Seeing 15-20% price increases at my favorite restaurants , not tipping will just carry out

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am routinely expected to tip 15% on carry out, they turn the screen to me and this is the lowest option. Unless I want to fumble with the custom tip.
I have started ordering take out via Uber eats just to avoid this issue!

This is an amazing idea. Thank you!!!!!! We need to start a thread of hacks on how to avoid unnecessary tips.

I don’t get it. There is a no tip button. That is what I hit. No problems.

[Anonymous]

Out of curiosity, if you eat at a restaurant but you are ordering via QR code do you feel like you shouldn’t have to tip then as well? The staff would be bringing your food to your table but you are putting the order in similar to ordering online.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not enough people in this thread ever worked in restaurant and it shows.

How is working at Mod Pizza any more taxing than working as a cashier in a grocery store? Or working in a dry cleaners? Or working at the drive-thru window at McDonald's for that matter? Why should we tip for takeout at Mod, but not at the grocery store, dry cleaners, and McDonald's?

Yeah. Quentin Tarantino already did this riff 30 years ago. Mr. Pink was a cheap f&ck then, and you are now. Seriously, have a modicum of pride and self respect. You’re this adamant about not giving an hourly worker a few dollars?

Interesting. So you tip the cashier that checks you out at WalMart? And you tip the person who hands you your sandwich at Chik-fil-A (and the one who took your order)? You tip the lifeguard at your community pool? You tip your child's daycare provider at Kindercare? You tip the parking lot attendant? And the ticket taker at the movie theatre? And more? All of the hourly workers you encounter in life you tip them 15-20%?

+1 I am interested in this question as well. Do you also tip the Amazon delivery driver? Or the courier who brings packages to your office?

For all the people repeatedly screaming about the necessity of tipping 15-20% for takeout (at places like Mod Pizza, Cava, Subway, Sweet Frog, etc.), why do you not answer this question?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not enough people in this thread ever worked in restaurant and it shows.

How is working at Mod Pizza any more taxing than working as a cashier in a grocery store? Or working in a dry cleaners? Or working at the drive-thru window at McDonald's for that matter? Why should we tip for takeout at Mod, but not at the grocery store, dry cleaners, and McDonald's?

Yeah. Quentin Tarantino already did this riff 30 years ago. Mr. Pink was a cheap f&ck then, and you are now. Seriously, have a modicum of pride and self respect. You’re this adamant about not giving an hourly worker a few dollars?

Interesting. So you tip the cashier that checks you out at WalMart? And you tip the person who hands you your sandwich at Chik-fil-A (and the one who took your order)? You tip the lifeguard at your community pool? You tip your child's daycare provider at Kindercare? You tip the parking lot attendant? And the ticket taker at the movie theatre? And more? All of the hourly workers you encounter in life you tip them 15-20%?

+1 I am interested in this question as well. Do you also tip the Amazon delivery driver? Or the courier who brings packages to your office?

For all the people repeatedly screaming about the necessity of tipping 15-20% for takeout (at places like Mod Pizza, Cava, Subway, Sweet Frog, etc.), why do you not answer this question?

I don't think they understand that the people who are working the take out counter (in most cases) are being paid at least minimum wage and are not making the same $3 an hour as servers. Unless the restaurant owner is running a shady business, these employees should be making comparable money to the counter service workers at Subway, etc.

But they ask for tips at some of those places too so who knows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am routinely expected to tip 15% on carry out, they turn the screen to me and this is the lowest option. Unless I want to fumble with the custom tip.
I have started ordering take out via Uber eats just to avoid this issue!

And thanks to people like you, who use Uber Eats and similar delivery services, restaurants have increased their prices for everyone to cover their own — quite significant — charges to use the services.


https://joelleparenteau.medium.com/why-uber-eats-is-a-necessary-evil-9b1f329eedf0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am routinely expected to tip 15% on carry out, they turn the screen to me and this is the lowest option. Unless I want to fumble with the custom tip.
I have started ordering take out via Uber eats just to avoid this issue!

And thanks to people like you, who use Uber Eats and similar delivery services, restaurants have increased their prices for everyone to cover their own — quite significant — charges to use the services.


https://joelleparenteau.medium.com/why-uber-eats-is-a-necessary-evil-9b1f329eedf0

Excellent Uber eats hack, I had no idea. Thank you!!

[Anonymous]

This is seriously genius, thank you!! Just placed an Uber eats order for pick up (first made sure it was the same prices as in store- important to check!!!) and there’s no fees and no tip. Whooohooooo!!!

Another restaurant marked up their prices for Uber eats so I skipped them. Just saved the iPad a screen and judgement. I’m not tipping $6 for a burrito and canned coke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am routinely expected to tip 15% on carry out, they turn the screen to me and this is the lowest option. Unless I want to fumble with the custom tip.
I have started ordering take out via Uber eats just to avoid this issue!

Which costs you way more in fees. Brilliant!

There’s no fees. I just ordered and it was no fee, no tip, same price as in store.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am routinely expected to tip 15% on carry out, they turn the screen to me and this is the lowest option. Unless I want to fumble with the custom tip.
I have started ordering take out via Uber eats just to avoid this issue!

Which costs you way more in fees. Brilliant!

There’s no fees. I just ordered and it was no fee, no tip, same price as in store.

That sounds odd, because there is usually a fee plus tip.on Uber eats, since someone is bringing the food to you.

But if you can't even calculate a 10% tip, you may not realize that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not enough people in this thread ever worked in restaurant and it shows.

How is working at Mod Pizza any more taxing than working as a cashier in a grocery store? Or working in a dry cleaners? Or working at the drive-thru window at McDonald's for that matter? Why should we tip for takeout at Mod, but not at the grocery store, dry cleaners, and McDonald's?

Yeah. Quentin Tarantino already did this riff 30 years ago. Mr. Pink was a cheap f&ck then, and you are now. Seriously, have a modicum of pride and self respect. You’re this adamant about not giving an hourly worker a few dollars?

Interesting. So you tip the cashier that checks you out at WalMart? And you tip the person who hands you your sandwich at Chik-fil-A (and the one who took your order)? You tip the lifeguard at your community pool? You tip your child's daycare provider at Kindercare? You tip the parking lot attendant? And the ticket taker at the movie theatre? And more? All of the hourly workers you encounter in life you tip them 15-20%?

+1 I am interested in this question as well. Do you also tip the Amazon delivery driver? Or the courier who brings packages to your office?

For all the people repeatedly screaming about the necessity of tipping 15-20% for takeout (at places like Mod Pizza, Cava, Subway, Sweet Frog, etc.), why do you not answer this question?

I don't think they understand that the people who are working the take out counter (in most cases) are being paid at least minimum wage and are not making the same $3 an hour as servers. Unless the restaurant owner is running a shady business, these employees should be making comparable money to the counter service workers at Subway, etc.

But they ask for tips at some of those places too so who knows.

Every place I’ve ever gotten takeout from has some combination of bartender, server, host/hostess handling takeout orders. This requires their time and attention the same as dealing with someone who is dining in.

The lengths you cheapskates will go to to justify not giving 10 bucks to a teenager, or a single mom, or an immigrant likely working twice the number of hours in a week that you do is so pathetic. Lots of these people rely on public transport. You know how hard it is to be punctual, and how much time you lose by taking the bus everywhere? They often lack insurance. Ever been in that situation? They often live very far from their jobs given local housing costs, so they miss a ton of time with family and friends that you and I take for granted.

Just give them a f$cking tip, you selfish prick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not enough people in this thread ever worked in restaurant and it shows.

How is working at Mod Pizza any more taxing than working as a cashier in a grocery store? Or working in a dry cleaners? Or working at the drive-thru window at McDonald's for that matter? Why should we tip for takeout at Mod, but not at the grocery store, dry cleaners, and McDonald's?

Yeah. Quentin Tarantino already did this riff 30 years ago. Mr. Pink was a cheap f&ck then, and you are now. Seriously, have a modicum of pride and self respect. You’re this adamant about not giving an hourly worker a few dollars?

Interesting. So you tip the cashier that checks you out at WalMart? And you tip the person who hands you your sandwich at Chik-fil-A (and the one who took your order)? You tip the lifeguard at your community pool? You tip your child's daycare provider at Kindercare? You tip the parking lot attendant? And the ticket taker at the movie theatre? And more? All of the hourly workers you encounter in life you tip them 15-20%?

+1 I am interested in this question as well. Do you also tip the Amazon delivery driver? Or the courier who brings packages to your office?

For all the people repeatedly screaming about the necessity of tipping 15-20% for takeout (at places like Mod Pizza, Cava, Subway, Sweet Frog, etc.), why do you not answer this question?

I don't think they understand that the people who are working the take out counter (in most cases) are being paid at least minimum wage and are not making the same $3 an hour as servers. Unless the restaurant owner is running a shady business, these employees should be making comparable money to the counter service workers at Subway, etc.

But they ask for tips at some of those places too so who knows.

Every place I’ve ever gotten takeout from has some combination of bartender, server, host/hostess handling takeout orders. This requires their time and attention the same as dealing with someone who is dining in.

The lengths you cheapskates will go to to justify not giving 10 bucks to a teenager, or a single mom, or an immigrant likely working twice the number of hours in a week that you do is so pathetic. Lots of these people rely on public transport. You know how hard it is to be punctual, and how much time you lose by taking the bus everywhere? They often lack insurance. Ever been in that situation? They often live very far from their jobs given local housing costs, so they miss a ton of time with family and friends that you and I take for granted.

Just give them a f$cking tip, you selfish prick.

So please answer our question. Do you tip your WalMart cashier, parking lot attendant, and Amazon delivery driver? If not, do you consider yourself to be a "selfish prick"?

[Anonymous]

It’s not the agreement. Ffs. Put a dollar in the cup and be glad you can afford to not cook and still eat well.

[Anonymous]

Food costs will go up whether tipping is rolled into an hourly wage or not. Restaurants historically run on super thin margins. If anything we’ve been underpaying for meals for years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not enough people in this thread ever worked in restaurant and it shows.

How is working at Mod Pizza any more taxing than working as a cashier in a grocery store? Or working in a dry cleaners? Or working at the drive-thru window at McDonald's for that matter? Why should we tip for takeout at Mod, but not at the grocery store, dry cleaners, and McDonald's?

Yeah. Quentin Tarantino already did this riff 30 years ago. Mr. Pink was a cheap f&ck then, and you are now. Seriously, have a modicum of pride and self respect. You’re this adamant about not giving an hourly worker a few dollars?

Interesting. So you tip the cashier that checks you out at WalMart? And you tip the person who hands you your sandwich at Chik-fil-A (and the one who took your order)? You tip the lifeguard at your community pool? You tip your child's daycare provider at Kindercare? You tip the parking lot attendant? And the ticket taker at the movie theatre? And more? All of the hourly workers you encounter in life you tip them 15-20%?

+1 I am interested in this question as well. Do you also tip the Amazon delivery driver? Or the courier who brings packages to your office?

For all the people repeatedly screaming about the necessity of tipping 15-20% for takeout (at places like Mod Pizza, Cava, Subway, Sweet Frog, etc.), why do you not answer this question?

I don't think they understand that the people who are working the take out counter (in most cases) are being paid at least minimum wage and are not making the same $3 an hour as servers. Unless the restaurant owner is running a shady business, these employees should be making comparable money to the counter service workers at Subway, etc.

But they ask for tips at some of those places too so who knows.

Every place I’ve ever gotten takeout from has some combination of bartender, server, host/hostess handling takeout orders. This requires their time and attention the same as dealing with someone who is dining in.

The lengths you cheapskates will go to to justify not giving 10 bucks to a teenager, or a single mom, or an immigrant likely working twice the number of hours in a week that you do is so pathetic. Lots of these people rely on public transport. You know how hard it is to be punctual, and how much time you lose by taking the bus everywhere? They often lack insurance. Ever been in that situation? They often live very far from their jobs given local housing costs, so they miss a ton of time with family and friends that you and I take for granted.

Just give them a f$cking tip, you selfish prick.

So please answer our question. Do you tip your WalMart cashier, parking lot attendant, and Amazon delivery driver? If not, do you consider yourself to be a "selfish prick"?

You continue to be quite dim. This is not the “gotcha” observation you think it is, and it’s already been addressed earlier in the thread.

No, we don’t tip every person with whom we come in contact. (Though yes I do tip parking attendants and think that’s pretty standard if they park your car. We also seasonally tip delivery people.) That aside, the subjects of this thread are servers, bartenders, barbacks, and hostesses who handle your takeout order at a restaurant. Yes, they should be tipped. Full stop. All your stupid rationales for being a selfish prick don’t change that.

The fact that grocery store checkout people or whoever else have a different compensation scheme is irrelevant. Though I am charitable toward them as well—meaning, showing kindness, empathy, and yes if a situation arose where a few bucks would help them out I wouldn’t think twice. You clearly are not charitable in that general sense, so tipping aside I’m sure you’re a miserable person to deal with, making things hard on service workers who already have it hard enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not enough people in this thread ever worked in restaurant and it shows.

How is working at Mod Pizza any more taxing than working as a cashier in a grocery store? Or working in a dry cleaners? Or working at the drive-thru window at McDonald's for that matter? Why should we tip for takeout at Mod, but not at the grocery store, dry cleaners, and McDonald's?

Yeah. Quentin Tarantino already did this riff 30 years ago. Mr. Pink was a cheap f&ck then, and you are now. Seriously, have a modicum of pride and self respect. You’re this adamant about not giving an hourly worker a few dollars?

Interesting. So you tip the cashier that checks you out at WalMart? And you tip the person who hands you your sandwich at Chik-fil-A (and the one who took your order)? You tip the lifeguard at your community pool? You tip your child's daycare provider at Kindercare? You tip the parking lot attendant? And the ticket taker at the movie theatre? And more? All of the hourly workers you encounter in life you tip them 15-20%?

+1 I am interested in this question as well. Do you also tip the Amazon delivery driver? Or the courier who brings packages to your office?

For all the people repeatedly screaming about the necessity of tipping 15-20% for takeout (at places like Mod Pizza, Cava, Subway, Sweet Frog, etc.), why do you not answer this question?

I don't think they understand that the people who are working the take out counter (in most cases) are being paid at least minimum wage and are not making the same $3 an hour as servers. Unless the restaurant owner is running a shady business, these employees should be making comparable money to the counter service workers at Subway, etc.

But they ask for tips at some of those places too so who knows.

Every place I’ve ever gotten takeout from has some combination of bartender, server, host/hostess handling takeout orders. This requires their time and attention the same as dealing with someone who is dining in.

The lengths you cheapskates will go to to justify not giving 10 bucks to a teenager, or a single mom, or an immigrant likely working twice the number of hours in a week that you do is so pathetic. Lots of these people rely on public transport. You know how hard it is to be punctual, and how much time you lose by taking the bus everywhere? They often lack insurance. Ever been in that situation? They often live very far from their jobs given local housing costs, so they miss a ton of time with family and friends that you and I take for granted.

Just give them a f$cking tip, you selfish prick.

The cook/packer should be paid a salary. The tip is for service - bring food/items to the table and cleaning up.