Reduce tip when wait staff throw the take away container and bag at you at end of meal?

[Anonymous]

Why do many restaurants simply hand a takeout container to diners and expect them to pack their own doggie bags when they need to take home excess food? If they expect full tip, shouldn’t they be providing full service? Making the customer do this work is appallingly poor customer service. Shouldn’t this result in a lowering of the tip? Yesterday they made me pack up an extra 3 plates we had. I reduced their tip from 20% to 18% because it peeved me. I’m expected to do my job to completion, why shouldn’t wait staff?

[Anonymous]

I mean, I don't lower the tip because of it, but I find it annoying/disgusting.

[Anonymous]

The restaurant sets the policy, not the server. Reducing the tip punishes the wrong person.

[Anonymous]

No. You should not lower a tip because of this. I think you know that, but want affirmation here anyway.

Pretty much every restaurant now brings the container to your table rather than wrapping up your leftovers in the kitchen. That way you can take only what you want. It has nothing to do with the waitstaff doing their job "to completion" ffs.

[Anonymous]

Lowering tip from 20 to 18 is almost the same. Next time, actually lower it.

[Anonymous]

Enough people have already touched my food. Happy to wrap up leftovers myself. It lets me control what and how much I take, etc.

This is such a non-issue. What is your problem? If you need some type of assistance, you can ask for the help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Enough people have already touched my food. Happy to wrap up leftovers myself. It lets me control what and how much I take, etc.

This is such a non-issue. What is your problem? If you need some type of assistance, you can ask for the help.

Because it is the waiter’s work. Dining at restaurants can be in very tight spaces, which can make it difficult to do in smaller areas, especially if there are other people next to you. Then the food might splash, which gets on your clothes. It should taken to an area where there’s more space and can be appropriately poured/scraped/whatever so that splashing is reduced. Regardless, this is the wait staff’s job, so why do the make customers do it these days?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Enough people have already touched my food. Happy to wrap up leftovers myself. It lets me control what and how much I take, etc.

This is such a non-issue. What is your problem? If you need some type of assistance, you can ask for the help.

Because it is the waiter’s work. Dining at restaurants can be in very tight spaces, which can make it difficult to do in smaller areas, especially if there are other people next to you. Then the food might splash, which gets on your clothes. It should taken to an area where there’s more space and can be appropriately poured/scraped/whatever so that splashing is reduced. Regardless, this is the wait staff’s job, so why do the make customers do it these days?

The restaurant determines what is the wait staff’s job, not you. You are not the employer. If you don’t like this practice, go to another restaurant, but many, many, many restaurants do this these days.

[Anonymous]

Something that surprised me when I moved to California is that they don't pack your leftovers for you. It's just not the way things are done. Whatever - it's not a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Enough people have already touched my food. Happy to wrap up leftovers myself. It lets me control what and how much I take, etc.

This is such a non-issue. What is your problem? If you need some type of assistance, you can ask for the help.

Because it is the waiter’s work. Dining at restaurants can be in very tight spaces, which can make it difficult to do in smaller areas, especially if there are other people next to you. Then the food might splash, which gets on your clothes. It should taken to an area where there’s more space and can be appropriately poured/scraped/whatever so that splashing is reduced. Regardless, this is the wait staff’s job, so why do the make customers do it these days?

The restaurant determines what is the wait staff’s job, not you. You are not the employer. If you don’t like this practice, go to another restaurant, but many, many, many restaurants do this these days.

+1000

[Anonymous]

If you are looking for a reason to lower the tip because you resent tip culture, then lower it. You don't need to crowdsource your answer. We all resent it, but your reason is silly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do many restaurants simply hand a takeout container to diners and expect them to pack their own doggie bags when they need to take home excess food? If they expect full tip, shouldn’t they be providing full service? Making the customer do this work is appallingly poor customer service. Shouldn’t this result in a lowering of the tip? Yesterday they made me pack up an extra 3 plates we had. I reduced their tip from 20% to 18% because it peeved me. I’m expected to do my job to completion, why shouldn’t wait staff?

Frankly, i prefer to do it myself. I don't want them to do it back in the kitchen where I can't see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, I don't lower the tip because of it, but I find it annoying/disgusting.

I really don't want them taking my food away and giving it back to me. It seems convenient but if it's the server doing the packing, they're going to try to do it as fast as possible with unwashed hands.

I have zero issue with doing it myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Something that surprised me when I moved to California is that they don't pack your leftovers for you. It's just not the way things are done. Whatever - it's not a big deal.

Interesting. I’m from the west coast and I hate it when servers try to pack up my leftovers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Enough people have already touched my food. Happy to wrap up leftovers myself. It lets me control what and how much I take, etc.

This is such a non-issue. What is your problem? If you need some type of assistance, you can ask for the help.

Because it is the waiter’s work. Dining at restaurants can be in very tight spaces, which can make it difficult to do in smaller areas, especially if there are other people next to you. Then the food might splash, which gets on your clothes. It should taken to an area where there’s more space and can be appropriately poured/scraped/whatever so that splashing is reduced. Regardless, this is the wait staff’s job, so why do the make customers do it these days?

The restaurant determines what is the wait staff’s job, not you. You are not the employer. If you don’t like this practice, go to another restaurant, but many, many, many restaurants do this these days.

I’m not their employer yet I’m supposed to pay their salary? What kind of insane mental gymnastics is that? Fine, don’t finish the job. I won’t finish laying your full compensation either.


You logic is stupid, because how the hell would anyone know what the ‘policy’ is for leftover until the end of the meal? There’s no way you wouldn’t know not to go to a place that made customers do this until you actually finished the meal.