How much do you tip on takeout orders?

[Anonymous]

I usually tip 10%, but I'd like to know what is the norm.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

I don't tip for carryout. Why would you do that?

[Anonymous]

Yikes, I guess I'm cheap. I don't usually tip anything if I call ahead to order food, and then pick it up at the restaurant counter. I figure I'm not getting any service from the table servers who are living on tips, so no need to tip them. I'm not taking up a seat at the bar, so no need to tip the bartender (unless I have to wait for my order, in which case I'd order a beer and tip on that). I'm usually just picking up a bag of food. The only person who had anything to do with it is the kitchen staff, and they're not getting any tip money.

[Anonymous]

Carryout? Nothing. Delivery? 15%.

[Anonymous]

Op here: I feel bad about not leaving any tip. My husband always tells me not to. I usually order from restaurants like CPK, Cheesecake Factory, Olive Garden, Friday's etc.

[Anonymous]

Carryout, $0, delivery, 15% or $2-3, whichever is more.

[Anonymous]

Delivery 10%

Pickup $1 to the place I go to on a regular basis for lunch. (so that is about 10%.... but only because <$1 seem silly)

It is hit or miss after that.

[Anonymous]

The norm is 10%. My husband tips 0%. I tip 20%

[Anonymous]

Yikes. Did any of you ever work in a restaurant?

When I was a hostess who also handled take-out /pick-up orders, I was routinely given a few bucks. (And this was in the 80s!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here: I feel bad about not leaving any tip. My husband always tells me not to. I usually order from restaurants like CPK, Cheesecake Factory, Olive Garden, Friday's etc.

Tipping is for servers who earn $2.35 an hour. The people who fix your food earn more than minimum wage.

Also, you need to improve your roster of go-to restaurants. Those places you listed are all disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yikes, I guess I'm cheap. I don't usually tip anything if I call ahead to order food, and then pick it up at the restaurant counter. I figure I'm not getting any service from the table servers who are living on tips, so no need to tip them. I'm not taking up a seat at the bar, so no need to tip the bartender (unless I have to wait for my order, in which case I'd order a beer and tip on that). I'm usually just picking up a bag of food. The only person who had anything to do with it is the kitchen staff, and they're not getting any tip money.

So you went into the back and got your food yourself from the kitchen?

Dumbass, there is someone who checks the order and puts it all together.

Why are you all so cheap? Is it hard to give the working class a few bucks?

[Anonymous]

Pp here: just used those as examples...


Dear pp: please list your go-to restaurants.

[Anonymous]

I tip a buck or two. It's not the same as a eat-in restaurant meal IMO where you'd tip 15% or 20%.

[Anonymous]

I don't tip. I also don't know how much to tip and it makes me avoid carryout. When I pick up pizzas sometimes I put a dollar down, but really just have no clue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't tip for carryout. Why would you do that?

Exactly. I tip for the service when I eat in. I don't think that swiping my credit card and handing me a bag of food constitutes service.