buying a cup of coffee at Starbucks?
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[Meowjin]

if any bartender asks for a tip when your in a nightclub he isn't doing a very good job, and you probably shouldnt tip him/her.

[ilvtofu]

I don't tip or tip very little for take out because of where the tips are going. I used to work in a restaurant and we would have to go out of our way to pull out a couple boxes and containers for the take out orders whilst the servers who would receive the tips only act as a cashier, I don't tip my cashier at safeway nor would I for takeout at a restaurant