Are you still tipping 20% for takeout

[Anonymous]

Now that places are open for indoor dining, I only tip for curbside pickup. Restaurants should add a takeout charge if needed.

[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).

Was tipping 20% for takeout when the restaurants weren't fully open.
Now I'm tipping 10%. I'm with you PP, I had to think about why I would be tipping 20% for takeout right now.
Dining in, yes, 20%, even with bad service.

I don't tip at Panera if I am the one picking it up inside the restaurant.
If it's a curbside pickup, then I'll tip.

[Anonymous]

10% is more than fair for takeout. It's not like they have to keep coming back to the table, filling drinks, etc.

[Anonymous]

No, I don't tip for takeout, because I do not think that the extra money given for tips at Panera, Subway, Mod Pizza, Mezeh, etc actually go to the workers preparing my food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, I don't tip for takeout, because I do not think that the extra money given for tips at Panera, Subway, Mod Pizza, Mezeh, etc actually go to the workers preparing my food.

+1 on this. It is up to the franchise owner whether or not to give some of the "tip" money to the staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you started during the pandemic?

Have never tipped 20% on takeout. Wtf?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, I don't tip for takeout, because I do not think that the extra money given for tips at Panera, Subway, Mod Pizza, Mezeh, etc actually go to the workers preparing my food.

+1 on this. It is up to the franchise owner whether or not to give some of the "tip" money to the staff.

+100. I think this is very important for people to understand.

[Anonymous]

$2.

[Anonymous]

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

But more caviling ninnies who seem to derive most of their self worth from tipping more than average.

[Anonymous]

We stopped by a Sweet Frog today and were prompted to tip on their payment machine. The choices were 15%, 20%, and other. So what should I tip for self-serve ice cream?

[Anonymous]

We do not eat take out
Restaurant food has lost its appeal, I cannot stand old restaurant food. It is supposed to be eaten immediately

[Anonymous]

Depends on if the takeout is from a takeout place or a place that has modified to do takeout for the pandemic to stay afloat. We aren't tipping 20% at our pizza place anymore where we have always picked it up at the counter (we're back to about 15%), but we are at the places we used to dine in that have modified to do takeout for the pandemic. We think of it as a "pivot" tax.

When I was a teenager working as a hostess at a nice-ish restaurant that did takeout (but did not advertise that option), we were usually given a 10% tip or more. I don't know it that was the norm elsewhere in my hometown, but it was appreciated when packing up to go orders wasn't part of our usual job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We stopped by a Sweet Frog today and were prompted to tip on their payment machine. The choices were 15%, 20%, and other. So what should I tip for self-serve ice cream?

I kind of hate stuff like this. On the one hand, I don't want to be cheap, but on the other, what is this all about? Why am I paying a tip when somebody is doing the exact same thing they would be doing if it was a 7-11 or something? In situations like this I usually tip the smallest suggested amount because it's just a matter of a few dollars (if it's a really big order I do "other" and say 5 dollars) but I don't think there is any coherent theory on tipping etiquette that would require a 15% tip on self-serve ice cream. I really just wish everybody would just charge more and raise the wage of service workers and do away with tipping.

[Anonymous]

Again, I'll state that the "tips" at Sweet Frog and other chains are probably not going to the workers, but to the franchise owners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again, I'll state that the "tips" at Sweet Frog and other chains are probably not going to the workers, but to the franchise owners.

I did see that, yes, and I didn’t know that and appreciate your telling me. I will still tip at least a dollar out of sheer insecurity—I don’t want to look cheap.