Are you still tipping 20% for takeout

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:restaurants workers in California (where I live) make over $15/hr plus got to sit home on the dole with an extra $600 weekly while I went to work. I tip zero take out, and previously I tipped 20% on top of tax, and now it’s just 20% before tax. They made their money.

You have warped sense of how the world works. $15/hr isn't a living wage. To afford a two bedroom apartment a single parent would have to work 75-100 hours, city dependent, a week at $15/hr.

[Anonymous]

We're still doing that for the few times that we get takeout when normally we would have been eating inside if not for COVID. If we're getting it to go because it's a random weeknight or because it's easier and we don't feel like cooking, we do 10% like we've always done. We don't eat out often though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never tipped for takeout.

This is not ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:restaurants workers in California (where I live) make over $15/hr plus got to sit home on the dole with an extra $600 weekly while I went to work. I tip zero take out, and previously I tipped 20% on top of tax, and now it’s just 20% before tax. They made their money.

You seriously suck. They are just working a minimum wage job and you are over there analyzing unemployment policy and takeout and unleashing your bitter cheapness on the world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just here to say as someone tied to the restaurant business that tipping for takeout is NOT normal. It's certainly nice and unexpected. 20% would be WELL outside of normal, so I think that this board has quite a few anomalies. If you give anything for a takeout order, you can feel pretty good about yourself. You're far more generous than most.

This is not true. What kind of place do you work? My DD is a hostess and most takeout orders tip, it stands out when one doesn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just here to say as someone tied to the restaurant business that tipping for takeout is NOT normal. It's certainly nice and unexpected. 20% would be WELL outside of normal, so I think that this board has quite a few anomalies. If you give anything for a takeout order, you can feel pretty good about yourself. You're far more generous than most.

This is not true. What kind of place do you work? My DD is a hostess and most takeout orders tip, it stands out when one doesn't.

Uncle owns and operates six pizza restaurants. Tipping to pick up a pizza is not a thing that people are doing there.

[Anonymous]

For those who tip for takeout, do you tip only at restaurants where they offer table service or do you also tip at counter-service restaurants (i.e. fast food, Panera, pizza chains)? And do you tip differently? Prior to the pandemic, I would rarely ever tip at a counter-service restaurant but I don't see much of a difference between packing an order to go at a place like that vs. any other restaurant.

I'm ok with tipping around 10% at a regular restaurant for takeout but I'm not tipping 20%--why would I pay the same amount for takeout as I do for table service when I'm not receiving the same level of service (especially now that restaurants are mostly fully functional again).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those who tip for takeout, do you tip only at restaurants where they offer table service or do you also tip at counter-service restaurants (i.e. fast food, Panera, pizza chains)? And do you tip differently? Prior to the pandemic, I would rarely ever tip at a counter-service restaurant but I don't see much of a difference between packing an order to go at a place like that vs. any other restaurant.

I'm ok with tipping around 10% at a regular restaurant for takeout but I'm not tipping 20%--why would I pay the same amount for takeout as I do for table service when I'm not receiving the same level of service (especially now that restaurants are mostly fully functional again).

I have never tipped counter service at a Panera. Is this a thing?
I tip well on DoorDash even when the order shows up late and incorrect. I don't tip when I go pick up my own pizza.

[Anonymous]

These DCUM threads on tipping are always some of the most depressing. So many cheap bast*rds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those who tip for takeout, do you tip only at restaurants where they offer table service or do you also tip at counter-service restaurants (i.e. fast food, Panera, pizza chains)? And do you tip differently? Prior to the pandemic, I would rarely ever tip at a counter-service restaurant but I don't see much of a difference between packing an order to go at a place like that vs. any other restaurant.

I'm ok with tipping around 10% at a regular restaurant for takeout but I'm not tipping 20%--why would I pay the same amount for takeout as I do for table service when I'm not receiving the same level of service (especially now that restaurants are mostly fully functional again).

I have never tipped counter service at a Panera. Is this a thing?
I tip well on DoorDash even when the order shows up late and incorrect. I don't tip when I go pick up my own pizza.

Delivery is a different thing--I would of course tip on delivery but I'm talking more about going in to pick up your own food. I feel like every place I go now offers the option of adding a tip even though it was not the norm pre-pandemic (ice cream places, food trucks, sandwich shops, etc.). It's totally out of hand--just charge more and pay your people accordingly if need be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These DCUM threads on tipping are always some of the most depressing. So many cheap bast*rds.

Why are the restaurant owners not to blame for being cheap? If you are hiring people at a server wage of $2.13 per hour, you need to be giving those people the opportunity to be practicing the job that they were hired for, which generally received 15-20% in tips. If you are hiring people to sling out takeout orders, pay them a wage appropriate for that (which is not $2.13 an hour). If they want to add a "packaging fee" to my order, fine. But putting together a takeout order is not the same as providing table service.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These DCUM threads on tipping are always some of the most depressing. So many cheap bast*rds.

Why are the restaurant owners not to blame for being cheap? If you are hiring people at a server wage of $2.13 per hour, you need to be giving those people the opportunity to be practicing the job that they were hired for, which generally received 15-20% in tips. If you are hiring people to sling out takeout orders, pay them a wage appropriate for that (which is not $2.13 an hour). If they want to add a "packaging fee" to my order, fine. But putting together a takeout order is not the same as providing table service.

+1. It's not my job to figure out how much to pay a restaurant worker per hour, that's on the business owner. Bake it into the price of the food and let me decide if I want to eat there or not, but don't make your employees rely on the altruism of strangers to pay a reasonable hourly wage for a no-skill task.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These DCUM threads on tipping are always some of the most depressing. So many cheap bast*rds.

Why are the restaurant owners not to blame for being cheap? If you are hiring people at a server wage of $2.13 per hour, you need to be giving those people the opportunity to be practicing the job that they were hired for, which generally received 15-20% in tips. If you are hiring people to sling out takeout orders, pay them a wage appropriate for that (which is not $2.13 an hour). If they want to add a "packaging fee" to my order, fine. But putting together a takeout order is not the same as providing table service.

+1. It's not my job to figure out how much to pay a restaurant worker per hour, that's on the business owner. Bake it into the price of the food and let me decide if I want to eat there or not, but don't make your employees rely on the altruism of strangers to pay a reasonable hourly wage for a no-skill task.

Also, if the workers aren’t getting paid well they can always quit and find a new job. I’d much rather just pay more for the food than have it somehow be my responsibility to pay for the workers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These DCUM threads on tipping are always some of the most depressing. So many cheap bast*rds.

Why are the restaurant owners not to blame for being cheap? If you are hiring people at a server wage of $2.13 per hour, you need to be giving those people the opportunity to be practicing the job that they were hired for, which generally received 15-20% in tips. If you are hiring people to sling out takeout orders, pay them a wage appropriate for that (which is not $2.13 an hour). If they want to add a "packaging fee" to my order, fine. But putting together a takeout order is not the same as providing table service.

+1. It's not my job to figure out how much to pay a restaurant worker per hour, that's on the business owner. Bake it into the price of the food and let me decide if I want to eat there or not, but don't make your employees rely on the altruism of strangers to pay a reasonable hourly wage for a no-skill task.

Also, if the workers aren’t getting paid well they can always quit and find a new job. I’d much rather just pay more for the food than have it somehow be my responsibility to pay for the workers.

And the reason why restaurants are having such a hard time hiring now is because some (not all) restaurant owners have no idea how to effectively run a business and don't care about their employees because there is so much turnover in the restaurant industry anyway. Perhaps there wouldn't be if employers made an effort to increase job satisfaction but this has been an issue in the industry forever.

[Anonymous]

Yes I do.