Chastised for not tipping on a to go order

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never know what to do anymore. Leaving 15-25 percent seems incorrect since I didn’t dine in and get an hour of service. But not tipping also feels wrong. How does 5-10 dollars on takeout and $1 at Starbucks sound?

$10 on $30 takeout. No way.

[Anonymous]

I so appreciate the restaurant owner who posted above and said tips on carry out are not expected. I have been tipping but it always seems wrong.

[Anonymous]

Tipping is not required for take out and is discouraged

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Over tippers are total try hards who grew up poor. They are now compelled to make sure everyone knows they aren’t poor anymore and even the teenage cashier makes them feel insecure 🤷

PP probably also does checkout philanthropy at the grocery store. That’s another hard no for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Over tippers are total try hards who grew up poor. They are now compelled to make sure everyone knows they aren’t poor anymore and even the teenage cashier makes them feel insecure 🤷

Or maybe throwing a few bucks to someone working a hard job who probably needs the money It’s a kind thing to do. What if all 50 takeout customers haves $3?

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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?

As has been explained to you multiple times, whoever prepared the to go order is either well-paid or salaried. And performing tasks within your job description is not something that rises to being deserving of a tip for exceptional service.

You keep trying to justify your cheapness. We get it. Have a blessed 2023! (And be sure to watch one of the Ebenezer Scrooge movies. You might learn a thing or two.)

You really suck at this trolling thing. At least vary your idiotic attempt at insulting me. Dumbass.

Calling me or anyone else names doesn't hide your obvious cheapness.

[Anonymous]

I never heard that you are supposed to tip on takeout until Covid, and there was all that hoopla about restaurants risking their lives for us (never mind other essential workers like me didn’t make extra for going in). I figured it was temporary but this myth has persisted past covid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Over tippers are total try hards who grew up poor. They are now compelled to make sure everyone knows they aren’t poor anymore and even the teenage cashier makes them feel insecure 🤷

Or maybe throwing a few bucks to someone working a hard job who probably needs the money It’s a kind thing to do. What if all 50 takeout customers haves $3?

+1 Growing up poor or growing up with wealth isn't what makes someone generous or cheap.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Over tippers are total try hards who grew up poor. They are now compelled to make sure everyone knows they aren’t poor anymore and even the teenage cashier makes them feel insecure 🤷

PP probably also does checkout philanthropy at the grocery store. That’s another hard no for me.

Whatever makes you feel good...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never heard that you are supposed to tip on takeout until Covid, and there was all that hoopla about restaurants risking their lives for us (never mind other essential workers like me didn’t make extra for going in). I figured it was temporary but this myth has persisted past covid.

Yes! This is where it started for me.

As I wasn't actually able to sit down to eat, I was happy to tip in the way I would have had that been an option.

Now, it apprently has become the cultural expectation instead of going back to the way it was.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I never heard that you are supposed to tip on takeout until Covid, and there was all that hoopla about restaurants risking their lives for us (never mind other essential workers like me didn’t make extra for going in). I figured it was temporary but this myth has persisted past covid.

Yes! This is where it started for me.

As I wasn't actually able to sit down to eat, I was happy to tip in the way I would have had that been an option.

Now, it apprently has become the cultural expectation instead of going back to the way it was.

Nope, my sister worked in a restaurant as a hostess 20 years ago and she told me that you are supposed to tip a bit on takeout.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I never know what to do anymore. Leaving 15-25 percent seems incorrect since I didn’t dine in and get an hour of service. But not tipping also feels wrong. How does 5-10 dollars on takeout and $1 at Starbucks sound?

Just fine.

What about fast casual restaurants like Panera Bread?

[Anonymous]

Everyone tipping take out and at hotels must live in a fancier world than I do. It has never occurred to me to tip when I stand in line, watch my order be made and then handed to me in a bag Or, when I stay at the Holiday Inn (a luxury my parents never had when I was growing up). Honestly, the only place I've heard about hotel tipping is in movies (hardly a window into reality), and here on DCUM (which is....a unique place, to say the least).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
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.

Lol. No.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I never heard that you are supposed to tip on takeout until Covid, and there was all that hoopla about restaurants risking their lives for us (never mind other essential workers like me didn’t make extra for going in). I figured it was temporary but this myth has persisted past covid.

Yes! This is where it started for me.

As I wasn't actually able to sit down to eat, I was happy to tip in the way I would have had that been an option.

Now, it apprently has become the cultural expectation instead of going back to the way it was.

Nope, my sister worked in a restaurant as a hostess 20 years ago and she told me that you are supposed to tip a bit on takeout.

Bull crap. This is new.