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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

"Normal" wage is most often *minimum* wage. You can tip $0, sure. I don't because I remember how hard life was when I was poor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

"Normal" wage is most often *minimum* wage. You can tip $0, sure. I don't because I remember how hard life was when I was poor.

If you make $15 /hr and hand someone food 10 times you are making $25/ hr.

That is a good wage.

[Anonymous]

To go order tips should be like 10%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

"Normal" wage is most often *minimum* wage. You can tip $0, sure. I don't because I remember how hard life was when I was poor.

If you make $15 /hr and hand someone food 10 times you are making $25/ hr.

That is a good wage.

Yes, but we have no way of knowing what they’re paid. Nor if they’re sharing to-go tips with other staff. Restaurants and cafes should be more transparent.

I asked the young gal at our cafe if she shared the tips and she said no. They’re all hers.

[Anonymous]

My teen worked FT as a lifeguard manager making well under $20 per hour for the entire summer. No tips there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My teen worked FT as a lifeguard manager making well under $20 per hour for the entire summer. No tips there.

If your kid saves my kid's life, I'll definitely tip him or her! Otherwise, I don't see an actual reason to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My teen worked FT as a lifeguard manager making well under $20 per hour for the entire summer. No tips there.

Oh, your teen didn't earn tips. No gas money, I guess & they still get to go to college.

How about the immigrant working in a kitchen who is supporting a family of 4? I guess they don't deserve it, either, huh?

[Anonymous]

$1 sounds very low and I am generally a very big tipper, but I will say I was slightly unnerved today at a downtown sandwich place that had options starting at "ok" (15%), "good" (18%), "great" (20%) and "excellent" (25%). Maybe I need to grow some balls, but I felt like a POS even hitting good, but I don't expect to tip 25% on takeout...

For the record, I do about 10% and thought that generous.

[Anonymous]

To-go orders require zero tip. If any restaurant is pressuring a tip for to-go orders, I would never return. The approach is obnoxious.

[Anonymous]

Mentally when I go to a sit down restaurant I already calculate that it will be 20% more for tips. I’m in the restaurant for about an hour and the waiter is providing a real service. Whereas, there’s no expectation for service at the takeout place. I pay online, or the cashier. It’s self service, so I plan to pay the price on the menu plus tax but not % on top for tips. Of course I do tip our regular takeout Chinese restaurant and local coffee barista. During the pandemic we’ve given $20-$50 tips each time we picked up our order. But typically we don’t tip at random takeouts places.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know but sometimes I think it’s funny how I agonize over what often amounts to a difference of a dollar or two. The difference between going and not going is what is really going to matter in my budget, not whether or not I tip one or three dollars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To-go orders require zero tip. If any restaurant is pressuring a tip for to-go orders, I would never return. The approach is obnoxious.

. So the person earning sub minium wage that is taking time away from her tip paying table to pack up you order deserves nothing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To-go orders require zero tip. If any restaurant is pressuring a tip for to-go orders, I would never return. The approach is obnoxious.

. So the person earning sub minium wage that is taking time away from her tip paying table to pack up you order deserves nothing?

It is a check out counter. How much do you tip the check out person at the grocery store, clothing store, department store? If they are earning sub minimum wage, that is awful and they should quit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

No, waiters also make at least minimum wage. Their hourly may be very low in anticipation of making up the difference through tips, but if the tips don’t get them to min wage, the employer pays the difference. No one in the restaurant is receiving a paycheck that amounts to less than minimum wage for hours worked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did $1.50 today for a $19 lunch order. Prices are already outrageous and I'm no longer adding 15 to 20% for takeout.

I never did. 15% to 20% is for table service by someone earning $2.35 an hour. Except for boxing and bagging your meal and handing it to you there’s no service with takeaway.