Online tipping for takeout

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel obligated to tip something because I don't want my food to be messed with.

My brother works in food service and I've heard stories. There are so many sneaky ways they mess with customers and they all know where the camera blind spots are in the kitchen.

That's why I don't order online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ok.....would you tip a barista for an espresso? cappuccino? just a cup of joe?

I don’t.

[Anonymous]

I also don’t tip for chop’t

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It started with the pandemic and the increase in delivery orders. Even though you are picking up, someone has to prepare the order for takeout. I usually don’t tip as much as a delivery but always tip $5 since we usually order for a family of four.

Do you think that plating food is not included in the price of the dish? How is putting it into a box different?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t tip. That’s their job

True but it's getting harder for restaurants to retain workers. If we want to keep these places open, it helps to tip the workers who make it possible.

Then let them close. Business owners/corporations can pay the workers, not expect the customers to subsidize the wages they're too cheap to pay. Come on.

I'd rather tip a few bucks to keep my favorite places open. You do you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It started with the pandemic and the increase in delivery orders. Even though you are picking up, someone has to prepare the order for takeout. I usually don’t tip as much as a delivery but always tip $5 since we usually order for a family of four.

Do you think that plating food is not included in the price of the dish? How is putting it into a box different?

Do you tip when you eat in or do you justify not tipping because it should all be included in the price?

[Anonymous]

I tip because I feel guilty about being stingy. It's a little annoying but when I start putting in no tip I think "am I really not just going to put two extra dollars on the price of this?" I absolutely will not miss the money and I don't feel like this is some big issue that I need to boycott.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t tip. That’s their job

True but it's getting harder for restaurants to retain workers. If we want to keep these places open, it helps to tip the workers who make it possible.

Then they should pay them. Why should we subsidize the salary rather than the owner of the business? That's ludicrous.

We do pay them. With tips.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this new? I've been out of the country for a while and just back. Last few times I've placed an order for pickup from places (pizza, generally fast food type not sit down restaurants) they have automatically added tips. If you don't want to tip, you have to actually zero it out.

I just find this kind of odd. What am I tipping for? You haven't done anything yet, and this is essentially your business...takeout food. So why are customers tipping now?

Welcome back. I got back a few years ago and yes, it’s absolutely a thing here to tip on food delivery and now you are asked to tip when picking up the food yourself. Every quick serve place aside from fast food has a tip option. Boba tea, donut shop, juice bar, everywhere. Even the Apple Store is about to institute it if it hasn’t already. There is a long discussion somewhere a few weeks back on tipping doordashers. People are passionate on both sides.

[Anonymous]

The whole point of picking up your own food is so you DON'T have to tip.

You're only supposed to tip during a sit down meal for a waiter/waitress or if it's delivered to your house.

I'm not tipping someone to hand me a Starbucks drink when she's making $15/hour. Give me a break.

[Anonymous]

I'm also not tipping when I order at the counter.

No one is waiting on you at the counter, no one is waiting on you at the drive through. Hence, no tip.

[Anonymous]

There is a special circle of Hades for those who don't tip delivery drivers though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a special circle of Hades for those who don't tip delivery drivers though.

Ok, so how much do you tip your ups driver, usps driver, DHL driver, and fed ex driver each time they drop off a package?

[Anonymous]

It's escalatory - places that want to retain good employees are going to make tipping automatic or easy. My niece and nephew worked one summer at a beach town; she was at an ice cream shop where there was a cash tip jar but no tip option for people paying with cards. He was at a food truck with both the cash tip jar and the online option. He made about 3x as much, all because of tips. Guess where they both wanted to work the next summer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t tip. That’s their job

True but it's getting harder for restaurants to retain workers. If we want to keep these places open, it helps to tip the workers who make it possible.

Then pay more and charge more. The market will decide which businesses stay in business and which ones won’t.

I didn’t get tips for doing my job, so why should anyone else earning wages? Servers are the only exception.

Can’t wait until, the US gets rid of asinine tipping culture altogether.