Is $1 an adequate tip for one to-go lunch meal?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Somewhere you eat repeatedly? $2. Maybe $5 once in a while. If you are getting lunch out that much, you have the money. Otherwise by lunchmeat and stay home.

Crap like this is why tipping is actually decreasing across the board https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/25/business/tipping-trends/index.html

Crap like… what? Wanting a decent relationship with people who serve you twice a week?

Crap like ridiculous tipping. You can have a decent relationship with anybody and it doesn’t need to involve a tip.

The relationship between a server and a customer is a commercial one, not a personal one. When I was a server, the regulars with whom I had the best relationship were the big tippers.

[Anonymous]

Don't hostesses / to-go gals have to be paid at least $15 an hour? So if every other to-go order is leaving a $1 that's a pretty good hourly rate? Or maybe I'm missing something.

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Anonymous wrote:I refuse to tip more unless it's table service. For to go, they are doing the same amount of work as fast food workers who never get tipped.

The same gal puts orders together, answers phones, and seats people. She seems to be busting her fanny, so sometimes I want to leave more is all. $1 isn't what it used to be. Probably feels more like someone leaving me a 25 cent quarter 25 years ago.

To be clear, this thread is about a to-go order, not dining in. My order is always just one sandwich or one salad or one pasta dish. And sometimes I'll add a fresh cookie.

What do you think the person manning the drive through during lunch is doing? Do you think that’s less work?

Fast food places are far more automated and have far more employees. And presumably in theory offer better benefits to employees than some independent bakery/cafe.

That's one way to say you've never had to work in a fast food restaurant

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Somewhere you eat repeatedly? $2. Maybe $5 once in a while. If you are getting lunch out that much, you have the money. Otherwise by lunchmeat and stay home.

Crap like this is why tipping is actually decreasing across the board https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/25/business/tipping-trends/index.html

Crap like… what? Wanting a decent relationship with people who serve you twice a week?

Crap like ridiculous tipping. You can have a decent relationship with anybody and it doesn’t need to involve a tip.

The relationship between a server and a customer is a commercial one, not a personal one. When I was a server, the regulars with whom I had the best relationship were the big tippers.

My relationship with the person at the deli is customer of their employer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Somewhere you eat repeatedly? $2. Maybe $5 once in a while. If you are getting lunch out that much, you have the money. Otherwise by lunchmeat and stay home.

Crap like this is why tipping is actually decreasing across the board https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/25/business/tipping-trends/index.html

Crap like… what? Wanting a decent relationship with people who serve you twice a week?

Crap like ridiculous tipping. You can have a decent relationship with anybody and it doesn’t need to involve a tip.

The relationship between a server and a customer is a commercial one, not a personal one. When I was a server, the regulars with whom I had the best relationship were the big tippers.

My relationship with the person at the deli is customer of their employer.

That’s nice. I personally just want to have pleasant experiences in life. I want to be served by people who at least act happy to see me. I mean, not even happy. Just not annoyed. I want them to get my order right and on time. I want good vibes. It’s purely a self-interest thing for me.

I don’t think an extra $200/year in tips is a lot to pay for that. If you feel differently, live your life.

[Anonymous]

I think there is an anti-tipper who keeps posting over and over.

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Anonymous wrote:Somewhere you eat repeatedly? $2. Maybe $5 once in a while. If you are getting lunch out that much, you have the money. Otherwise by lunchmeat and stay home.

Crap like this is why tipping is actually decreasing across the board https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/25/business/tipping-trends/index.html

Crap like… what? Wanting a decent relationship with people who serve you twice a week?

Crap like ridiculous tipping. You can have a decent relationship with anybody and it doesn’t need to involve a tip.

The relationship between a server and a customer is a commercial one, not a personal one. When I was a server, the regulars with whom I had the best relationship were the big tippers.

My relationship with the person at the deli is customer of their employer.

You’re not interacting with their employer. If your food is spat in or service is deliberately slow, it won’t be because of the employer.

[Anonymous]

And... this is why we only eat at home now. We can't afford the current tipping culture. Pre-prepared foods at the grocery store are our new splurge. I don't go anywhere for fast pickup where they spin the tablet and expect a 20% tip for putting a bagel in a bag. It adds up and it's not in our budget, sadly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't hostesses / to-go gals have to be paid at least $15 an hour? So if every other to-go order is leaving a $1 that's a pretty good hourly rate? Or maybe I'm missing something.

2 things:

"to-go gals"? Is this 1953?

What you're missing is that the tip for many non-table places goes into a pool, divvied up by the staff (including the kitchen staff).

[Anonymous]

It depends on the type of place. Fast food/fast casual/local deli: the food comes off the line in a to-go container, so the cashier is grabbing it and handing it to you. The cashier is probably making minimum wage+ (there’s a labor shortage so no one is paying minimum wage anymore). You don’t need to tip here. Or a dollar is fine.

In a sit down restaurant, the food comes off the line plated, and someone needs to transfer that foot from the plate to a container without completely ruining the presentation, package it, and give it to you. This person may be making minimum wage+, or they may be making a tipped wage, depending what else they are doing (bartenders make tipped wages). In this case, leave 10 percent, or $2 in your case.

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Anonymous wrote:yes. tipping is out of control. when people making well over a waitresses 2.13 per hour are asking for tips, the answer is no.

you want me to tip you 12 dollars for entering my order into the cash register. NOPE!

? Do you go grab your food out of the kitchen then box & bag it with whatever extras it needs?

that's called doing their JOB.

[Anonymous]

Well that's $1 more than I tip ...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:yes. tipping is out of control. when people making well over a waitresses 2.13 per hour are asking for tips, the answer is no.

you want me to tip you 12 dollars for entering my order into the cash register. NOPE!

? Do you go grab your food out of the kitchen then box & bag it with whatever extras it needs?

that's called doing their JOB.

But the cash register part isn’t?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And... this is why we only eat at home now. We can't afford the current tipping culture. Pre-prepared foods at the grocery store are our new splurge. I don't go anywhere for fast pickup where they spin the tablet and expect a 20% tip for putting a bagel in a bag. It adds up and it's not in our budget, sadly.

And you are reasonable.

[Anonymous]

Tips are for waiters because they make less than minimum wage and depend on tips. They literally make like $2 or $3 an hour. That’s why you tip. Everyone else gets a normal wage, that’s why you can tip $0 or $1.