Chastised for not tipping on a to go order

[Anonymous]

We intentionally tip well especially for take out/delivery. It means we get our food hot and first. And when some snafu happens with the system we still tip cash and Apologize.

Op, you hate working people. It is okay. You told us. Move on now because most of us just think you suck as a person.

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Either an entitled waitress or one that's on the spectrum with rigid rules.

I would have responded in the same way, OP.

OP initiated the sequence of events with her cheapness and entitled attitude.

Scroll up a bit. The restaurant owner disagrees with you. A tip on takeout is appreciated, but not expected, and certainly not demanded.

I don't have to scroll up to know how to treat workers with kindness.

Well the staff at this restaurant didn’t treat OP with kindness, so maybe you still have some life lessons to learn.

No, the worker didn't respond with kindness. Most of us don't get that kind of response from restaurant employees because we treat them with kindness and respect and show our appreciation by tipping them for their service. You have an opportunity to do better in the coming new year!😊👍

Uhhh, no. No one is entitled to tips. And if you demand a tip, you are rude and should be fired. People like you are encouraging this ridiculous, entitled behavior. Congrats.

No one is entitled to a tip. And you can continue to act like a cheap jerk.

Tipping has nothing to do with being kind or being a jerk. You are paying for the quality of service. In this instance there was no service.

Oh, I thought someone prepared a to go order for the OP. Maybe she got her order from a vending machine?

Guess the OP should tip the cook, the dishwasher, the rest of the kitchen staff too since they all contributed to the making the food?

Not to worry. I doubt the OP wouldn't even consider giving a dime to any of them.

Nor would the majority of people.

Nor should they, because they’re getting paid the amount they agreed to work for. This overtipping nonsense feels creepily paternalistic. Some of you feel so pleased with yourselves for tossing a few bucks at people you deem lesser than you. It’s more about you than them, and that’s exactly what these stupid iPad point-of-sale systems are capitalizing on.

We've all noted your tiresome efforts to rationalize your cheapness.

I don’t care. I worked in restaurants for years, both back of the house and front, tipped and untipped. I feel pretty good about my thoughts on this matter.

I agree with you 100%.
The “we tip everyone everywhere” crowd are literal virtue signalers. It’s tiresome.
And no, I’m not cheap.

[Anonymous]

I dislike handing out $2s to random restaurant order takers. At the counter. I feel like suddenly we live in a developing country where you do that on vacation.

Restaurants, just pay your employees better!! I will pay for it in my order. Stop harassing me for more $2s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I dislike handing out $2s to random restaurant order takers. At the counter. I feel like suddenly we live in a developing country where you do that on vacation.

Restaurants, just pay your employees better!! I will pay for it in my order. Stop harassing me for more $2s.

For a long time I didn’t offer take out tips, like for a sit-down restaurant with tips. I had friends in Hs who handled those orders. They said they got paid at least minimum wage (whereas the other rest. staff was making waiter wages). My friends said they didn’t expect a tip, and were making BANK because they were getting paid at least decently too.

Now, I think restaurants pay takeout preparers the same as the waitstaff. Makes sense, if they can take advantage of that low low wage, and pull from the same pool of staff.

With that in mind, I definitely want to tip! Not as much as sitting down—after all I am not getting that sit down service. Don’t want it on takeout nights.

I’ve heard recently from workers that 10% is nice. They can complete more of those orders per hour, compared to waiting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I dislike handing out $2s to random restaurant order takers. At the counter. I feel like suddenly we live in a developing country where you do that on vacation.

Restaurants, just pay your employees better!! I will pay for it in my order. Stop harassing me for more $2s.

We already are a developing country. Have you seen our roads? Did you not see the Southwest melt down because of super old infrastructure? Did you not hear that George Santos was elected as an honest to God crazy liar?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We intentionally tip well especially for take out/delivery. It means we get our food hot and first. And when some snafu happens with the system we still tip cash and Apologize.

Op, you hate working people. It is okay. You told us. Move on now because most of us just think you suck as a person.

You’re silly.

[Anonymous]

I don’t tip on take out orders and probably wouldn’t return to this restaurant again.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t tip on takeout unless I am trying to help a local struggling restaurant. Tips are for service. Take out doesn’t require any service.

Just curious how you think the food is prepared? Put into containers? Handed to you? It's not automatically done by robots.

OP paid for the food and it’s preparation. Tip is for service.

[Anonymous]

I’ve come around to tipping a small amount for takeout. The on screen prompts to tip 15 or 20% still rankle me but whatever. I worked in restaurants for 10 years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I dislike handing out $2s to random restaurant order takers. At the counter. I feel like suddenly we live in a developing country where you do that on vacation.

Restaurants, just pay your employees better!! I will pay for it in my order. Stop harassing me for more $2s.

We already are a developing country. Have you seen our roads? Did you not see the Southwest melt down because of super old infrastructure? Did you not hear that George Santos was elected as an honest to God crazy liar?

Joe Biden is a much better example. Loco mentiroso presidente de la república bananera.

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Either an entitled waitress or one that's on the spectrum with rigid rules.

I would have responded in the same way, OP.

OP initiated the sequence of events with her cheapness and entitled attitude.

Scroll up a bit. The restaurant owner disagrees with you. A tip on takeout is appreciated, but not expected, and certainly not demanded.

I don't have to scroll up to know how to treat workers with kindness.

Well the staff at this restaurant didn’t treat OP with kindness, so maybe you still have some life lessons to learn.

No, the worker didn't respond with kindness. Most of us don't get that kind of response from restaurant employees because we treat them with kindness and respect and show our appreciation by tipping them for their service. You have an opportunity to do better in the coming new year!😊👍

Uhhh, no. No one is entitled to tips. And if you demand a tip, you are rude and should be fired. People like you are encouraging this ridiculous, entitled behavior. Congrats.

No one is entitled to a tip. And you can continue to act like a cheap jerk.

Tipping has nothing to do with being kind or being a jerk. You are paying for the quality of service. In this instance there was no service.

Oh, I thought someone prepared a to go order for the OP. Maybe she got her order from a vending machine?

Guess the OP should tip the cook, the dishwasher, the rest of the kitchen staff too since they all contributed to the making the food?

Not to worry. I doubt the OP wouldn't even consider giving a dime to any of them.

Nor would the majority of people.

Nor should they, because they’re getting paid the amount they agreed to work for. This overtipping nonsense feels creepily paternalistic. Some of you feel so pleased with yourselves for tossing a few bucks at people you deem lesser than you. It’s more about you than them, and that’s exactly what these stupid iPad point-of-sale systems are capitalizing on.

We've all noted your tiresome efforts to rationalize your cheapness.

I don’t care. I worked in restaurants for years, both back of the house and front, tipped and untipped. I feel pretty good about my thoughts on this matter.

I agree with you 100%.
The “we tip everyone everywhere” crowd are literal virtue signalers. It’s tiresome.
And no, I’m not cheap.

Yes, you are. But you seem fine with it. No worries.

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Either an entitled waitress or one that's on the spectrum with rigid rules.

I would have responded in the same way, OP.

OP initiated the sequence of events with her cheapness and entitled attitude.

Scroll up a bit. The restaurant owner disagrees with you. A tip on takeout is appreciated, but not expected, and certainly not demanded.

I don't have to scroll up to know how to treat workers with kindness.

Well the staff at this restaurant didn’t treat OP with kindness, so maybe you still have some life lessons to learn.

No, the worker didn't respond with kindness. Most of us don't get that kind of response from restaurant employees because we treat them with kindness and respect and show our appreciation by tipping them for their service. You have an opportunity to do better in the coming new year!😊👍

Uhhh, no. No one is entitled to tips. And if you demand a tip, you are rude and should be fired. People like you are encouraging this ridiculous, entitled behavior. Congrats.

No one is entitled to a tip. And you can continue to act like a cheap jerk.

Tipping has nothing to do with being kind or being a jerk. You are paying for the quality of service. In this instance there was no service.

Oh, I thought someone prepared a to go order for the OP. Maybe she got her order from a vending machine?

Guess the OP should tip the cook, the dishwasher, the rest of the kitchen staff too since they all contributed to the making the food?

Not to worry. I doubt the OP wouldn't even consider giving a dime to any of them.

Nor would the majority of people.

Nor should they, because they’re getting paid the amount they agreed to work for. This overtipping nonsense feels creepily paternalistic. Some of you feel so pleased with yourselves for tossing a few bucks at people you deem lesser than you. It’s more about you than them, and that’s exactly what these stupid iPad point-of-sale systems are capitalizing on.

We've all noted your tiresome efforts to rationalize your cheapness.

I don’t care. I worked in restaurants for years, both back of the house and front, tipped and untipped. I feel pretty good about my thoughts on this matter.

I agree with you 100%.
The “we tip everyone everywhere” crowd are literal virtue signalers. It’s tiresome.
And no, I’m not cheap.

Yes, you are. But you seem fine with it. No worries.

It’s not cheap to not tip when you aren’t getting a service. Tipping is not for food preparation. It’s for service at a table.

[Anonymous]

I get it that many of you think workers who are working hard for minimum wage should not get tips. I disagree and so do many others. You aren't going to change the system with your whining, you are just going to keep your tip money in your pocket with your obstinance. But then, that's the goal, right? You deserve the money more than they do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get it that many of you think workers who are working hard for minimum wage should not get tips. I disagree and so do many others. You aren't going to change the system with your whining, you are just going to keep your tip money in your pocket with your obstinance. But then, that's the goal, right? You deserve the money more than they do.

The person whining here was the waitress.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I look at it as making someone’s day just a little bit better.

We were on a road trip once and other than a hole in the wall deli, the only place to eat was Pizza Hut. Our server was unbelievably kind and great at her job. DH went to the bathroom and overheard her talking to someone in the kitchen about some bad life stuff with kid. DH left her $500 tip and thank you for the great service note. We left before she came back to the table. As w were pulling out, we could see her burst into tears through the window. Never know how much $5, $50 or $500 can change someone’s life. If I can get $50 in carry out on Friday night $55-60 isn’t a stretch.

Great story and I agree. It amazes me how self absorbed a lot of these anti-tippers are, as if a few bucks they keep in their wallet or bank account is so much more important than contributing to the barely living wage many servers and counter workers get. Thankfully I know for a fact that aside from these DCUM anti threads most people tip appropriately and are not so selfish and cheap.

It is not my responsibility to personally subsidize wages. I am not a charity.