Chastised for not tipping on a to go order

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Many many restaurants have dedicated to go servers who take the orders that come in and then make sure they are correct and package them up along with whatever extras are needed and take them to the carry out area. Some restaurants may pay these workers $15 an hour but many other restaurants pay them much less and they mostly get tipped. It's not usually the hostess who does all the take out work.

This anti-tipping thread, just like all the others, is full of anti-tippers but does not represent what most people who patronize restaurants do. Most people tip appropriately. That includes take out. Those people don't start or respond to threads about tipping, or not tipping, though.

So most of you are just preaching to the choir but go ahead, enjoy yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:Tipping is not required for take out and is discouraged

Not required. But not discouraged either, except for those who don't want to tip.

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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.

Lol. No.

Oh, yes she did! The worker wouldn't have asked for a tip, if the OP hadn't placed an order, left the establishment, and then returned just to grab her bag of food and go. A tip wasn't required, but being cheap was noted. The worker was not polite but understandably perplexed, probably overworked, and tired.

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Anonymous wrote:Many many restaurants have dedicated to go servers who take the orders that come in and then make sure they are correct and package them up along with whatever extras are needed and take them to the carry out area. Some restaurants may pay these workers $15 an hour but many other restaurants pay them much less and they mostly get tipped. It's not usually the hostess who does all the take out work.

This anti-tipping thread, just like all the others, is full of anti-tippers but does not represent what most people who patronize restaurants do. Most people tip appropriately. That includes take out. Those people don't start or respond to threads about tipping, or not tipping, though.

So most of you are just preaching to the choir but go ahead, enjoy yourself.

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[Anonymous]

I tipped on takeout during the height of Covid when people weren’t dining in restaurants. Now that things are more back to normal, I generally don’t. I tip for dine-in service and for delivery.

For all the people saying you should tip on takeout, are you tipping at McDonald’s? At Subway?

What’s next, will I have to tip my pharmacist.

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Anonymous wrote: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).

I'm not staying anywhere fancier than the Holiday Inn and I definitely tip. Not saying you have to, but it's not unheard of.

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Anonymous wrote:I tipped on takeout during the height of Covid when people weren’t dining in restaurants. Now that things are more back to normal, I generally don’t. I tip for dine-in service and for delivery.

For all the people saying you should tip on takeout, are you tipping at McDonald’s? At Subway?

What’s next, will I have to tip my pharmacist.

Fast food is different from non-fast food restaurants. They pay the workers more than wait staff get paid. I think your pharmacist also gets paid more than wait staff get paid although if you want them to keep supplying you with those happy pills you might want to slip them a 20.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tipped on takeout during the height of Covid when people weren’t dining in restaurants. Now that things are more back to normal, I generally don’t. I tip for dine-in service and for delivery.

For all the people saying you should tip on takeout, are you tipping at McDonald’s? At Subway?

What’s next, will I have to tip my pharmacist.

Yes, I tip at McDonald's and Subway. I don't tip my pharmacist, as that's a college educated professional earning a good salary.

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Anonymous wrote:I tipped on takeout during the height of Covid when people weren’t dining in restaurants. Now that things are more back to normal, I generally don’t. I tip for dine-in service and for delivery.

For all the people saying you should tip on takeout, are you tipping at McDonald’s? At Subway?

What’s next, will I have to tip my pharmacist.

Fast food is different from non-fast food restaurants. They pay the workers more than wait staff get paid. I think your pharmacist also gets paid more than wait staff get paid although if you want them to keep supplying you with those happy pills you might want to slip them a 20.

You order online and the kitchen staff put it in a carry out box vs plate. They put it on a shelf and hand it to you. It’s no different than fast food.

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Anonymous wrote:I tipped on takeout during the height of Covid when people weren’t dining in restaurants. Now that things are more back to normal, I generally don’t. I tip for dine-in service and for delivery.

For all the people saying you should tip on takeout, are you tipping at McDonald’s? At Subway?

What’s next, will I have to tip my pharmacist.

Yes, I tip at McDonald's and Subway. I don't tip my pharmacist, as that's a college educated professional earning a good salary.

So it’s charity based on their education and line of work? As opposed to the service rendered?

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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?

This is exactly what we do! $5 on takeout and a dollar for coffee.

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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.

DP and it definitely isn’t new to me. But I believe you that it’s new to you! Raised in a barn I suppose.

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Anonymous wrote:I tipped on takeout during the height of Covid when people weren’t dining in restaurants. Now that things are more back to normal, I generally don’t. I tip for dine-in service and for delivery.

For all the people saying you should tip on takeout, are you tipping at McDonald’s? At Subway?

What’s next, will I have to tip my pharmacist.

Fast food is different from non-fast food restaurants. They pay the workers more than wait staff get paid. I think your pharmacist also gets paid more than wait staff get paid although if you want them to keep supplying you with those happy pills you might want to slip them a 20.

You order online and the kitchen staff put it in a carry out box vs plate. They put it on a shelf and hand it to you. It’s no different than fast food.

It's quite different than fast food. You might want to just stick to fast food or eat at home. Restaurants are not for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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).

You need to leave $5-10 a night at hotels, this is what decent people do now. Maybe not when we were kids, but now, yes.

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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.

lmao what?? who is salaried in restaurants??? Or even well-paid for that matter…

Again, as was explained to you, salaried employees include general managers, managers, chefs. Other positions pay $15 or more. Tipped employees earn $2.13 per hour. That is wait staff. They’re not the ones preparing your takeout order because they are serving diners who should, in fact, tip them.

I’m trying to figure out if you are astronomically stupid or being deliberately obtuse.

My cousin was a chef in Michelin-starred restaurant for years, got paid hourly, and served tables on her off nights to make ends meet because the pay was so low and she couldn’t make rent otherwise. I’m not stupid but I think you might be.